Unfortunate Circumstances Put Ransomville in Team’s Rear View Mirror

By Dave Sully - (Ransomville, NY) After an on track incident during Mat’s heat race on Friday, July 6th, which precipitated a confrontation at the entrance to pit road that ultimately resulted in a physical altercation, the Williamson Racing Team has decided it is in its best interest to sever its connection to Ransomville Speedway.

After Mat was spun out in his heat, by a driver who felt that he was entitled to payback for being “chopped” earlier, the driver was sent tail. When the heat was over, the two cars stopped in the entrance to pit road where the altercation took place. Said altercation involved a track official, a track employee, and ultimately members of the Williamson team.

To be perfectly clear, Mat, in a fit of pique, did exit his race car to confront the other driver, which is against the rules, but the ensuing actions by the track official and the track employee, whose jobs would seem to be to mediate a dispute, ended up precipitating a brawl, not preventing one. If their purpose was to make a point, it had the effect of driving a tack with a sledge hammer, so one-sided was incident. By its very severity, other members of the team felt compelled to intercede, as did at least one member of another team.

When cooler heads finally prevailed, Mat and the other driver were sent home for the evening, thus no participation in the feature.

Car owner Rich Windeatt had a meeting with the track promoter, who expressed regret over what had transpired and promised appropriate action would be taken. Windeatt is confident that the track promoter will handle the situation with the efficacy it deserves to prevent a repeat of the unseemly incident and to retain confidence in the racing community that justice will be served, so that exciting racing will continue to be the norm at Ransomville Speedway.

However, since the incident was well beyond the realm of happenstance, and overtly provocative, the Williamson Racing Team has opted to suspend its racing commitment to Ransomville at this time.