what is there to do at topeka - Page 2

cad · 12-22-2010, 09:57 AM

If you wanted to go shopping, you could take her to the Country Club Plaza.
http://www.countryclubplaza.com/

There isn't a whole lot there: http://www.topeka.org/thingstodo.shtml.
Our next door neighbor is from Topeka. She doesnt talk about Topeka.

Chuck Norton · 12-22-2010, 10:49 AM

Topeka Notebook -- In 1996, at the Topeka national event in September, it rained so hard on Thursday that class eliminations were scrubbed. Thanks be to God, it didn't freeze although it tried!! We ran the first and second round on Saturday night in the dark under cold and foggy conditions. A Super Class racer in a motorhome a couple of rows over had a heart attack (I only heard about that, didn't actually see it) and may have died during the night. Dozens of rigs had to be winched out of the mud on level ground in the Sportsman pits on Monday morning. It had been dry and warm the day I got there but the trailer sank to the axles just sitting in the pits! Highlights? Met some nice people, felt bad about the Super Class racer, had a decent BBQ dinner at Pat's Pig on SW Topeka Boulevard north of the track. The guys doing the winching were really good with their equipment and got my rig out without damaging anything.

In 1999, at the Topeka national event on the first weekend of October, all pit parking was restricted to hard surface roads along the road race course because it had rained for two days before we got there. The race was postponed after the third round on Sunday. That's the first time I'd seen T/F racers at a national event refuse to go down the track due to dangerous conditions. It was 35 degrees with a 20+ wind from the north! I've never been that cold at any time in my adult life! Rob Youngblood's helper crashed his scooter into my car in the pits but luckily the scooter got the worst of that. That evening, Bill Rink, Youngblood, the helper and I went to Pat's Pig. Highlights? Met some more good people. Dinner was decent again. Rink's conversational style kept things interesting. We finished the race on Monday morning.

Personal evaluation? If I thoughts of going to Topeka entered my mind again, I'd leave the rig at home, fly in, take several sets of thermal underwear (wearing two layers isn't out of the question), and take a taxi to Pat's Pig. The decision to actually go to the track would not be made until the day of the event.

c

Jim Cimarolli · 12-22-2010, 11:44 AM

There is a military airplane museum up there!

Tom Moock · 12-22-2010, 11:45 AM

Chuck, you`be surprised if go back to Topeka, paved pits, new tear-down and indoor scales and air conditioned bathroom and shower`s. Tom

Ed Wright · 12-22-2010, 11:51 AM

That applies to here in Tulsa too.

Chuck Norton · 12-22-2010, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Moock

Chuck, you`be surprised if go back to Topeka, paved pits, new tear-down and indoor scales and air conditioned bathroom and shower`s. Tom

Tom, no offense, but no one would be more surprised to see me in Topeka than I. Once is enough and twice would be adequate cause for scheduling a CAT scan of my brain functions. For the record, I can handle rain and even rain-outs. We have our share of those and it's rained seven inches at my house just in the past few days. But, being cold is another thing altogether. I grew up on a farm in north central Missouri and bailed out for year-round sunshine before my 22nd birthday. Any time I expose my ancient carcass to temperatures colder than 50 degrees, I have flashbacks to feeding cattle and slopping hogs in sub-zero, blizzard conditions. I wish those of you who choose to live on the Great Plains the greatest of success and happiness. You deserve it! I admit it; I'm a candy-*** (but, I'm a warm candy-***)!

Ed, is that reference to fully paved pits in Tulsa or Jim's airplane museum?

Cheers and Happy Holidays,

c

vic guilmino · 12-22-2010, 01:04 PM

what the hell is baby doll

Ed Fernandez · 12-22-2010, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vic guilmino

what the hell is baby doll

Come on Vic.$1 bills+Baby Dolls?It ain't Babies R Us.

Dave Casey · 12-22-2010, 01:11 PM

Chuck,

Your post reminds me of how much we miss your reports from years past, do I sense you are coming out of posting retirement ? Good to read your info and have a Merry Christmas

Vic,
Go for it, there must be enough to do there and going to a new track is always a good thing. Have a Merry Christmas

Ed Wright · 12-22-2010, 01:33 PM

I've never been to Topeka when it was cold. I usually come away sun burned. Last time I had to have help bending the awning back into alignment on the motorhome, so it would roll back up from the constant 20 mph head wind we had all weekend.

The starting line is always a suprise. Usually bald spot city. Never know what your gonna find up there.

Not my favorite place. I'll likely be there this summer again, however. Don't claim to be real bright.

12-22-2010, 09:57 AM	#11
cad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 702 Likes: 202 Liked 91 Times in 51 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka If you wanted to go shopping, you could take her to the Country Club Plaza. http://www.countryclubplaza.com/ There isn't a whole lot there: http://www.topeka.org/thingstodo.shtml. Our next door neighbor is from Topeka. She doesnt talk about Topeka.

12-22-2010, 10:49 AM	#12
Chuck Norton Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 474 Likes: 108 Liked 89 Times in 19 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka Topeka Notebook -- In 1996, at the Topeka national event in September, it rained so hard on Thursday that class eliminations were scrubbed. Thanks be to God, it didn't freeze although it tried!! We ran the first and second round on Saturday night in the dark under cold and foggy conditions. A Super Class racer in a motorhome a couple of rows over had a heart attack (I only heard about that, didn't actually see it) and may have died during the night. Dozens of rigs had to be winched out of the mud on level ground in the Sportsman pits on Monday morning. It had been dry and warm the day I got there but the trailer sank to the axles just sitting in the pits! Highlights? Met some nice people, felt bad about the Super Class racer, had a decent BBQ dinner at Pat's Pig on SW Topeka Boulevard north of the track. The guys doing the winching were really good with their equipment and got my rig out without damaging anything. In 1999, at the Topeka national event on the first weekend of October, all pit parking was restricted to hard surface roads along the road race course because it had rained for two days before we got there. The race was postponed after the third round on Sunday. That's the first time I'd seen T/F racers at a national event refuse to go down the track due to dangerous conditions. It was 35 degrees with a 20+ wind from the north! I've never been that cold at any time in my adult life! Rob Youngblood's helper crashed his scooter into my car in the pits but luckily the scooter got the worst of that. That evening, Bill Rink, Youngblood, the helper and I went to Pat's Pig. Highlights? Met some more good people. Dinner was decent again. Rink's conversational style kept things interesting. We finished the race on Monday morning. Personal evaluation? If I thoughts of going to Topeka entered my mind again, I'd leave the rig at home, fly in, take several sets of thermal underwear (wearing two layers isn't out of the question), and take a taxi to Pat's Pig. The decision to actually go to the track would not be made until the day of the event. c __________________ Chuck Norton

12-22-2010, 11:44 AM	#13
Jim Cimarolli Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Sulphur Springs Texas Posts: 743 Likes: 146 Liked 166 Times in 46 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka There is a military airplane museum up there!

12-22-2010, 11:45 AM	#14
Tom Moock Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 801 Likes: 1 Liked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka Chuck, you`be surprised if go back to Topeka, paved pits, new tear-down and indoor scales and air conditioned bathroom and shower`s. Tom __________________ Tom Moock 5704 STK

12-22-2010, 11:51 AM	#15
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka That applies to here in Tulsa too. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

12-22-2010, 01:04 PM	#17
vic guilmino Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: wv Posts: 884 Likes: 42 Liked 56 Times in 21 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka what the hell is baby doll __________________ Vic Guilmino 1129 STK

12-22-2010, 01:11 PM	#19
Dave Casey VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hampden, MA Posts: 1,201 Likes: 233 Liked 774 Times in 164 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka Chuck, Your post reminds me of how much we miss your reports from years past, do I sense you are coming out of posting retirement ? Good to read your info and have a Merry Christmas Vic, Go for it, there must be enough to do there and going to a new track is always a good thing. Have a Merry Christmas __________________ Dave Casey 1330 STK

12-22-2010, 01:33 PM	#20
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: what is there to do at topeka I've never been to Topeka when it was cold. I usually come away sun burned. Last time I had to have help bending the awning back into alignment on the motorhome, so it would roll back up from the constant 20 mph head wind we had all weekend. The starting line is always a suprise. Usually bald spot city. Never know what your gonna find up there. Not my favorite place. I'll likely be there this summer again, however. Don't claim to be real bright. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

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