Haven't visited a local track lately, I felt really old !!!!

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Rusty, what I meant was they're keeping the track from closing!

I'm with you on keeping it open Billy 100%........but are these aliens really paying the bills????

[Keith 944]

Yes they are, I don’t like it anymore than you do but here at Cecil county they got rid of bracket racing and just do this test and tune on Friday nights
It packs the house, they buy his food, they pay the entry, bring in extra people, there is no payout whatsoever not much track prep and above all no complaints like having to deal with us crybabies!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Keith 944

Yes they are, I don’t like it anymore than you do but here at Cecil county they got rid of bracket racing and just do this test and tune on Friday nights
It packs the house, they buy his food, they pay the entry, bring in extra people, there is no payout whatsoever not much track prep and above all no complaints like having to deal with us crybabies!

I have been to Cecil on Saturdays for T+Ts and the place has always been packed with "other than NHRA type" Racers.

[Rusty Davenport]

Wheeeeeew thanks guys for all the warning……maybe the “big buck entry” test and tunes will help like Rockingham is doing this weekend.

[John Kissel]

You would love "RunDay,FunDay Sunday" at Bradenton.I haven't been there in quite a while, but the folks from over on the east coast would come over to settle scores and debts owed. Never will forget this guy who was the size of Shack O'Neal who had this '73 or so Impala that was lime green, aluminum interior, Racepack system, BIG block, and a Lenco.John Kissel

[Steve Stasko]

I went to Capitol Raceway, outside of DC, on a Friday night about a month ago. They were charging $20/person for spectators. There were easily 500+ spectators milling around... and probably 150 or so cars running throughout the day at $40/each.

It was about the same experience as you had. They were supposed to have a Gambler's race, but there was only one person other than myself who made the call to the lane for the Gamblers. Needless to say, it wasn't run. Bracket Racing has become a niche market in some places.

[Jack Matyas]

[QUOTE=Steve Stasko;652189]I went to Capitol Raceway, outside of DC, on a Friday night about a month ago. They were charging $20/person for spectators. There were easily 500+ spectators milling around... and probably 150 or so cars running throughout the day at $40/each.



Sounds like Atco on any Friday night ...

[BigBlockBill]

The one thing I think MUST happen at these events is getting all the village idiots the hell out of the starting area or they will start suing the tracks because they allowed them to be stupid, sad to say.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by BigBlockBill

The one thing I think MUST happen at these events is getting all the village idiots the hell out of the starting area or they will start suing the tracks because they allowed them to be stupid, sad to say.

Agree 100%! All it takes is one of those No Prep/No Time/No Pride POS cars to blow up or launch in reverse to injure or kill a few people that always seem to converge at the starting line, to make the insurance industry to take a closer look at all drag strip events.

[Randy Wells]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Agree 100%! All it takes is one of those No Prep/No Time/No Pride POS cars to blow up or launch in reverse to injure or kill a few people that always seem to converge at the starting line, to make the insurance industry to take a closer look at all drag strip events.

In the Oil Field we use HITRA, (Hazard Identification and Task Risk Assessment). I am sure if you had subject matter experts sitting around a table looking at starting line protocol at some of these tracks, letting everybody and there brother mill around the starting line would fall in the red box, High Likely hood of a fatality, just a matter of time.

Randy Wells
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