Five Weekend Afterthoughts 4/24/12

Attica was rained out after the Sprint Car heats Friday night.

1.  Mother Nature continued her early season dominance, besting a few tracks Friday night shows and several races Saturday night.  As for me, I hit Attica Friday after work, only to be rained out after the Sprint Car heats.  Does everybody remember when we went racing in mid-March during the 80 degree weather?

2.  Wayne County swung open the gates Friday night and, from everyone I have talked to, the place was packed in the pits and grandstands both.  This is good for the fans in the area and great for Jason Flory and company, who have been working nonstop to get the place reopened.  Russ King ran off and hid from the 28-car Late Model field.

3.  If you read last week's edition of Fast Talk on DirtonDirt, you'll notice that i mentioned Scott Bloomquist has a very good chance to rattle off "four or five wins in a row" now that he's finally pick up that elusive first win.  Well, Friday night, he proved me right and won at Roaring Knob.   

4.  After Eldora's season-opening Sunoco ALMS Late Model shoe was washed out, we finally got our first race in the books at the Big E.  Tracy Hines won the USAC Sprint A-Main with a last lap pass on Dave Darland.  Meanwhile, Joey Kramer bested a strong field of 44 Modifieds for his first Eldora win in over 10 years.

5.  Kudos to my dad, Larry Jarrett, on a nice run Friday night at 250 Speedway in Cadiz, Ohio.  After being charged with an early race caution in the Street Stock feature, Dad rallied from the tail of the field to post a solid third place finish.