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9/22/24, 11:53 AM |
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Eldora changed when they raced the Nascar Trucks...Can't have dust on TV! Glad I went in 1997 when Earl was there...JMO...
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9/22/24, 1:40 PM | #22 | |
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I have been going to Eldora for 62 years. I have been to many races when Earl did the track prep and it was a dust bowl.
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9/22/24, 2:31 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 14 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21,639 |
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Yeah, Many of them features were dusty as hell. In fact, waves of dust. But the track was fast as hell Had a three ft high and four ft wide cushion. Now it's a slow skating rink with a 5mph speed limit.
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9/22/24, 3:45 PM | #24 | ||
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We stayed to the bitter end. Wanted to get our 50.00 each worth.
I would suggest going back to the format of qualifying and heats say Friday night, and b mains and features Saturday. Just two any races on Saturday unless they start earlier. What is really irritating, is the way they treat the silver crown drivers. Almost every year they have a junk track to race on, and they wait around all night to race at 1am in front of very few people! Come on Levi, we know you can come up with some kind plan that works better than what the 4crown is now. |
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9/22/24, 4:28 PM |
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9/22/24, 4:37 PM |
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Just returned home after a 5 hour drive.
I love the 4 Crown, really do. And last night was one of the biggest if not the biggest crowds I've seen there for this event. Was really looking forward to the evening. Great weather, had a great drive over as well. I've seen day and night races at Eldora and in the 50 plus years I've been going to dirt tracks last night was quite possibly the f***king worst POS I've ever experienced. Dust Bowl Oklahoma could not have been worse. I was in turn 1 and could not see the cars in 3-4, and at times in 2. The track wasn't that bad in hot laps and qualifying. You'd think it would get better as the sun went down and it got cooler. It didn't, it got worse. The USAC Sprint B main was won by a guy driving it as if it were pavement. And Kudos to the USAC Sprint guys for not having 27 yellows or reds and actually going out on that POS for their feature. Ballou was right in his interview. Whatever they are doing, it ain't working. At one point the poor folks in 3-4 and the main chute were sitting in a cloud of dust. SOmeone should have received pink slip for that fiasco last night. And getting over at 145. Ridiculous. They started racing pretty much on time, and other than that idiotic track rework kept the program moving. |
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