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Originally Posted by John H186
Hello Jason.
I have a question about your E-Town parking experience. As a weekly racer and employee there, I can only assume that you are talking about the area by the lake, known as the 400 lot, as this is the only spot with even the slightest amount of rock towards the rear of the lot. If so, I know for a fact that, due to no Stock at the event, there was a ton of room in that lot to have been able to park your car on blacktop. I know that the NHRA puts you in a certain spot and that is usually it but there was more than enough blacktop in that lot to not have parked on the rocks as you are stating. Why not just simply move?
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John,
That's the place! But, the particular experience I was speaking of was not this year, but 2005. I'm not sure what classes they were running at that year, but there was about 15 to 20 of us parked out there. The only other person I can specifically remember was "Lucky" Luciano.
Anyway, I unloaded the car, made one pass, and on the way back parked the car in the S/S pits next to Bucky Hess, as there was no way I was driving my car back through that mess. I looked around a bit, found a couple of spots, and convinced one of the officials to let me move. He actually moved me into the T/AD pits in a spot that was definitely not big enough for another full-size rig (I only have a 32' motorhome with a 24' tag). At first the T/AD guy next to me didn't like it, but once I repositioned a bit to keep my generator exhaust out of his working area, he was cool with it.
Good thing I moved too because I thrashed on the car all weekend, which would not have been pleasant in the rocks. Of course, thrashing for sportsman racers usually equals losing early (which I did), so I could have just as easily loaded up and gone home. But, my uncle loves to watch the pros, so I hung out mostly for him.
All that said, I've learned my lesson about moving without permission. You can get away with that at IHRA races where there's typically plenty of space. But, the NHRA guys don't seem to take to that too well, and it's not that difficult to spot a trailer moving around before the first round of eliminations has begun!
Hope that clarifies things a bit...