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Julie Jordan · 10-08-2007, 12:45 AM

Yes, very different track. I've lost lots of ways before but never to the wind. I had a .027 light to my opponent's .081 light, I had a good package and up on the scoreboard pops a 7.95 so, of course I didn't get the win light. Wowza, and my team says I don't know how to work on a car! LOL At the scales the tech officials immediately told us we would have a rerun (there were a total of 4 reruns in Stock). I waited around for our re-run, then the race was put on hold for the wind about 11AM. We had my brother-in-law with us this weekend. He has Stage IV lung cancer. He wasn't feeling that great today and rather than make him more uncomfortable I opted to leave the race. Sure would've been nice to have left with a round win!!

There were no loudspeakers in our pits and I never saw any officials come by alerting us that it's time to run. The only way I knew was if I stayed in the RV listening to the radio or saw a parade of cars going by. And the time slip booth, what the heck is up with that? On test 'n tune it was next to the fuel check so why did it have to get moved on Friday?

But you want to know what really ticked me off? I was stopped by a security guard while in the golf cart. In the cart with me was my dog, Harley. I had just taken him down to the grass area to "do his thing". I was told that I had to keep the dog in my motorhome as dogs weren't allowed at that facility. Yea, right, I'm not going to let the dog out of my motorhome for 3 days!! I've been around racing for many years and never heard of a facility that didn't allow dogs!! I told him I drove 360 miles to get there, that I checked their website before I went for track rules and I wasn't going to keep the dog confined to the motorhome. Later on I heard them announce that they were "turning their heads" for this race about dogs but not to transport them around the pits.

Track prep was good. Other than that, the track is sub-par. I keep telling myself to be thankful we have a track in California again, we have so few. But I'm not sure I'll be back.

10-08-2007, 12:45 AM	#3
Julie Jordan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 639 Likes: 90 Liked 545 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Disappointed, Fontana SN schedule !!! Yes, very different track. I've lost lots of ways before but never to the wind. I had a .027 light to my opponent's .081 light, I had a good package and up on the scoreboard pops a 7.95 so, of course I didn't get the win light. Wowza, and my team says I don't know how to work on a car! LOL At the scales the tech officials immediately told us we would have a rerun (there were a total of 4 reruns in Stock). I waited around for our re-run, then the race was put on hold for the wind about 11AM. We had my brother-in-law with us this weekend. He has Stage IV lung cancer. He wasn't feeling that great today and rather than make him more uncomfortable I opted to leave the race. Sure would've been nice to have left with a round win!! There were no loudspeakers in our pits and I never saw any officials come by alerting us that it's time to run. The only way I knew was if I stayed in the RV listening to the radio or saw a parade of cars going by. And the time slip booth, what the heck is up with that? On test 'n tune it was next to the fuel check so why did it have to get moved on Friday? But you want to know what really ticked me off? I was stopped by a security guard while in the golf cart. In the cart with me was my dog, Harley. I had just taken him down to the grass area to "do his thing". I was told that I had to keep the dog in my motorhome as dogs weren't allowed at that facility. Yea, right, I'm not going to let the dog out of my motorhome for 3 days!! I've been around racing for many years and never heard of a facility that didn't allow dogs!! I told him I drove 360 miles to get there, that I checked their website before I went for track rules and I wasn't going to keep the dog confined to the motorhome. Later on I heard them announce that they were "turning their heads" for this race about dogs but not to transport them around the pits. Track prep was good. Other than that, the track is sub-par. I keep telling myself to be thankful we have a track in California again, we have so few. But I'm not sure I'll be back. __________________ Julie Jordan 7549 STK