CLASS RACER FORUM - PJ1 shortage

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Originally Posted by Adub464Q (Post 664628)

There is nothing wrong with the VP stuff, it just takes a different approach as you detail. What we have realized with our local tracks (Ardmore/XRP) is that it take a lot of dragging on the VP compound to make it work correctly. You cannot just spray some glue down, that makes it even worse and will make it slick as ever.

With all this traction compound talk lately, I think we are forgetting the responsibility of the organizations and the tracks. Their responsibility of the track surface is to make it SAFE, not to make it the best starting line of all time. It is the drivers/cars responsibility to make the car work with the track.

The above often gets lost when people start complaining about track prep.

Austin, I totally agree but, when you have tracks who only run one glue and their staff are set on running one glue and they switch to a new type, it takes some time for them to adjust. A few years back a track that only ran PJ1 was running low, I donated 3 drums of VPLC7 and I had to hear their starter complaining all weekend about it, I'm like I understand it's not what you normally use but, find a way to make it work to your liking.

The past weekend seemed to be higher MPH .90 cars but, we also had a ton of rain on Saturday Night and temps in the 90's (I know that's a cool day compared to you guys in Texas at 110..lol) but, I know the tracks are trying to figure out a good mix still for the temps. I believe they were mixing VP & PJH together to formulate something and we're keeping up on the track on a regular basis. It's going to be a learning curve for a lot of tracks in the next few months to figure out what works and what doesn't.