Las Vegas

cs racing · 11-08-2010, 01:34 AM

I've raced this Div 7 race a few times and attended it several times, and I agree it took longer than I can ever remember, Totally out of the norm, from getting the cars into the water box, to track prep between classes. Each day seemed to get further behind. Maybe they should go back to the old schedule, things seem to run a little quicker the way they were in the past.

FED 387 · 11-08-2010, 12:24 PM

well if ya figure on 400 PAIRS of cars at about 1 minute per pair figuring in the burnout/staging/the run/lshut down and leaving the track thats about 7 hours of flatout racing not counting any breakage/cleanups or -changing the timing etc between the classes plus about 10-15 minutes every so often to clean/dress/scrape the track it makes for a long day---How fast or how much time do ya thinkl it SHOULD take to run off 800 cars???? Comp 387

Floyd Staggs · 11-08-2010, 04:26 PM

I was there and other than the way they kept changing the schedule there wasn't a whole lot of wasted time. They just couldn't keep to one schedule.
You have to give kudos to the track crew, they worked their asses off from 8:00 till 9 or 10 every night. Harold Owens,the lane master, was on his feet damn near that whole time too, and he's a little bit older than me. I don't know how he does it.
It was a huge event and a lot of championships were decided last wekend.

FED 387 · 11-08-2010, 08:16 PM

Changing the schedule seems to me to be an NHRA thing cuz they literally take over the whole show at a points meet--the Track owners,/mgmt/staff do as they are told by NHRA people----Got a gripe direct it to NHRA not the track personell-----going back to what I said if ya run 400+ pairs of cars how long is an acceptable amount of time to accomplish that feat---Still say it takes 1 minute per pair course the alcohol drippers take about 1/2-1 hour to run a few pairs with all th pre planned oil cleanups figured in--Comp

Ed Wright · 11-08-2010, 10:13 PM

Did the top fuel Harleys put more butts in the bleachers than last year?

mopar jeff · 11-09-2010, 01:38 PM

Those were a pretty cool show I have to say, and yes fans showed up for that, and then left right after.

Nitro Joe Jackson · 11-09-2010, 01:42 PM

talking about Harold, if i could afford it i would hire him at all my functions as he has worked for me before and is a damn great staging lanes director.

11-08-2010, 01:34 AM	#1
cs racing Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 19 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Las Vegas I've raced this Div 7 race a few times and attended it several times, and I agree it took longer than I can ever remember, Totally out of the norm, from getting the cars into the water box, to track prep between classes. Each day seemed to get further behind. Maybe they should go back to the old schedule, things seem to run a little quicker the way they were in the past.

11-08-2010, 12:24 PM	#2
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,420 Likes: 529 Liked 333 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Las Vegas well if ya figure on 400 PAIRS of cars at about 1 minute per pair figuring in the burnout/staging/the run/lshut down and leaving the track thats about 7 hours of flatout racing not counting any breakage/cleanups or -changing the timing etc between the classes plus about 10-15 minutes every so often to clean/dress/scrape the track it makes for a long day---How fast or how much time do ya thinkl it SHOULD take to run off 800 cars???? Comp 387

11-08-2010, 04:26 PM	#3
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,522 Likes: 157 Liked 229 Times in 99 Posts	Re: Las Vegas I was there and other than the way they kept changing the schedule there wasn't a whole lot of wasted time. They just couldn't keep to one schedule. You have to give kudos to the track crew, they worked their asses off from 8:00 till 9 or 10 every night. Harold Owens,the lane master, was on his feet damn near that whole time too, and he's a little bit older than me. I don't know how he does it. It was a huge event and a lot of championships were decided last wekend. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST

11-08-2010, 08:16 PM	#4
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,420 Likes: 529 Liked 333 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Las Vegas Changing the schedule seems to me to be an NHRA thing cuz they literally take over the whole show at a points meet--the Track owners,/mgmt/staff do as they are told by NHRA people----Got a gripe direct it to NHRA not the track personell-----going back to what I said if ya run 400+ pairs of cars how long is an acceptable amount of time to accomplish that feat---Still say it takes 1 minute per pair course the alcohol drippers take about 1/2-1 hour to run a few pairs with all th pre planned oil cleanups figured in--Comp

11-08-2010, 10:13 PM	#5
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Las Vegas Did the top fuel Harleys put more butts in the bleachers than last year? __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

11-09-2010, 01:38 PM	#6
mopar jeff Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 219 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Las Vegas Those were a pretty cool show I have to say, and yes fans showed up for that, and then left right after. __________________ Jeff Interlicchia 7077 D/SA 1998 Pontiac Firebird LT1 J707 E/T 1966 Dodge Coronet 500

11-09-2010, 01:42 PM	#7
Nitro Joe Jackson VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Loudonville, Ohio or where ever the Nitro Lounge is parked Posts: 2,293 Likes: 58 Liked 67 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Las Vegas talking about Harold, if i could afford it i would hire him at all my functions as he has worked for me before and is a damn great staging lanes director. __________________ Nitro Joe Jackson STK 3431 nitrojoe@neo.rr.com

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