Stagger (Offline)
#161
7/3/11 11:42 PM
I am no track prep guy or have I ever prepped one.
Maybe they are lacking equipment there but still even if that is true they should have found some.
IMHO I would have dug the track up pretty deep and let it rain on it.
let all the free water get deep down in the surface. Then start wheel packing that thing when the sun came up. Even if it is a bit snotty in places you can still scrape it off a bit. Would have caused a rut or two? Maybe, but they didn't call it terrarut for nothing.
I grew up at MANZY and back in the day they worked that track at least 3 days before a show. If you showed up early the track would look way way to wet to race on but after an hour of wheel packing it was close enough to let the sprinters wheel pack it to their liking.
Were the cars just covered in mud after wheel packing? Sure... put that stuff scrapes right off if you put in a little effort. I remember walking across the track after all the A mains were done and the track could suck the shoes off your feet.
If MANZY could keep a tacky track with a nice cushion in the desert from hell there is no reason they could not have done this at TH today.
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racephoto1 (Offline)
#163
7/3/11 11:47 PM
The fair board had their chance until they hosed the O'Conners. After the way the last two races went under their direction, last year, you'd think the fair board would get smart, it didn't.
Rogue-9 (Offline)
#164
7/3/11 11:53 PM
When they started to regrade the track after the red flag you could see there was still moisture under the surface, they just packed it too much.
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agar (Offline)
#165
7/3/11 11:56 PM
with out the fair board nothing can be done so I guess it is a lost cause a promoter needs at least a 3 year contract to even think about taking a chance and the fair board needs to invest in some repairs But That ain't going to happen
Jerry Shaw (Offline)
#166
7/4/11 12:07 AM
Originally Posted by Rogue-9:
When they started to regrade the track after the red flag you could see there was still moisture under the surface, they just packed it too much.
I noticed that, too. I was standing there thinking I might be in a "Twilight Zone" episode. With an jolt of irony right before the credits roll. Only they were a half hour long, not SEVEN HOURS!!!!
Jerry
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Winston Churchill
mod16d (Offline)
#167
7/4/11 12:11 AM
My 2 cents worth, it was a TOTAL USAC deal. they were the promoter, the concessions, the track prep...everything. The inch or more of rain wasn't the problem, it was the fact that the track wasn't worked...PERIOD. They (USAC) or their crew could not have worked on the track all week, as is required for a day race, because if you looked real close, there was grass growing in turn 4. The rain was THE EXCUSE, not the problem .
Don't blame the the track, blame the morons at USAC (morons is the kind term, I was going to say dumb f..cks). I, like Jason McCord, have fond memories of my father, unfortunately, he's dead, just like day racing, I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WAS THE REASON USAC WASN'T GOING TO COME BACK IN THE 90'S AND MR. HOPTON HAD THE F' ING LIGHTS PUT UP!!!!