Osceola Dragway? - Page 3

Michael Lyons · 09-17-2007, 07:14 AM

Congrats to old man Marshall on your win! lol

Track was decent, right lane had alot of cars turning right for whatever reason. Thats why the S/S had to get outta the gas and crunched his pan. Even after I fixed and lowered my wheelie bars had to run a turn extra down in the one to keep it from going too far right in the right. Parking was fine until Sunday when they let in the bracket cars and they parked between rigs thoughtlessly. I had to go get a track guy to run the jerk outta my pit so I could get the race car out and then before second round a spectator parked his pick up right behind my race car so I could hardly get outta my pit area. Some people have no consideration for others. Very stupid selfish people. Pit road by me was sand and way lumpy but my pit was grass, nice and flat. With some more improvements it could be a pretty nice track. The track people were really nice although that usually wears off after the first few years havin a pro am. lol Only real problem I see is the track's in basically a nice neighborhood thats developing. Just wonder how long before the neighborhood shuts it down because of noise.

Michael Lyons · 09-17-2007, 07:35 AM

The first upgrade they need is 1000 ft clocks! :-P

Michigan Skip · 09-17-2007, 08:00 AM

Hey guys that's my home track. I sure appreciate the kind words about OC. They are really trying hard to make the track a lot better. Art, The owner told me one day that he just decided to make a place for the little guy to run. That was 50 years ago. Art died a few years ago and Ruth and her son Tim got IHRA sanctioning. They got some of the bleachers from Martin when131 redid the place and OC is doing a good job of sprucing the place up. You should have seen the place 3 years ago!!!. I doubt very seriously that the folks there will ever get to a point where they aren't friendly. The folks at OC do a lot for the young ones and give them a place to run their cars on Friday nite. Keeps them off the street!!! Thanks again for the kind words as they can only help encourage Tim and his mom to do more. Pleas send them a little note of encouragement if you can. See ya next year!!
Skip

Tim Kish · 09-17-2007, 09:04 AM

Other than being very dusty and red-lighting to Mike first round Sunday - I have no complaints. They had more spectators there than I have seen at most NHRA points meets.

Jim Kaekel · 09-17-2007, 09:09 AM

Overall, the event was good for a first time Pro-Am, but it would have been nicer if more racers would have come out and supported it. I'm sure some were at the "Funny Car Nationals" up at US-131, just 2 hrs. from Osceola. I agree with Michael Lyons concerning the parking situation. They certainly need a spectator parking area and people to park the racers coming in. Just doing those couple of things would have let the event run smoother.

Michael Lyons · 09-17-2007, 09:15 AM

Oh yeah, and they had alot of trains blowing their horns as they passed near the track all night long Saturday night, kept waking me up. At 3, 4, 5 am for cryin out loud... :-P

Michael Beard · 09-18-2007, 05:26 PM

Congrats to Tim Kish on his Best Engineered award!

http://www.dragracecentral.com/drcph...46402#indextop

Tim Kish · 09-19-2007, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Congrats to Tim Kish on his Best Engineered award!

http://www.dragracecentral.com/drcph...46402#indextop

Thanks - I was really happy with that and my first 12 sec pass with the car - Air was good Saturday morning.

09-17-2007, 07:14 AM	#21
Michael Lyons Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Garden City, MI Posts: 226 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Osceola Dragway? Congrats to old man Marshall on your win! lol Track was decent, right lane had alot of cars turning right for whatever reason. Thats why the S/S had to get outta the gas and crunched his pan. Even after I fixed and lowered my wheelie bars had to run a turn extra down in the one to keep it from going too far right in the right. Parking was fine until Sunday when they let in the bracket cars and they parked between rigs thoughtlessly. I had to go get a track guy to run the jerk outta my pit so I could get the race car out and then before second round a spectator parked his pick up right behind my race car so I could hardly get outta my pit area. Some people have no consideration for others. Very stupid selfish people. Pit road by me was sand and way lumpy but my pit was grass, nice and flat. With some more improvements it could be a pretty nice track. The track people were really nice although that usually wears off after the first few years havin a pro am. lol Only real problem I see is the track's in basically a nice neighborhood thats developing. Just wonder how long before the neighborhood shuts it down because of noise.

09-17-2007, 07:35 AM	#22
Michael Lyons Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Garden City, MI Posts: 226 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Osceola Dragway? The first upgrade they need is 1000 ft clocks! :-P

09-17-2007, 08:00 AM	#23
Michigan Skip Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Three Oaks MI Posts: 58 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Osceola Dragway? Hey guys that's my home track. I sure appreciate the kind words about OC. They are really trying hard to make the track a lot better. Art, The owner told me one day that he just decided to make a place for the little guy to run. That was 50 years ago. Art died a few years ago and Ruth and her son Tim got IHRA sanctioning. They got some of the bleachers from Martin when131 redid the place and OC is doing a good job of sprucing the place up. You should have seen the place 3 years ago!!!. I doubt very seriously that the folks there will ever get to a point where they aren't friendly. The folks at OC do a lot for the young ones and give them a place to run their cars on Friday nite. Keeps them off the street!!! Thanks again for the kind words as they can only help encourage Tim and his mom to do more. Pleas send them a little note of encouragement if you can. See ya next year!! Skip

09-17-2007, 09:04 AM	#24
Tim Kish Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 281 Likes: 2 Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Osceola Dragway? Other than being very dusty and red-lighting to Mike first round Sunday - I have no complaints. They had more spectators there than I have seen at most NHRA points meets. __________________ Tim Kish 3032 SS/GS

09-17-2007, 09:09 AM	#25
Jim Kaekel VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,229 Likes: 133 Liked 535 Times in 110 Posts	Re: Osceola Dragway? Overall, the event was good for a first time Pro-Am, but it would have been nicer if more racers would have come out and supported it. I'm sure some were at the "Funny Car Nationals" up at US-131, just 2 hrs. from Osceola. I agree with Michael Lyons concerning the parking situation. They certainly need a spectator parking area and people to park the racers coming in. Just doing those couple of things would have let the event run smoother. __________________ Jim Kaekel 3836 STK

09-17-2007, 09:15 AM	#26
Michael Lyons Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Garden City, MI Posts: 226 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Osceola Dragway? Oh yeah, and they had alot of trains blowing their horns as they passed near the track all night long Saturday night, kept waking me up. At 3, 4, 5 am for cryin out loud... :-P

09-18-2007, 05:26 PM	#27
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Osceola Dragway? Congrats to Tim Kish on his Best Engineered award! http://www.dragracecentral.com/drcph...46402#indextop __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS