IHRA at Columbus.

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by blkjack

On site reporting only 15 trailers as of Tues PM.There is still a lot of asphalt paving going on (not on the track itself), No cars testing right now

Just got off the phone with Andy Kronenbitter. I'll try to relay all this and not screw it up
1) They are currently, and have all week, been paving the hot car staging lanes (The ones that run in front of the pit side bleachers) so the pros have a non-pothole surface to tow their cars. All the blacktop pits have been resealed and painted.
2) ALL new lighting in the pits, complete with a wi-fi transponder on every light pole. Lighting goes all the way back in the grass areas all the way to the woods gate. No log on needed, open it and it says "IHRA Have a good race" or something as such.
3) Six brand new Semis and trailers have been unloaded with all new golf cars, scooters, and equipment.... Which include brand new track dryers. The semis are all lettered IHRA logos and signage. Andy noticed the equipment has the tracks name on them, as if when they leave, the equipment doesn't.
4) The Tower has its new IHRA lighted signage, and everything in the place has been painted, Stripes on payment, walls, poles, everything you can think of.
5) The tracks timing system wiring was dug up and all new installed from tower to scoreboards. Even the scales were painted.
Quite frankly Andy is amazed. The kicker,.... as of 5 o'clock tonight when I spoke to him...maybe 20 cars were on the property. He told me he spoke to a few Stocker guys down in the Kil-Kare area (an hour away) if they were coming and they told him nope...