New rules for Maple Grove Raceway competitors

[BKSG1198]

So my question is, it says if you visit the lounge you must park your golfcarts/bike/etc at gate 4 and walk the rest of the way. So what do you do if racing is done at 10pm, you drive to gate 4 with your bike, drop it off, walk to the lounge and stay till 12:30am, do you have to walk back to your trailer on the other side of the track and leave your golf cart at gate 4 until the morning? I feel bad for the people who put money into the lounge to get it back open cause fewer and fewer racers will be visiting it.
I mean I agree with Lex on this part due to the fact that Insurance companies are looking for every little thing in the book to drop coverage on people. I got into a fender bender about 3 years ago and the insurance company I was with since I was 17 tells me, sorry we are dropping you. I was like WTF and I told them I have had a safe driving record for 10 years and they told me sorry we can't cover you anymore due to your fender bender. So someone falling off a golf cart and getting seriously injured on track property throws a red flag up to the insurance companies and then they start to pry around into other stuff. Hopefully PA doesn't get as bad as NJ with the police. Don't know if anyone has been to Atco lately but the place is crawling with NJ State Police to the point where they actually re-check your car after it goes through tech and give you a manual with rules and regulations.

[SSTHottie1236]

Walk?!?!?! Walk?!?!?!

This dude has obviously never had an air bottle run out of air in the staging lanes or a delay in the race as the sun goes down so the 6.5 psi in your tires is now 6.25 psi. Heck, I won't even ride the golf cart to the lanes for that reason, sometimes, you need to go back to the pits and you only get maybe 5 minutes if that.

Kelli
1236 S/ST
1836 S/G

[Chris1529]

Why in the world would the state police be concerned with the rules and regulations at a sanctioned drag race on private property? If they are re-checking your car, what exactly are they looking for?

that was the whole idea of starting NHRA in the first place was to keep the law enforcement out of "speed competitions"?


what's next, will they be running radar on the return road?

[Ed Fernandez]

Kelli,the ban is 1 hour after racing ceases.
Chris,the NJ State Police are watchdogs at all motorsport events in NJ.If there is an accident they do the accident investigations.Been like that for quite some time.

[BKSG1198]

Thats why in NJ if there is any death involved in an Drag Racing Accident there is no more racing the rest of the day. The state police bring in a whole unit to investigate the accident just like they would if there was a accident on the highway. Thats why when Darrell Russell or Blaine Johnson died there were no real long reports on the accident, speed they were going, cause of accident, cause of death but, when Scott died at E-Town last year there was a long reports on everything that happened during his run and the autopsy. New Jersey does have a full blown 30-40 page New Jersey State Motorsports Rules and regulations that hand out to every racer after passing through tech. Every Tuesday night at Atco during the street/bracket race there is at least 2 uniformed police officers on site checking out every car that gets teched in.

[SSTHottie1236]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Kelli,the ban is 1 hour after racing ceases.
Chris,the NJ State Police are watchdogs at all motorsport events in NJ.If there is an accident they do the accident investigations.Been like that for quite some time.

Yeah, I know that, I'm just commenting on the dude that says we shouldn't have them at all and be healthy and crap.

[mad1661]

The new rules were put into effect to avoid future situations at our facility. The local police advised us they would be ticketing any unlicensed vehicle riding on or crossing over the public road adjacent to the track. We don’t want our customers to receive citations, hence the rule. In the case of racers and crew having dinner at the “Finish Line Pub” security has been instructed to allow reentry to the pit area with their pit vehicles.
We all know fireworks can be a dangerous situation in the pit area and the disruption they cause to our guests trying to sleep, hence the new rule.
The one-hour after racing is completed for pit vehicles was put into effect on Thursday of the ET finals and resulted in much calmer and relaxing nights for our customers.
The new rule pertaining to picking up awards at the track was put into effect because we’ve mailed checks in the past and when we needed racer information such as social security numbers or business ID numbers the racer receiving the check didn’t reply which causes issues for us at the end of the season when we don’t have the proper information for the IRS. It’s not about saving a few bucks, we need to complete each event’s accountability in a timely fashion and having to mail checks and wait for driver or owner information slows the process.

Lex Dudas

[Julie Jordan]

Originally Posted by mad1661

The new rule pertaining to picking up awards at the track was put into effect because we’ve mailed checks in the past and when we needed racer information such as social security numbers or business ID numbers the racer receiving the check didn’t reply which causes issues for us at the end of the season when we don’t have the proper information for the IRS. It’s not about saving a few bucks, we need to complete each event’s accountability in a timely fashion and having to mail checks and wait for driver or owner information slows the process.

Lex Dudas

Suggestion: provide a Form W-9 with each tech card. Establish a policy that checks will not be distributed and/or mailed unless a completed form is on file. That's what I tell my clients to do all the time; it's amazing how quick you get the forms when someone is waiting for their money! ;-)

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by SSTHottie1236

Yeah, I know that, I'm just commenting on the dude that says we shouldn't have them at all and be healthy and crap.

Dude its called better planning. Check your pressures before 5 minutes to go. But I have to shift mine myself so I don't have a need for an air bottle. My air tank rides to the lanes than is carried back to the pits,no big deal. I just don't see a need for the carts to the extent they are used. I could see a need if you had move something heavy but I've moved transmissions, heads even a short block I had delivered to a race with a hand truck. Whatever turns your crank. Use them while you can.

[Ed Fernandez]

[QUOTE=Harry 6674;143813]Dude its called better planning. Check your pressures before 5 minutes to go. But I have to shift mine myself so I don't have a need for an air bottle. My air tank rides to the lanes than is carried back to the pits,no big deal. I just don't see a need for the carts to the extent they are used. I could see a need if you had move something heavy but I've moved transmissions, heads even a short block I had delivered to a race with a hand truck. Whatever turns your crank. Use them while you can.

Wow,now we have a "dude" bashing competition.