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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: bigdad]
#445658
08/22/09 08:48 PM
08/22/09 08:48 PM
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Quicksilver440
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I don't mean to offend , I will be back ..
but,damm those freakin piles of sheet on the east side ..dammmmmmmmmm
Cool old track, had fun ..I am coming back one of these days
no offense taken...lol....those piles of crap are not always there....so it's sometimes worse than other times.
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Quicksilver440]
#445659
08/22/09 09:32 PM
08/22/09 09:32 PM
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Today? Who Knows?
1_WILD_RT
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I don't mean to offend , I will be back ..
but,damm those freakin piles of sheet on the east side ..dammmmmmmmmm
Cool old track, had fun ..I am coming back one of these days
no offense taken...lol....those piles of crap are not always there....so it's sometimes worse than other times.
And when it's bad, it's really bad...
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Jeepmon]
#445661
08/23/09 03:46 PM
08/23/09 03:46 PM
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Erda, UT
67Charger
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It is your confirmation letter only. You have to trade it at the gate for your entry packet. Call them in advance if you can't find it and make arrangements ahead of time. You may run into problems at the gate otherwise.
11.33 @ 118.46 on motor
10.75 @ 125.35 w/ a little spray
Now, high Speed Open Road Racing - Silver State Classic Challenge, Nevada Open Road Challenge, Big Bend Open Road Race
Rocky Mountain Race Week 2020, 2022 2.0, Sick Week 2023
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Keith Richards]
#445663
08/23/09 08:22 PM
08/23/09 08:22 PM
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Sunnyvale, CA
Jeepmon
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I got my packet awhile ago,lots of useful info in there as always. It seems that they are having a hard time deciding between a 9.0 class and a 10.40 class. They also state that they are looking for a lot of Orange and Black cars this time out. 
 
Then you have it covered on both fronts... GL to you and Rich
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Quicksilver440]
#445665
08/23/09 10:11 PM
08/23/09 10:11 PM
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Erda, UT
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I did Sonoma...
Day 1 is tech and generally 2 runs of test and tune. No cameras or TV crew there yet. Day 2 the cameras get there, you do the "driver's meeting" for the camera and then gert sent back to the pits. One timed run that you get a slip for, then an arm-drop run that you don't get a slip for. After all the cars run their second run, they go and pick the class, then announce the car numbers over the PA, but not the bracket. Since you don't know what your car ran the second time, you don't know the "exact" bracket or what time would be considered "too fast". They expect you to hang it all out there every time, and if you were, it will be a non-concern, if you were bagging it, you may inadvertently go too fast. I know, if you just win by a bumper, you should still be fine, but that's their reason for doing things that way.
Anyway, once the 16 or 32 are picked, it goes just like you see it on TV. At Sonoma they did 32 cars. They pitted each of the 16 faster cars with one of the 16 slower cars to give the "underdog" a chance to get in the show by treeing the faster car. The slower car should not be able to outrun the faster car without going too fast, but if they treed them they could get there.
11.33 @ 118.46 on motor
10.75 @ 125.35 w/ a little spray
Now, high Speed Open Road Racing - Silver State Classic Challenge, Nevada Open Road Challenge, Big Bend Open Road Race
Rocky Mountain Race Week 2020, 2022 2.0, Sick Week 2023
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Keith Richards]
#445666
08/23/09 10:15 PM
08/23/09 10:15 PM
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Erda, UT
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I got my packet awhile ago,lots of useful info in there as always. It seems that they are having a hard time deciding between a 9.0 class and a 10.40 class. They also state that they are looking for a lot of Orange and Black cars this time out.
...ha ha... but seriously, all mine had was the letter. Did yours have a schedule or something?
11.33 @ 118.46 on motor
10.75 @ 125.35 w/ a little spray
Now, high Speed Open Road Racing - Silver State Classic Challenge, Nevada Open Road Challenge, Big Bend Open Road Race
Rocky Mountain Race Week 2020, 2022 2.0, Sick Week 2023
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: 67Charger]
#445668
08/24/09 01:40 AM
08/24/09 01:40 AM
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Riverside, Ca
G_bob
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I did Sonoma...
Day 1 is tech and generally 2 runs of test and tune. No cameras or TV crew there yet. Day 2 the cameras get there, you do the "driver's meeting" for the camera and then gert sent back to the pits. One timed run that you get a slip for, then an arm-drop run that you don't get a slip for. After all the cars run their second run, they go and pick the class, then announce the car numbers over the PA, but not the bracket. Since you don't know what your car ran the second time, you don't know the "exact" bracket or what time would be considered "too fast". They expect you to hang it all out there every time, and if you were, it will be a non-concern, if you were bagging it, you may inadvertently go too fast. I know, if you just win by a bumper, you should still be fine, but that's their reason for doing things that way.
Anyway, once the 16 or 32 are picked, it goes just like you see it on TV. At Sonoma they did 32 cars. They pitted each of the 16 faster cars with one of the 16 slower cars to give the "underdog" a chance to get in the show by treeing the faster car. The slower car should not be able to outrun the faster car without going too fast, but if they treed them they could get there.
That's basically how they did it at vegas when I went. But then, they didn't do 32 car fields. They actually couldn't decide between hi 9's and hi 10's, so they chose two 20 car fields and ran one more time on arm drops. The hi 9's were all over the place and the 10's were tightly grouped, so they chose 16 of the 20 for the show. Diego-Ted was chosen in the 20 car hi 10's group, but had hurt the motor on the second time trial.
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: 67Charger]
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08/24/09 03:01 AM
08/24/09 03:01 AM
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Keith Richards
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I got my packet awhile ago,lots of useful info in there as always. It seems that they are having a hard time deciding between a 9.0 class and a 10.40 class. They also state that they are looking for a lot of Orange and Black cars this time out.
...ha ha... but seriously, all mine had was the letter. Did yours have a schedule or something?
Nope! Just a letter. Same as Sonoma.
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: G_bob]
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08/24/09 11:05 AM
08/24/09 11:05 AM
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Jeepmon
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This year, they've changed up the format just a little.. Expect a timeslip on Saturday's 2nd pass, which is Rich's arm drop...
And the other change is the floating minimum that you must beat.. Up on the pedestal at Rich's feet, is a small time board that holds a minimum number, if you dont beat this number, you go home.. its that simple!!
At Pacific, I ran an 10.8x, 11.3x and 11.1x... the floating minimum they chose for me and my opponent was a 10.98...
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Quicksilver440]
#445671
08/24/09 03:03 PM
08/24/09 03:03 PM
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Cali S.B
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but,damm those freakin piles of sheet on the east side ..dammmmmmmmmm
no offense taken...lol....those piles of crap are not always there....so it's sometimes worse than other times.
past friday night they were not there 
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Sub95]
#445672
08/24/09 10:46 PM
08/24/09 10:46 PM
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Chowchilla,ca
Chassisman
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but,damm those freakin piles of sheet on the east side ..dammmmmmmmmm
no offense taken...lol....those piles of crap are not always there....so it's sometimes worse than other times.
past friday night they were not there
besides...they are not poop piles...they're rotting ag waste...aka orange peels...nut shells...and other "organic matter"....one big compost pile...and remember some of those staying over in suicide city at the March Meet actually went and climbed those...bare handed...LOL
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Re: Pinks @ Famoso - Bakersfield. Who's going?
[Re: Jeepmon]
#445676
08/27/09 06:16 PM
08/27/09 06:16 PM
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Riverside, Ca
G_bob
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Keith, As we entered into the waiting area for Pinks All Out in Seattle, the first the we received was a numbered car.. This was our car number, tech number and pit area number..
If you plan to pit next to a buddy, then you two must arrive at the same time..
So, what time are all the moparters going to get there? 
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