Mack at the Track: Season 2, Race 3 10/5/24

by Mack Speed

Hello Valleyans! We had a great night at the Valley Motor Speedway Saturday. Again, we had a big crowd, and I saw car tags from all over the place. Evidently, word is getting out about the great environment at the SRVMRL.

Parking was good this week; we had no major issues with parking. However, we did have a couple fender benders. One Lexus SUV owner from Madison Co. had a barely visible scratch after the fender bender, and they called the police to file a report for their insurance. Of course, everybody turned into rubberneckers when the cops showed up. It was ridiculous to be honest, and the police officer thought it was ridiculous too.

The atmosphere was great Saturday night. We had a ton of tailgaters. Some of the MSU and Ole Miss fans were even tailgating together. After Ole Miss’s recent loss, I guess they can now feel MSU fans’ pain. They even invited USM fans to join with them too. I think I may have heard some of them singing Kum Ba Yah. Maybe this is a sign that people are coming together. Maybe the Democrats and Republicans can come together. Peace in the Middle East is a probably a stretch, but who knows. I’ll take this as a good sign, but I’m probably off base. Oh yeah, Coach O was back again this week! You gotta love Coach O! He greeted me. I heard “Hey Mack! gajgoadjfj oajfdoajoadjoa agjoajoajo.”

The sportsbook was buzzing. People were placing bets on the races like crazy. I think Rusty’s handicapping is getting better after watching a few races and getting to the know the drivers. I mentioned an issue with our last race, and I think I’ve figured out what happened. My investigation resulted in Jimmie Stewart being suspended from Saturday night’s race.

Jimmie’s brother placed a big bet on Tony Johnson the last race, and Jimmie seemed to not be concerned about winning. Jimmie came clean to me on this; he was honest about it. Jimmie’s brother won hundreds of dollars by betting on Tony in the last race, and he placed the bet for Jimmie. Jimmie wanted new rims for his mower, so he got his brother to place the bet. I told Jimmie that his fans will have to wait until the next race to see those nice new rims because he ain’t racing Saturday night. I also told him that I’d ban him from the Track if he did this again.

Now, to the races. My boy, Dale Earnhardt Speed, finally lost a race. Juan Pablo Lagano barely beat him. Dale was devastated, and I did my best to console him. I told him to remember this feeling and how bad it hurts, and I told him it’s all about bouncing back. It’s all about how you respond. When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up off the mat and fight. We’ll see how he responds, but I think it’s good for him. Everyone needs to face some adversity; everything in life is not going to be easy all the time.

To the adult race. With Jimmie Stewart being out, that opened up things quite a bit. We had a heck of race between Jeff Petty and Tony Johnson. They were going at it all night, but Petty won in the end. It was probably the best race we’ve had at the Track. They were bumpin and grindin the last 2 laps, and it was great racing. Those two were having words after the race, and I thought it might get physical. But, nothing ended up happening. It will be interesting when Jimmie Stewart returns next week with his new rims.

Well, we only have one race left in the season, and that’s hard to believe. It should be a lot of fun. We’ll see you at the Valley Motor Speedway in a couple weeks.