Yuhas #6
miller #09
Fowler #26
Pasteryak #5 are correct. All the Bowl Trivia Buffs must be in hibernation there is allot of easy names left.

Ben, Only you would know that so go ahead and answer it correctly.

Ben & SP, Great catch and thanks for the 09 trivia, can you tell me the rest of the drivers names.?????

Ben, Great job you are 100% correct, I'm still wondering were all the trivia BUFFS are at.?????

Wheeler, You bring up a good point the car counts have been dwindling at all three area tracks over the last few year. Many of the cars in this picture no longer compete at any of the local track and must be sitting in barns or garages resting dew to lack of money. All please share you thoughts on this matter.

some 34 car ?     tucker renoalds jr   ?

Afetr seeing only 8 Sks run every race at the bowl, money as everyone know is a major problem from ownership, sponsors, crew guys, just about top to bottom.

Looking at the points, five cars that would have run the full season and two more that would have been part timers left as a direct result of officiating. I'm sure that happens every year but when the car counts sag under 20, 5 cars is alot.

Warren and Ben,

You both bring up some very interesting points. Sponsorship money is probably the number one cause for low car counts at all three area tracks this year. The cost of doing business in the state of Connecticut is out of control and business are keeping tighter control on the money they spend on advertising. With lower car counts, there are also less people in the stands which means that there are fewer people viewing the sponsors logos on the race cars. Also, available crew members to help maintain the race cars during the week and at the track is becoming a problem because of the high cost of attending race events.

Now with the problem of officiating. In my opinion I would like to rate the three area tracks starting with worst, Thompson.

As far as the officials and the tech department, there really isn't one. It's nothing more than a run what you brung show.

Stafford

Even though the Arute's think their last name is France, they are not the France family. They are definitely the first to introduce state of the art safety devices to the speedway. Such as lighting, safer barrier walls and an all around good safety program. It is my belief that when it comes to tech and conduct on the race track the Arute's have been known to have blinders on.

Waterford

The Bowl is in the process of making changes. They have a new race director and new promoters. Steve H. had made a few decisions this past season that may not have been 100% correct, but we need to give him credit for standing behind his decisions, right or wrong. Steve is aware that he needs to revamp his staff, tech and race officials. The position of race director at any level of racing is a thankless job. Any decision that is made will please some of the people and displease the rest. Let's give the Bowl staff one more chance. RMF

-- Edited by real modified fan at 21:00, 2007-11-24

Wheeler, I agree Staffords SK Lite division has become a big success with large car counts each week. This division has already seen some drivers graduate to the SK wars M.Sweeny, S. Perry, Matt Gallo, W.Arute and others. TIS & Bowl hasn't shared the same success with there jr SK divisions. Any thoughts on were there going wrong.??? RMF

For SK's to survive there must be a tire rule and a crate motor option. You are correct there is a lot of cars in garages and no money to race them. Stafford has just cut the tire bill in half with the 2 tire a week rule. Now if they want more cars, they need a crate option, pay a bonus ($500) for the first crate across the line - this is how they started the small block era. John Rosati used to win the bonus almost everyweek back in the day. This is also how stafford got cars to come from riverside they paid a 340 bonus.