" Pit area historic Thompson speedway in Connecticut. Bill with 7041. For fifteen division this weekend fans pouring in for the annual World Series of speedway racing. Doctor this program Fred -- way as a fan a driver of journals who knows what else thought it makes television history he is one sole source just log from -- welcome back doctor Nick Price to Syria. Thank you nicely here. We leave this cheer at every opportunity support your local short track. So tell me a little about Thompson international speedway assuming that you're still there because -- with the black instantly after your. Your place there."

" it won't -- in the error rather ago. All right sounds good okay. Those -- huge hurricane came through the northeast in 1938 and it level John Mahoney is. Dairy farm. So -- built a sawmill took the trees and had been knocked down random through the sawmill and that's what he used to build the grandstand at this speedway which opened in 1940. It is something truly unusual days. He put down asphalt this is the first asphalt racetrack in the United States only the second ever paved track Indianapolis was first with the bricks."

" That's pretty cool. So this weekend Arab World Series of speedway racing what is that exactly."

" Well something they've been doing here for 36 consecutive years it's fifteen different divisions. Championships are always decided somehow or another in the World Series and we had one today and at willow and modified tour that was decided here. Place is packed with fans."

" Tell me about the state of super close super modified racing around the country there a little little pockets of interest how's it doing."

" It's still without the same as it always did Dave there are people who just love the -- person will go anyplace that they run. We had a nice crowd here today to watch the super modified -- have still a very popular division but it doesn't seem to be growing."

" When now when Bentley wore new I think you -- was 94 years old guys are running is by far off remained does he still drives a lot of flood."

" Here and here today. And nine years sixty years old he'll be six. He will be 69 years old in December and he fired up one of the best cars here run a decent until we had a flat tire."

" I'd like your mattress Samara Herschel -- growth. Human -- a long -- local racing on a more serious note as we come the end of the season that's really been. Conduct that I get some of the shadow of recession that borders on depression. How do you assess the hell of short track America and are you care."

" Yeah I do I care a lot because as the foundation of everything else that goes on in motor sports this is -- the drivers come from the officials. And the fans that buy tickets to the big league races as well day. That and I think in general it's doing reasonably well it seems to have feared this recession much better than other sports. We don't see that -- and ticket prices that we have seen elsewhere. And the racetracks that are well run -- very good year this year they had good car counts and they had strong fan counts so I think short track racing is doing just fine."

" That's good do here -- we turn our attention to big time NASCAR racing. Actually. It's not because it's my show it's because the frisky beat them up picked up by 21 margin. Tunnel that's does say this week they don't believe -- to thousands cheating. The other way to look at it is a full third of respondents do. What do you think his forty legal."

" I think the tunnel has your right I don't think the forty H cheating at all but I do think that there worker harder than some other people might be working. They just got everything going days it got very strong engines that don't fail they've got -- and don't failed breaks always work and work well Jimmy is driving brilliantly. Chad is making terrific all they've got great pit stops in short. What every -- needs to win races and championships. Is the complete package and they have the complete package."

" As -- out for a three years running so what do you make of the fact that the NASCAR has now taken the the 48 and -- the R&D center. Four weeks in a row and I don't know yet if it took him from Martinsville. And warned of a long way that they were very close to illegal. All that is a bit unusual what do you make of it."

" We'll NASCAR has worked very hard to level playing field and make sure that nobody has a mechanical advantage that's the whole point of much of the point. But this new car of tomorrow have a mechanical unfair advantage. NASCAR wants to find it. Good eliminated. Make sure everybody's got the same car so that it's up to the driver the crew chief and the over the wall crew to decide who's gonna win the race and who's not."

" But yeah I get that a lot NASCAR's objective with the CO2 it was a level playing field obviously they've failed because Johnson has never went all the races. When you think about it. It's kind of a tradition in the modern Arab and petty won seven titles in sixteen years. Earnhardt got his first one Richard number one another. Then -- are 17 in fifteen years Johnson the arms are Gordon golf won an Emmy in terminator never got another one. -- won four in seven seasons now Jimmy's got former -- the point being. Typically. There's a dominant driver -- wondering if there's anything different about Jimmy's dominance and his his dominance is good or bad. Four cup racing in 2000 off."

" I see nothing different at all about Jimmy's dominance because all of the people that you just mentioned had exactly his situation. The great crew Chiefs -- great pit stops strong engine strong mechanical equipment. Bob plenty of depth there. They had it all together and so -- at the moment."

" So what's your gut feel a lot of those other 48 didn't they wanted to elevate -- as we can. Put some excitement back into the --"

" I could -- realize that was his last DNF in the chase was Talladega in 2006. That's certainly is the ultimate wildcard as we head toward homestead. It's so easy to have problems at Talladega. Need not be at your own doing but everybody runs so close together I think it's going to be white knuckle weekend for all of the drivers who were in the chase but particularly. For Jimmie Johnson in the 48 team."

" I heard of -- today about. I guess I think it was Jimmy talking specifically about. -- Jets sitting down and figuring out the lowest risk strategy for that race which to me is. It impossible concept a million but but the question -- you would be if you work Chad what would you encourage Jimmy did Duke's -- go to the front you go to the back. How do you do you play that would."

" My guess is that Chad has probably looked at a whole lot of Talladega races. Over the last several years to see were the accidents happen on what lap. Who gets involved at a worthy accidentally up front are they in the middle. Or at the back of the pack. He is such a methodical crew chief I would be willing to that -- day that he has looked at all let stuff probably wouldn't tell anybody that that's a reporter to get it out. But he's probably looked at all let stuff and come up with -- empirical decision not a gut decision. An empirical decision about where Jimmy Johnson needs to be beginning middle and end next week at Talladega you've."

" It right on the head the reason he's so good is because he does that got to work is better out of the -- that was our real quick Hall of Fame question. We all pretty much agree I think that the five who were in the long year and who didn't get in that you would have put in on the first ballot headed in your decision."

" Raymond parks the very early owner had so many of the race cars in the early days that won a lot of races. We don't see anybody in the air from the earliest hours of NASCAR. Parks are still alive be nice to see him in that Hall of Fame."

" B four I think of something like -- a great guy thank you Dick we appreciate it budget Georgia day up there at the World Series of auto racing. "