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BOO BOO · 11-06-2009, 06:03 PM

Well I know how alot of you feel. I drove 900 miles to get to the ROCK for the TOC. I qualified for the race by coming in 3rd in our Div. I figured I would run the last race for a few hits on the tree. And maybe win a few bucks at it. Well 2nd round in s/r the man I was racing turned hard left into the wall and totaled his car, I was lucky I was in the right lane. Then we had to race 1/8 mile which was fine with me, I have great data there also. The time run they gave us I had to abort car got VERY LOOSE. Well 4th round I watched the pair in front of me take up the whole track, they then shut me off to check the track. A fellow racer came up to me a said DON'T GO DOWN the track is unsafe someone is going to get hurt. Well the starter said the track is SAFE. Well I went about 300 feet and put the car side ways had to lift and lost. When I got back to my trailer the racer who went down before me was waiting to see what happened to me, he had the same deal so we went to the tower to talk to Scooter. Scooter said he thinks the track was unsafe and he will re-run us in the morning. Latter that nite I was called back to the tower and was told I can't re-run the track prep guy said he thinks the track was ok untill my car went down then it was unsafe. The racer that beat me told me maybe he is a better driver than me maybe, and maybe he has a better car than me maybe but we will never know because we NEVER had a fair race. The track was fine in the begining the it went away and never came back. How should we finish this thing, I really don't know but all I know is my motorhome is in storage, all the cars are torn down, motors and trans are sent out. And 900 miles away from Rockingham and never ran for the TOC. Hope eveyone has a safe off season and happy holidays.
Chuck Siegler
5328 S/R
5328 Q/R

11-06-2009, 06:03 PM	#77
BOO BOO Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 149 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA tournament of Champions Well I know how alot of you feel. I drove 900 miles to get to the ROCK for the TOC. I qualified for the race by coming in 3rd in our Div. I figured I would run the last race for a few hits on the tree. And maybe win a few bucks at it. Well 2nd round in s/r the man I was racing turned hard left into the wall and totaled his car, I was lucky I was in the right lane. Then we had to race 1/8 mile which was fine with me, I have great data there also. The time run they gave us I had to abort car got VERY LOOSE. Well 4th round I watched the pair in front of me take up the whole track, they then shut me off to check the track. A fellow racer came up to me a said DON'T GO DOWN the track is unsafe someone is going to get hurt. Well the starter said the track is SAFE. Well I went about 300 feet and put the car side ways had to lift and lost. When I got back to my trailer the racer who went down before me was waiting to see what happened to me, he had the same deal so we went to the tower to talk to Scooter. Scooter said he thinks the track was unsafe and he will re-run us in the morning. Latter that nite I was called back to the tower and was told I can't re-run the track prep guy said he thinks the track was ok untill my car went down then it was unsafe. The racer that beat me told me maybe he is a better driver than me maybe, and maybe he has a better car than me maybe but we will never know because we NEVER had a fair race. The track was fine in the begining the it went away and never came back. How should we finish this thing, I really don't know but all I know is my motorhome is in storage, all the cars are torn down, motors and trans are sent out. And 900 miles away from Rockingham and never ran for the TOC. Hope eveyone has a safe off season and happy holidays. Chuck Siegler 5328 S/R 5328 Q/R