Lebanon Valley Flooded

G E T Racin · 08-01-2009, 09:07 PM

FOR SALE:

1997 Holiday Rambler Imperial, runs (still), drives good (remarkably), some light damage and not everything works anymore. Could use a light cleaning---but has been recently powerwashed by mother nature. Price negotiable.

Bill- Thanks for all your help!!!!!!!!!!! (once again)

Gary Traeger

td1506 · 08-02-2009, 03:14 PM

All of us at antinora team racing wish the best of luck to all at LV .We were there for the div. and a Saturday top dragster race , we were rained out for the Sunday race. We really enjoyed the good times we had there. We will be back when the top dragster race is made up .
Gary and Barb

Dave Steltz · 08-03-2009, 01:20 PM

For those of you who are curious (like me) and wanted to race this weekend, check out the LVD website...

Says we will be racing this weekend....

Fantastic job by a dedicated owner and crew....

Michael Galofaro · 08-03-2009, 04:47 PM

With all the damage that was done to the pavement in the pits and shutdown area I am wondering how nothing could have been done to the track ??? Would love to come up friday and run the show - but really do not feel like wasting my time or possibly worse.
If someone knows what the deal is please inform us - and not just them being open for racing. Rushing something just for the sake of being open probably would not be the smartest thing to do if everything in not the way it should be.

Dave Steltz · 08-03-2009, 07:37 PM

Ok fans here is some first hand info...I drove up tonight and walked the grounds, and took some photos for myself, and I spoke with Howard for about 15-20 minutes..

First let me tell you, unless you have been there, or experienced a real flood first hand, you cannot imagine the damage that water can do....there was alot of damage done and no one shoudd think that it just got "wet"...

Now for the good news...the track is CLEAN and the return road is CLEAN and the staging lanes are about 85% cleaned up...I am truly amazed how good it looks for what it must have been..From what I understand they are going to try to get street night in on wednesday and that will give us a good gauge of what the track is like, but I gotta tell you if you didnt see the rest of the facility you wouldnt really know that it was flooded...Steve and some guys were working on finishing up the clocks, lights, etc, and the score boards were lit up and the lights were working at the starting line...

Some of the paved pit areas are starting to clean up, there must have been what looked like 6 inches of mud on it at one time, and they are going to start in the morning sweeping up and then washing down the pavement...

I gotta tell ya, unless something crazy happens, it looks like this weekend will happen...If what I saw tonight is any gauge of the rest of the week, we will be racing on a great track once again this weekend...
I am planning on showing up on Friday afternoon for the Night of Fire, and lets all hope that the rest of the cleanup goes well...

A HUGE THANKS TO HOWARD AND CREW, FOR WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF GETTING OUR TRACK FIXED UP... I cant say enough, but I made sure I thank Howard tonight when I saw him...
Please if you are a LVD racer stop up and do the same....

RayStantonJr · 08-03-2009, 08:15 PM

Hi guys,i read the last 2 posts.mike your concerns make sense,dave thanks for your trip to the valley and the update.i have been driving past every night after working on my car and daughters dragsters with nick graham at his shop,the dragsters are drying out nice and we are going through them front to back. We are planning on taking heather's top dragster fri. I don't know how everyone feels but taking in all.... What has happened in a week,, an 1/8th mile competition for super and pro would not be a bad idea for fri. We would get the first half ready for sat/sun it would be safer,faster show and the fans would still see great racing( all the stands end at the 1/8th anyway).even when the track is great we still get the dew after sunset ,,,just a thought.......i want to thank howard also he is a great person and quit is not in his vocabulary. Ed moran thanks again for pulling my trailers out . Ray stanton

Michael Galofaro · 08-03-2009, 10:51 PM

Listen not to sound like a dick - but street night is not going to tell us anything on how the track is going to be. Someone going 11.20 can drive over bumps and even pavement that has shifted and not even know it. Hit it at 200 ++ and you are going for a ride !!

He should just postpone the event and run a regular bracket program and then see how the track is with 7,8,9 and 10 sec cars. It's fine and dandy that they are busting their balls to get the track back to normal - BUT it should be for the correct reasons and made sure everything is correct and not just to have the "show".

I could be wrong and maybe overly cautious - but it's my *** in the seat and my wallet if something crazy did happen. I'll look foward to hearing how it was.

Brian Hansbury · 08-04-2009, 08:37 AM

hey guys ray is correct be there and support the track i am gonna try and make it if i can get out of work early enough wendys car is gutted right now no engine trans or rear end there is alot of hours in it so far i am planning on having it there for sunday the water was up to the bottome of the dash for quite a bit but after some sorrow and tears we are pluggin along to be back with our track family .....thanks sooo much to the krug famliy and krug farms and also dale scaccia and phil molski plus my daughter who was there scrubbing and cleaning along with all of us .....i am hoping there us enough hours to get her done for sunday ,,, 1/8 mile would be the best bet i think also

lvd2340 · 08-05-2009, 02:18 PM

here's some more pics of the the flood that either i or others have taken

http://s918.photobucket.com/albums/a...0Flood%20Day2/
http://s966.photobucket.com/albums/ae145/DRACER1988/
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ood%20Day%202/
http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n...d%20Aftermath/

i'll be up the tonight to see how it looks, i hope it's not gonna be a dustbowl with all the mud and dirt that was left behind from the flood. the track looked actually looked really good when i was there saturday except for some damage at the edge of the track where the barriers fell over. however the they were placing dirt track tires cut in half under the excavator probably i would think to protect the track from the tracks digging into the track BUT the tires dug imprints into to track, so i can only imagine how that will feel to a something with no suspension or worse yet a motorcycle. i can only hope he does something to fix that.

Dave Steltz · 08-05-2009, 05:24 PM

Billy, let us know how it looks tonight, I was planning on coming up tomorrow night to see how work was progressing (especially at the entrance of the staging lanes where its all tore up)...I want to come for the night of fire, but if the pits are still muddy or that isnt fixed I might re-consider....

I expect the track to be reasonable and the return road not bad based on what I saw Monday...

I'm certainly not top dragster speed, but 8.70@151 is fast enough in a short wheel base car that I dont want any surprises...

Maybe Howard will consider 1/8 mile ????

08-01-2009, 09:07 PM	#1
G E T Racin Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 66 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded FOR SALE: 1997 Holiday Rambler Imperial, runs (still), drives good (remarkably), some light damage and not everything works anymore. Could use a light cleaning---but has been recently powerwashed by mother nature. Price negotiable. Bill- Thanks for all your help!!!!!!!!!!! (once again) Gary Traeger __________________ Gary T

08-02-2009, 03:14 PM	#2
td1506 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: rochester, new york Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded All of us at antinora team racing wish the best of luck to all at LV .We were there for the div. and a Saturday top dragster race , we were rained out for the Sunday race. We really enjoyed the good times we had there. We will be back when the top dragster race is made up . Gary and Barb

08-03-2009, 01:20 PM	#3
Dave Steltz Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 323 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded For those of you who are curious (like me) and wanted to race this weekend, check out the LVD website... Says we will be racing this weekend.... Fantastic job by a dedicated owner and crew.... __________________ Dave Steltz 135G SG/SP/SST BIAECH Racing Team

08-03-2009, 04:47 PM	#4
Michael Galofaro Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 58 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded With all the damage that was done to the pavement in the pits and shutdown area I am wondering how nothing could have been done to the track ??? Would love to come up friday and run the show - but really do not feel like wasting my time or possibly worse. If someone knows what the deal is please inform us - and not just them being open for racing. Rushing something just for the sake of being open probably would not be the smartest thing to do if everything in not the way it should be.

08-03-2009, 07:37 PM	#5
Dave Steltz Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 323 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded Ok fans here is some first hand info...I drove up tonight and walked the grounds, and took some photos for myself, and I spoke with Howard for about 15-20 minutes.. First let me tell you, unless you have been there, or experienced a real flood first hand, you cannot imagine the damage that water can do....there was alot of damage done and no one shoudd think that it just got "wet"... Now for the good news...the track is CLEAN and the return road is CLEAN and the staging lanes are about 85% cleaned up...I am truly amazed how good it looks for what it must have been..From what I understand they are going to try to get street night in on wednesday and that will give us a good gauge of what the track is like, but I gotta tell you if you didnt see the rest of the facility you wouldnt really know that it was flooded...Steve and some guys were working on finishing up the clocks, lights, etc, and the score boards were lit up and the lights were working at the starting line... Some of the paved pit areas are starting to clean up, there must have been what looked like 6 inches of mud on it at one time, and they are going to start in the morning sweeping up and then washing down the pavement... I gotta tell ya, unless something crazy happens, it looks like this weekend will happen...If what I saw tonight is any gauge of the rest of the week, we will be racing on a great track once again this weekend... I am planning on showing up on Friday afternoon for the Night of Fire, and lets all hope that the rest of the cleanup goes well... A HUGE THANKS TO HOWARD AND CREW, FOR WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF GETTING OUR TRACK FIXED UP... I cant say enough, but I made sure I thank Howard tonight when I saw him... Please if you are a LVD racer stop up and do the same.... __________________ Dave Steltz 135G SG/SP/SST BIAECH Racing Team Last edited by Dave Steltz; 08-04-2009 at 07:13 AM.

08-03-2009, 08:15 PM	#6
RayStantonJr Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded Hi guys,i read the last 2 posts.mike your concerns make sense,dave thanks for your trip to the valley and the update.i have been driving past every night after working on my car and daughters dragsters with nick graham at his shop,the dragsters are drying out nice and we are going through them front to back. We are planning on taking heather's top dragster fri. I don't know how everyone feels but taking in all.... What has happened in a week,, an 1/8th mile competition for super and pro would not be a bad idea for fri. We would get the first half ready for sat/sun it would be safer,faster show and the fans would still see great racing( all the stands end at the 1/8th anyway).even when the track is great we still get the dew after sunset ,,,just a thought.......i want to thank howard also he is a great person and quit is not in his vocabulary. Ed moran thanks again for pulling my trailers out . Ray stanton

08-03-2009, 10:51 PM	#7
Michael Galofaro Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 58 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded Listen not to sound like a dick - but street night is not going to tell us anything on how the track is going to be. Someone going 11.20 can drive over bumps and even pavement that has shifted and not even know it. Hit it at 200 ++ and you are going for a ride !! He should just postpone the event and run a regular bracket program and then see how the track is with 7,8,9 and 10 sec cars. It's fine and dandy that they are busting their balls to get the track back to normal - BUT it should be for the correct reasons and made sure everything is correct and not just to have the "show". I could be wrong and maybe overly cautious - but it's my *** in the seat and my wallet if something crazy did happen. I'll look foward to hearing how it was.

08-04-2009, 08:37 AM	#8
Brian Hansbury Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: east nassau ny Posts: 100 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded hey guys ray is correct be there and support the track i am gonna try and make it if i can get out of work early enough wendys car is gutted right now no engine trans or rear end there is alot of hours in it so far i am planning on having it there for sunday the water was up to the bottome of the dash for quite a bit but after some sorrow and tears we are pluggin along to be back with our track family .....thanks sooo much to the krug famliy and krug farms and also dale scaccia and phil molski plus my daughter who was there scrubbing and cleaning along with all of us .....i am hoping there us enough hours to get her done for sunday ,,, 1/8 mile would be the best bet i think also

08-05-2009, 02:18 PM	#9
lvd2340 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Western Mass Posts: 60 Likes: 16 Liked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded here's some more pics of the the flood that either i or others have taken http://s918.photobucket.com/albums/a...0Flood%20Day2/ http://s966.photobucket.com/albums/ae145/DRACER1988/ http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ood%20Day%202/ http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n...d%20Aftermath/ i'll be up the tonight to see how it looks, i hope it's not gonna be a dustbowl with all the mud and dirt that was left behind from the flood. the track looked actually looked really good when i was there saturday except for some damage at the edge of the track where the barriers fell over. however the they were placing dirt track tires cut in half under the excavator probably i would think to protect the track from the tracks digging into the track BUT the tires dug imprints into to track, so i can only imagine how that will feel to a something with no suspension or worse yet a motorcycle. i can only hope he does something to fix that. __________________ Billy Kirpens Jr / Pro ET / Street ET 123J @ Lebanon Valley Dragway Stock/Super Stock 123A

08-05-2009, 05:24 PM	#10
Dave Steltz Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 323 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lebanon Valley Flooded Billy, let us know how it looks tonight, I was planning on coming up tomorrow night to see how work was progressing (especially at the entrance of the staging lanes where its all tore up)...I want to come for the night of fire, but if the pits are still muddy or that isnt fixed I might re-consider.... I expect the track to be reasonable and the return road not bad based on what I saw Monday... I'm certainly not top dragster speed, but 8.70@151 is fast enough in a short wheel base car that I dont want any surprises... Maybe Howard will consider 1/8 mile ???? __________________ Dave Steltz 135G SG/SP/SST BIAECH Racing Team