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Being from out of Country I gave up with the texting notifications as it rarely worked, and when it did I was already in the Lanes. During the National Event at Brainerd some fellow Canadian Div 5 racers said sign up to Discord and follow Div 5. I have to say the Q Sheets and Ladders and schedule updates were awesome!!

Darcy Clarke
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Kind of getting off topic, but stop making us pre-enter for division races!!! The excuse for it was Covid. That ship sailed 3 years ago, let us pay cash or write a check at the gate. Kudos to Tri-State Raceway in Earlville, IA for allowing racers to pull up to the gate and pay like it was 2019.

Another personal favorite is when I sign up for text messaging days in advance and it doesn't work, what's the point then?

Tyler Wudarczyk

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amen !!!!

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Indy was the first National event where the text messaging worked for me. Todd Rodenburg

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I worked at a bunch of tracks over the years. 40? 50?

It's funny (but logical) that the most racer-centric tracks I can remember were Earlville and No Problem. At the time I was there, both owned and operated by racers.

I know Mr Hill had a problem with track prep at Earlville one year, but that's the only complaint I've ever heard or seen.

It's easier and easier to take shots at the NHRA these days, but one would think an organization founded on "by racers for racers" would have specifications for what tracks must do for their customers written right into the contract.

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"By the racers for the racers" died with Wally Parks and the retirement of Steve Gibbs!

The current management is concerned with Entry fees and sponsor moneys and big time pay checks... The racer is just kind of a necessary inconvinence!

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We felt bad about breaking a promise to one of the track owners that I met at the PRI Show of racing there this year. We could get to the track after Indy but if we did good in eliminations we could not get home in time for Patsy outpatient surgery. Maybe next year we hope, Earlville is always a good time!