Well my son and I went to the track Saturday to run in a NSS race put on by the United Nostalgia Super Stock club. But we found out they raced a bunch of rainout races also. And the rainout cars were the street outlaw and street tire cars. These are the cars that the track really caters to as I guess they make most of their money from them as they are all power adder cars. But the NSS race was a scheduled race yet they ran all the other cars first and made us run our time runs last. So after driving the 45 miles and getting there by 8 oclock we finally made a time run around 11 to 11:30 am. Then by 2 oclock they said some cars wont get a second time run and we were still waiting to make another time run. My son got tired and wanted to leave and my joints were hurting so bad that it was fine with me to leave. So we went and left about 2:30 and got home at 3:45. I found out later that they got a second time run around 2:45 and they did not run the first round until 7:30 pm !! I talked to the guy ho won and he said they got out of there around 12:20 am and did not get home until after 2 am. I was glad we left when we did. I had taken the 950 off my car and put the 850 back on. It ran 10.84 @ 123.83 and a few weeks ago it ran 10.78 @ 124.81 with the 950 on a night T & T. It was during the day Saturday and hotter out so basically the car ran a normal et for that weather. And my time run was a nice fun side by side race with a nice Oldsmobile NSS race car. I did win as I ran 10.84 to his 10.97. It was really a long day for the guys who stayed and ran the NSS race. Ron

I hate waiting but at least you got out!!

Not to be negative or judgemental but you went to the track paid your money made a tt and left. You can't win if you don't race and the guy that stuck it out and won has something to be proud of. In the future he can talk about that fiasco of a race he won not gee I got pissed and left. Sorry if I am harsh.

Sorry to hear that Ron, I do understand trying to go have fun Drag racing & being in pain waiting & the heat, my last trip to the track 130 miles round trip, was at the track for 4 hours for 1 run, then they closed the lanes, got home @ 2: 30 in the morning, Great to see your car is running good.

??? I was there. They ran the program pretty quick, and you guys were in the order as well as every other class.

I drive 196 miles to race there, so your 45 mile drive is heaven...lol

You guys needed some shade that's all

45 miles is a dream!! I am NOT a racer ,just a tuner FISH,,,,,,,wait,didI say FISH,I prefer ET chaser Sorry to hear the day worked out like that as I'm shot by 3pm. Island is now my closest track at about 190 miles RT with plenty of tolls!

"till next time,hope to see you in July

Tony,what time did you finish up???

Sounds okay though, the car ran afterwards, nothing got damaged and you made it back home.

A good day just not so much fun.

I feel your pain as when that happens, you've already dedicated the whole day to it and nothing happens.....Just wasted pretty much the whole day.

If there were rain out dates being run, that should have been announced online. Then racers can decide what they want to do.

I MADE THE SECOND TIME SHOT, THEN THEY HOT LAPPED US RIGHT TO FIRST ROUND. I WAS OUT FORST ROUND AND LEFT THE TRACK ABOUT 7:20PM

I will be the first to tell you racing is not an easy sport. I'm physically in the worst shape of my life and trying to work on it by going to the gym and taking 2-2 1/2 mile walks. 3 weeks ago I towed 200 miles to Norwalk, (400-500 race cars) unloaded, took my one time trial, won first round, lost second round right before the rain moved in, loaded up and drove 200 miles back home in the pouring rain. My 30 year old Son was fast asleep in the passenger seat. LOL. Left home at 7am Saturday and got home right before 1am Sunday. On the longer races I have my motorhome and trust me I am going to sneak in the motorhome and take a nap between rounds. I don't love it like I used to only because I can't do it like I used to BUT I still love it!!!

Some of you guys need to go to a few national events or points meets. Especially one that has bad weather. One time shot, first round 2 days later, get beat and drive the 500 miles back home. It's not a baseball game. Maybe we're all crazy. Just sayin'.

NHRA National and division races are H----, not much fun unless you win or go a bunch of rounds

Or you get to hang out with a bunch of pals from all over the country who you only see at the races. That helps.

Yeah, some track days can be looooooong and unproductive. IMO any time you drive it in and drive it back in one piece (as opposed to going home on a hook), consider it a "good enough" day for a street/strip car.

Ron...I have always liked your car. Just be thankful that you can still go to the track!

I feel bad for you guys. I just finished a new motor for my Barracuda Saturday morning, drove it straight to the gas station to fill it up and drove to the track....a wopping 6 miles, LOL. I made it to Rd 3, broke out with a 6.59 dragging the brake....drove home.....I'm beat...

Some of you guys should try 9 days at Norwalks Halloween Classic. 😂

I understand how racing is and how we have to wait to make a pass but if the order was right to me the scheduled race should have run first and not last. I know they cater to the power adder street cars because that's where they make all their money. But I still feel the NSS cars should not have been the last cars to run in the order when our race has been on the schedule all year. I know about waiting and how NHRA treats the little guys and that's one reason I don't race a lot because I have health problems with my joints as I have fibromyalgia and I have a lot of knee and back problems. I also know that's not an excuse I just felt the NSS cars should not have ran last in the order but it seems when ever a track runs NSS cars around here they always get put on the back burner. And because of my health I did not care one bit if I stayed until the end or left when I did as I was glad to get home and get off my feet. I just know if the NSS cars had run first we would have had 2 time runs in way earlier. As far as I am concerned the order the cars ran was wrong and not right. But money talks as it always does. And I know I am older and have health problems and that's why I don't race much but I do enjoy racing with the cool NSS cars and I try to go when its not a ton of other things at the same race. I understand some of you guys go much farther then me but since I drive my car to the track the closer I can race to home the less a tow would cost me if I break. Ron

Its not harsh as we knew what we were doing. And even though it cost me $55 dollars for one run I was fine with leaving since my joints were hurting me so much. I just wish we had gotten at least one more run in. Ron

I just don't agree we were in the proper order since the NSS cars were scheduled to race that day and they ran us last of all the cars. We actually had shade in my brothers trailer. Its my own fault I was hurting a lot as I should have sat a lot more but you know how it is as I ended up talking to many friends and was on my feet more then I should have been. Ron