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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: CMcAllister]
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04/21/14 10:23 AM
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MRMOPAR622
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B&%$h about NHRA and IHRA all you like. This is one of the biggest reasons I raced association races, divisionals and national events exclusively. Didn't bracket race once after the first year with the car.
I worked tech at my local track for 2 years while I was building the car too. I know what some people bring to the track.
If you worked tech at the track then it was your fault they got to run!
Actually they didn't and we caught a lot of grief over it because they got to run most other places. Notice I said "bring", not "ran". Minor stuff would need to fixed by the next week. More than one was told "no way today".
At least you done the best you could to keep the other racers safe.That's all anyone can ask.
Last edited by MRMOPAR622; 04/21/14 01:00 PM.
"To Be The Man'You Have Got To Beat The Man"
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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: bigdad]
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04/21/14 04:08 PM
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in a cattle trailer down by th...
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His name is cornbread
Cornbread huh? I wonder if Tater Salad is his crew chief. 
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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: Dduster]
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04/22/14 12:19 PM
04/22/14 12:19 PM
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New Lenox IL
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Where did the tire/wheel end up? It's easy to build HP. That's why we are required to have safety equip.  I bet those weren't 5/8 studs. Hell I bet there wasn't 5 studs trying to hold that wheel on. Hate to have my family, my car, or me hurt by an imbecile like that!  Don
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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: 451Cuda]
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04/22/14 12:32 PM
04/22/14 12:32 PM
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Sullivan, Ohio
Max Wedge Savoy
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I was at Norwalk yesterday and I assure you it is not limited to just on track antics. I couldn't believe some of the $h!t I witnessed yesterday. What in the hell has happened to our sport?
Care to elaborate? Been away from racing awhile and I'd like to know what I'm jumping back into...
I've been racing a long time and I was always taught that when a race car is driving through the pits or backing out, you yield for them. This includes pit bikes, golf carts, foot traffic, etc. That wasn't the case here. Most walk in the middle of the road and not turn around to see whats behind them. The few that did turn around didn't move out of the way, I had to drive around them. There just seems to be a general lack of respect lately. This sport has evolved a lot since the time when I started and I'm sure the guys that have been racing longer feel the same way and it's not all good. Ok, rant over.....
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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: Max Wedge Savoy]
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04/22/14 01:49 PM
04/22/14 01:49 PM
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I was at Norwalk yesterday and I assure you it is not limited to just on track antics. I couldn't believe some of the $h!t I witnessed yesterday. What in the hell has happened to our sport?
Care to elaborate? Been away from racing awhile and I'd like to know what I'm jumping back into...
I've been racing a long time and I was always taught that when a race car is driving through the pits or backing out, you yield for them. This includes pit bikes, golf carts, foot traffic, etc. That wasn't the case here. Most walk in the middle of the road and not turn around to see whats behind them. The few that did turn around didn't move out of the way, I had to drive around them. There just seems to be a general lack of respect lately. This sport has evolved a lot since the time when I started and I'm sure the guys that have been racing longer feel the same way and it's not all good. Ok, rant over.....
 For sure not the same anymore. The nut cases have always been there though. As far as tech is concerned, it can be all over the place. If they know the car, it can be as simple as "Change anything since last time?" - or very thorough. It is usually pretty good at the tracks by me. If it is not a major safety issue ( belts out of date, etc. ) they will often give you ONE warning on it - note on tech card. If it is not fixed next time, no race.
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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: Crizila]
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04/22/14 03:20 PM
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Most of my racing the last 20 years has been in a series in Texas called Muscle Car Club Challenge. I have not ran the series in a few years and have decided to do so this year. So I have been making a few test and tunes to polish the old skills. The difference in attitude is crazy. We take ice chest and lawn chairs and two of the three times we have gone someone will move our things up and park in the spot we are in. They do this when my wife goes to the bleachers to watch me make a pass. They were still in the car one of the times so my wife ask if they could not see some one was using that space to race from. She said they looked at her like she was from outer space. Second time there was no one at the vehicle so we loaded and left. Hope it's not this way at the Challenges.
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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: dannysbee]
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04/23/14 07:01 PM
04/23/14 07:01 PM
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bigfork mn
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drives me crazy when people with pit bikes golf carts and even people walking cant move out of my way on the way up to staging but even worse after a run and I just want to get back to my camper and some idiot on a scooter or something driving 2 mph down the middle the road and wont move.
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Re: Crazy people at the track
[Re: Airwoofer]
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04/23/14 09:52 PM
04/23/14 09:52 PM
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At our local track (Huntsville, AL) the spectators will pull up and park in your pit spot while you are on the track. I have a plastic drum now with PIT sprayed on it as a hopeful deterrent. But us Mopar guys pit near the stands and the spectators aren't detered very easily.
You mean there are more mopars than just you at the track? I am the only one when I go most of the time,every now and then a friend of mine shows up with his Daytona.I need to go up there some time and check the other mopars out.
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