Dear Len Imbrongo, NHRA, and all the other people who dont care about sportsman cars

FlyingW · 07-23-2007, 09:03 PM

I want to take time out to say WOW... the director of Sportsman racing actually took the time to take notice of one guys "enhanced experience"

Weather you could fix it or not, or weather you had the right answers or not at least this shows that someone actually stops and listens to the "peons" once in a while.

That is a way to keep guys like Sean that have a problem coming back to events. That is AWESOME!!!!

Jeremy Waibel
Waibel Competittion B/SA 2231
K&N Camaro

Tand E racing · 07-23-2007, 09:32 PM

I would have to believe Sean is speaking more about the fact that the S/SS pits on the north side of the track were filled with the PRO's motorhomes and golf carts? which is controlled by the N.H.R.A,this is not about the weather.
They parked the S/SS guys past the
finish line apposite the return road and the scales, to get back to they're pits it is about a 1 mile drive or more.
Whether the parking assignments were done by the N.H.R.A or
Pacific Raceways staff it does'nt matter because they both fumbled this one big time.

RULER · 07-23-2007, 10:08 PM

With the weather the way it was what was NHRA going to do, They did what they had to to get the pro show in,and thats what the poeple pay to see and thats what pays the bills. Parking at pacific raceways has always been a problem, but if you can win round 1 you can move to the upper pits if you ask pit control nicely. Remember verybody was in the same boat, it was just a bad deal.

Bill Edgeworth · 07-24-2007, 02:15 AM

Sean,

Our parking really was horrible. And the fact that golf cart guy got to set up or I should say use up a huge area down in the north east corner is a real slap in the face. They were more worried about the golf carts than us. They could have gone right where we were pitted. I guess someone decided that would be too inconvenient for everyone else to drive to the top end to pick up and return their golf cart.
HOWEVER I will give credit where credit is due; they did bend over backwards to try and prep the track every time it stopped raining. I can?t begin to imagine how much fuel they pumped through that jet dryer this weekend. This morning they were working on the track at 7 AM. And when we started the track was in great shape. Were lucky we got one qualifying run in, it?s all the pros got. And Comp didn?t even get one.
I feel sorry for you and others for whom this was their first national event. Usually they are a lot more fun than this one was.

07-23-2007, 09:03 PM	#1
FlyingW Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Frostproof, Fl. Posts: 450 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Dear Len Imbrongo, NHRA, and all the other people who dont care about sportsman c I want to take time out to say WOW... the director of Sportsman racing actually took the time to take notice of one guys "enhanced experience" Weather you could fix it or not, or weather you had the right answers or not at least this shows that someone actually stops and listens to the "peons" once in a while. That is a way to keep guys like Sean that have a problem coming back to events. That is AWESOME!!!! Jeremy Waibel Waibel Competittion B/SA 2231 K&N Camaro

07-23-2007, 09:32 PM	#2
Tand E racing Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Dear Len Imbrongo, NHRA, and all the other people who dont care about sportsman c I would have to believe Sean is speaking more about the fact that the S/SS pits on the north side of the track were filled with the PRO's motorhomes and golf carts? which is controlled by the N.H.R.A,this is not about the weather. They parked the S/SS guys past the finish line apposite the return road and the scales, to get back to they're pits it is about a 1 mile drive or more. Whether the parking assignments were done by the N.H.R.A or Pacific Raceways staff it does'nt matter because they both fumbled this one big time.

07-23-2007, 10:08 PM	#3
RULER Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 222 Likes: 15 Liked 58 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Dear Len Imbrongo, NHRA, and all the other people who dont care about sportsman c With the weather the way it was what was NHRA going to do, They did what they had to to get the pro show in,and thats what the poeple pay to see and thats what pays the bills. Parking at pacific raceways has always been a problem, but if you can win round 1 you can move to the upper pits if you ask pit control nicely. Remember verybody was in the same boat, it was just a bad deal.

07-24-2007, 02:15 AM	#4
Bill Edgeworth Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 258 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Dear Len Imbrongo, NHRA, and all the other people who dont care about sportsman c Sean, Our parking really was horrible. And the fact that golf cart guy got to set up or I should say use up a huge area down in the north east corner is a real slap in the face. They were more worried about the golf carts than us. They could have gone right where we were pitted. I guess someone decided that would be too inconvenient for everyone else to drive to the top end to pick up and return their golf cart. HOWEVER I will give credit where credit is due; they did bend over backwards to try and prep the track every time it stopped raining. I can?t begin to imagine how much fuel they pumped through that jet dryer this weekend. This morning they were working on the track at 7 AM. And when we started the track was in great shape. Were lucky we got one qualifying run in, it?s all the pros got. And Comp didn?t even get one. I feel sorry for you and others for whom this was their first national event. Usually they are a lot more fun than this one was. __________________ Bill Edgeworth 6471 STK

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