Five Weekend Afterthoughts: 5/21/12

(Mark Albright photo)

1.  In case you haven't noticed, Jimmy Owens is good.  After another win this weekend, he continues to be the most consistent driver in the country having not finished outside the top ten in a Lucas Oil race this season.  Not only that, but Owens has just one finish outside the top ten (Volusia 2/21) in ANY race this year.  Quite impressive.

2.  Speaking of impressive, Rusty Schlenk rattled off two more wins over the weekend at Attica and Oakshade.  Say what you want about Rusty, but he's a great driver. And who can blame him for not wanting to travel on Saturday nights when it pays $8,000 to win the Oakshade Late Model points.  If I was as good as he is at a track that's about 40 miles from home, I'd be there every Saturday night too.

3.  I have a little Twitter lesson for everyone.  If your race track is qualifying, please do not tweet every single individual qualifying lap.  That type of info may be great for a press release, but for Twitter...?  Not so much.  

4.  Hate to hear this, but it sounds like there's been some questionable decisions made at Brushcreek in their first two events.  What happened Saturday night?  First, the Late Model feature was only 15 laps due to the car count.  That, in some instances, could be justified, I guess.  However, despite only having one Bomber in attendance, that one Bomber ran a feature...against himself.  Wow.  Just...wow.  If I'm a fan in the stands, what am I thinking when my Late Model feature gets cut short, but the one Bomber gets to run a race by himself??  I guess common sense goes out the window sometimes.  

5.  Is there a race track in the country that provides better racing each and every week than Fairbury American Legion Speedway?  I'd say not.  From the looks of the video on DirtonDirt, Saturday night's Sunoco ALMS race was another FALS classic. Whether it's a big race or just a regular show, FALS rarely disappoints.