Who didn't see this coming? - Barton

[David Barton]

A big thank you to everyone that has sent me a contribution already. I see several people have commented about using PayPal so I just opened up an account under david@raybarton.com

Once again, thank you all for being so supportive.

[Bruce Noland]

Anybody read their email from Josh Peterson? He blames the scedule on racer input and semi apologizes because the race was a cluster. More mangled dukie.

I'm contributing to this cause today.

I would not even appeal this crock. I would be like, sorry for the rant dude. Here's your money and dismiss these folks for what they are.

[Saftey first]

First things first I CANNOT believe anyone one give a dime to David..... A couple things here,First off, the guy has a HIGH powered Motor on a small tire, next the track is EXTREMELY hot, so yes, MANY MANY people spun with the same kinda cars. Sorry, but he deserves the fine, he stop's the car ON THE TRACK and gets out yelling with his foul mouth. There are things you can and cannot do, and that is one of them you cannot do. Not to mention how he screwed his own "SPORTSMAN" racer behind him in the burnout box. As far as your video of your crash on another poorly prepped track., learn how to lift next time, and not correct it to hard. If you ask me, I think maybe his Dad should pay the fine, not other sportsman racers since David is out there promoting his Dad.

Maybe you guy;s can help me out, I got pulled over the other day, and when the cop came up to the car I jumped out and starting cussing him out, and i got locked up. I set up a Paypal account for my fellow sportsman racers to bail me out. Thank you for your time guy's, and remember.... SAFTEY FIRST.

[1320racer]

I still applaud David for having the balls to let them know how he felt about those deplorable track conditions however several class racers have expressed to me that david deserves what he got.

[rickg]

Originally Posted by Saftey first

First things first I CANNOT believe anyone one give a dime to David..... A couple things here,First off, the guy has a HIGH powered Motor on a small tire, next the track is EXTREMELY hot, so yes, MANY MANY people spun with the same kinda cars. Sorry, but he deserves the fine, he stop's the car ON THE TRACK and gets out yelling with his foul mouth. There are things you can and cannot do, and that is one of them you cannot do. Not to mention how he screwed his own "SPORTSMAN" racer behind him in the burnout box. As far as your video of your crash on another poorly prepped track., learn how to lift next time, and not correct it to hard. If you ask me, I think maybe his Dad should pay the fine, not other sportsman racers since David is out there promoting his Dad.

Maybe you guy;s can help me out, I got pulled over the other day, and when the cop came up to the car I jumped out and starting cussing him out, and i got locked up. I set up a Paypal account for my fellow sportsman racers to bail me out. Thank you for your time guy's, and remember.... SAFTEY FIRST.

sorry it's 'safety' first

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Saftey first

First things first I CANNOT believe anyone one give a dime to David..... A couple things here,First off, the guy has a HIGH powered Motor on a small tire, next the track is EXTREMELY hot, so yes, MANY MANY people spun with the same kinda cars. Sorry, but he deserves the fine, he stop's the car ON THE TRACK and gets out yelling with his foul mouth. There are things you can and cannot do, and that is one of them you cannot do. Not to mention how he screwed his own "SPORTSMAN" racer behind him in the burnout box. As far as your video of your crash on another poorly prepped track., learn how to lift next time, and not correct it to hard. If you ask me, I think maybe his Dad should pay the fine, not other sportsman racers since David is out there promoting his Dad.

Maybe you guy;s can help me out, I got pulled over the other day, and when the cop came up to the car I jumped out and starting cussing him out, and i got locked up. I set up a Paypal account for my fellow sportsman racers to bail me out. Thank you for your time guy's, and remember.... SAFTEY FIRST.

Thanks for your opinion no name, no body

[Bruce Noland]

This clown is calling for safety first while attempting to defend the indefensible. The starting line was the hazard not David's actions or comments. And he wasn't on a gd highway dealing with cops. My check is in the mail.

[Dan Bernay]

I don't always heed my own advice but everybody count to ten before hitting " post reply".
These types of threads always seem to get ugly.

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Seems to me the final decider as to whether or not to make a run is the driver. While there's no excuse for an unsafe racing condition, if I start my burnout in the left lane,for example, and notice a hood lying in the lane between the 1000 and the end, I'm not going in until they move the hood or toss me out. Same with bad traction conditions.In the event cars are going all over the place while you sit and watch, you have the option to either refuse to stage, leave the track, or make the run and take your chances.I have left test and tunes without getting a good run because conditions were not good. Once at a points race, the fat red faced potbellied redneck running the front of the lanes was practically swearing at me for refusing to roll up behind two cars doing a burn out. I refuse to get a broken windshield or side glass from flying rocks because some loser track official orders me up. Once the cars moved up to stage, I rolled up and positioned myself for a run,leaving him behind. Seems that at a Western national event a few yeaars ago, an entire eliminator catagory refused to run because the track was that bad, so they finished that race at the next national event. I don't care who is in charge, safety of people and cars comes first.