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Jeff Jewell · 08-02-2009, 07:37 PM

Hello...

My Dad and I are planning on being there this weekend. Add 2 more to the car count for SS...

I raced at Skyview yesterday to check the place out as I was never there before. To get there, go by the directions on their website. They were pretty good. If you map it with Google maps, use Tioga Center not Barton as there is another Skyline Drive near Barton, according to Google Maps.

They seemed to run the program pretty quickly yesterday. There was a makeup race from a couple weeks ago that they finished before starting yesterday's program. Once they got going, it went quick. I found the traction to be a little iffy during time trials, but it came around for first round. Unfortunately, somebody oiled the track big time on the starting line in the left lane before 3rd round. I was the 5th pair of cars after the oil down and blew the tires off. In all fairness, I had radials on the car and they usually don't spin a little... I saw cars getting down the left lane later in eliminations. Talking to the local racers, they said that the track prep is always real good for races like the Pro-Am, so I am hopeful it will be good this coming week.

As for the pits, not a lot of grass, mostly gravel. The main pit area is paved for the most part. There is an upper paved road that's a little narrow, but rigs were parked on both sides of it with the race cars sitting on asphalt.

They just opened an all concrete oval track next to the drag strip. You can watch the oval track races from pits of the drag strip. They were running yesterday and looks like they have a race this weekend as well. Looks like we'll have something to watch Saturday night...

Jeff Jewell

08-02-2009, 07:37 PM	#17
Jeff Jewell Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bangor, PA Posts: 182 Likes: 41 Liked 171 Times in 36 Posts	Re: Skyview Pro-AM, who's going? Hello... My Dad and I are planning on being there this weekend. Add 2 more to the car count for SS... I raced at Skyview yesterday to check the place out as I was never there before. To get there, go by the directions on their website. They were pretty good. If you map it with Google maps, use Tioga Center not Barton as there is another Skyline Drive near Barton, according to Google Maps. They seemed to run the program pretty quickly yesterday. There was a makeup race from a couple weeks ago that they finished before starting yesterday's program. Once they got going, it went quick. I found the traction to be a little iffy during time trials, but it came around for first round. Unfortunately, somebody oiled the track big time on the starting line in the left lane before 3rd round. I was the 5th pair of cars after the oil down and blew the tires off. In all fairness, I had radials on the car and they usually don't spin a little... I saw cars getting down the left lane later in eliminations. Talking to the local racers, they said that the track prep is always real good for races like the Pro-Am, so I am hopeful it will be good this coming week. As for the pits, not a lot of grass, mostly gravel. The main pit area is paved for the most part. There is an upper paved road that's a little narrow, but rigs were parked on both sides of it with the race cars sitting on asphalt. They just opened an all concrete oval track next to the drag strip. You can watch the oval track races from pits of the drag strip. They were running yesterday and looks like they have a race this weekend as well. Looks like we'll have something to watch Saturday night... Jeff Jewell