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Old 08-15-2023, 02:04 PM   #3
Mark Yacavone
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Default Re: More important than Joe Newbie building a Stocker

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Originally Posted by Bill Grubbs View Post
Friday/Saturday races…
Why is this an issue.
So Joe decides to build a stocker. However he has little to no vacation, and cannot take Friday off to qualify for a race with the car he just built.
So in reality he has no place to race except bracket racing…so why build a stocker?

When Brenda and I started I/NHRA racing we were in this situation. We would get off work at 5pm on Friday and drive all night and arrive at the track between 3 and 6 in the morning. Get set up qualify and the race on Sunday. Only to drive all night to get home between 2 and 6 in the morning…take a shower and go to work.

We made it work…however if it was a Friday/Saturday schedule we never would have even tried.

If we don’t give a new wannabe racer a chance to race he will never begin to build his/her stocker.

The Friday/Saturday schedule does allow people to get home on Sunday🙄. Never mind the fact that 50% of the racers would be on the road by 10AM on Sunday anyway.

Let us not even talk about waiting till noon or later to start Qualifying on Friday.

Flame on!
I'm pretty sure n b will get around to the logistics of trying to race and work full time at the same time.
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