A fun time at MIR

[Robert Pare Racing]

Unk did a hell of a job announcing. The first round of Stock was pretty cool. I managed to bend a couple of front wheels and a broken wheelie bar. Getting fixed right now. Royce has a really nice operation, and as a racer himself, knows the deal all together.

[Angela Macy]

It was our first time at MIR, it's a very nice facility and we had a great time. We'll definately go back in the future. I hope next time we go though they get rid of the bathroom attendants, that was by far the most quirky thing I have seen at a track. It's a little irritating to pay $70 to get through the gate, then be expected to leave unnessesary bathroom attendants a tip for turning on the sink and giving you a paper towel. In my opinion the bathrooms were not as clean as they could have been, or should have been with an attendant being in there all day. One of the gentlemen in the mens bathroom started harrasing our car owner for only giving him a $1 tip. He told him to give him a five!!! I was scared to go in the bathroom out of fear they'd harrass me too.

But enough of my whining, it was a very nice track that we look forward to going to next year.

[Chris1529]

I will second Angela's motion regarding the attendants.

I did see a sign indicating MIR will have new restroom facilities for 2008.

[Bruce Noland]

Angela,

You will find bathroom attendants at other tracks as well. I did not have the same experience with the attendants.

[Angela Macy]

Well the 20 plus that I have been to in my drag racing life have not. What other tracks have bathroom attendants? In fact, I have never been anywhere in my 29 plus years of life that someone has turned the sink on for me and handed me a towel.

[Real Racer]

Originally Posted by Angela Macy

Well the 20 plus that I have been to in my drag racing life have not. What other tracks have bathroom attendants? In fact, I have never been anywhere in my 29 plus years of life that someone has turned the sink on for me and handed me a towel.

Norwalk.

Although in the dozens of times I have raced there, we have never been solicited for a tip.

[Angela Macy]

I've was at Norwalk last year and my husband raced there for years before moving to NC. The difference is the bathrooms there were spotless, the people were doing their job as janitors keeping the place clean and stocked, and like you said, no they were not begging for a tip. They got out of your way and did their job. They did not jump in front of you and turn on the sink and hand you a towel then give you that expecting look, which would then be followed with a hateful look if you bypassed their tip basket.

[Leanne]

Originally Posted by Angela Macy

Well the 20 plus that I have been to in my drag racing life have not. What other tracks have bathroom attendants? In fact, I have never been anywhere in my 29 plus years of life that someone has turned the sink on for me and handed me a towel.

If you go to Atco, Maple Grove, Englishtown, or any race in D1 there will be an attendant in the bathroom.
I just ignore them, that's the easiest thing to do.

[Keith Mayers]

i love MIR. just ignore the attendents, i think that is a joke.
i do have a question, in the semi's of stock, there was a red mopar that backfired through the scoop, i looked in the scoop and said ok. spin it over, no fire... you looked a little worried, hope you won that round, who was this? and a black mustang stocker barley made it off the track, everything ok?

[Jamie Southards]

Hey Keith!
That was me that backfired. Thanks for checking everything out for me!!! No, I didn't win that round. Lost to Craig Marshall, I couldn't run my dial-in ran a 11.17 off of 11.14. Thanks again for checking on me!
Jamie Southards