The Basic Expectations as A Host/Racer

Hey folks....dad here at ElevationDiecastRacing....I have had the honor of being a part of this hobby going on 8 years now with going on 5 of those 8 being an active racer in the diecast community.  I am also a well known host to racers around the world in the hobby. I built this channel with my son when he was 8. Now, 15. Since then, he has fallen back from racing, and I have embraced it. For me, this is extremely fun. I enjoy hosting races and racing at other tracks. During my short 5 year racing career, I have sent a lot of cars to a lot of different tracks. And like most everybody else, when I first started, I got my tailpipes handed to me. As time went on, I got faster and started winning here and there. But one thing was always the same.... My cars came back as fast or sometimes faster than when I sent them out....until recently. I do my dead level best to be neutral, friendly and impartial to every Racer that races here at Elevation Diecast.... I graduated from graphite a little over a year ago, so when I send my cars out to race somewhere, I do not ever expect them to come back with graphite All over the axles. Sadly, this was the case when my cars returned from Sean over at steel city, mafia racing. When I asked him about it on a recent live broadcast, he persisted on claiming he did nothing to my car. But I found it really hard to believe when my car was thirty thousandths slower than when I sent it to him. So much to the fact that other racers reached out to me knowing the speed I carry and the expectations they had when watching the video that still city mafia put on with my Car rolling for his track record.  I've thought this over and was not going to post this here. But since his video short apologizing for not recognizing me tying the record, what's the last straw for me.... Because I could care less about that. What I really want to know is why my car was full of graphite when I got it back. In closing, my advice is 2 investigate and get to know folks before you start sending your cars to other places,... are they Registered here?. Do they have a track record? Are they a good host? Ask yourself these questions. Ask other racers about places you want to send your cars. About the experiences they've had at that track. I wish Sean nothing but the best in his racing career.... And we'll still be sending him the cars I have set aside for him as a gift from Elevation... And remember, if your car isn't fast, at least it will look good on the shelf.