The Dutch at MG 2009

Dave Steltz · 01-26-2009, 03:55 PM

Has anyone else see this...went to the Open Schedule today and it lists two races on the same weekend for the Dutch....

http://www.nhradiv1.com/schedule.asp...ational%20Open

Bryan Gillespie · 01-26-2009, 05:25 PM

Looks like 2 races and 1 tow.

BKSG1198 · 01-26-2009, 07:38 PM

They tried that a few years back with the Divisonal and National Open all in one week/weekend. Wasn't too back just sucked trying to get off from work for almost a whole week. Nothing on the MG website but 4 days for a National Open is kinda long so I can see doing 2 races in a weekend. Only thing that sucks about this year was the weather. It was soo cold that once the sun went down racing was over and then we had rain all day on Sat.

Dave Ley · 01-27-2009, 11:43 AM

It is a 4 day race. The website has been corrected.

Dave Steltz · 01-27-2009, 03:56 PM

Dave, thanks...

Looks like there is no Open for Island this year ? I see it was on the schedule earlier but not anymore...

Carl Juliano · 01-27-2009, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Steltz

Dave, thanks...

Looks like there is no Open for Island this year ? I see it was on the schedule earlier but not anymore...

I was wondering what happened also?, thats always a nice short trip for alot of us. Why would they continue to have that Open in Canada where there are so few cars they have to have that .90 combo class, and drop Island Dragway?, did Island Dragway not want it anymore? just curious.....

Ed Fernandez · 01-27-2009, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl Juliano

I was wondering what happened also?, thats always a nice short trip for alot of us. Why would they continue to have that Open in Canada where there are so few cars they have to have that .90 combo class, and drop Island Dragway?, did Island Dragway not want it anymore? just curious.....

Pretty much low car counts killed this race.The fast cars stay away due to lack of shut down room.
SS only had a handful of cars last year.Stock car count wasn't too bad.There was an incedent at the payout window that didn't help the situation.I'm going to miss Island.It's close by and I usually go a few rounds there.
How about another National Speedway and Islip 1/8 mile again Carl?
As far as Hampton goes I wont go that route.
Ed

Carl Juliano · 01-27-2009, 09:05 PM

[QUOTE=Ed Fernandez;102941]Pretty much low car counts killed this race.The fast cars stay away due to lack of shut down room.
SS only had a handful of cars last year.Stock car count wasn't too bad.There was an incedent at the payout window that didn't help the situation.I'm going to miss Island.It's close by and I usually go a few rounds there.
How about another National Speedway and Islip 1/8 mile again Carl?
As far as Hampton goes I wont go that route.

Thats too bad, we'll miss it also, we never had an issue with the shutdown with the SG car, the TS car is another story, but if they ran a Foxwoods points race there on the 1/8th, I think the guys would show up.For people east of Pa., Island was a reasonable tow.

What I would give to have another "National Speedway"...lol, When Hampton was the last track left, at least we had a local place to test, but yea, it got ugly out there. I dont think we'll ever see a new track on Long Island.

01-26-2009, 03:55 PM	#1
Dave Steltz Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 323 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The Dutch at MG 2009 Has anyone else see this...went to the Open Schedule today and it lists two races on the same weekend for the Dutch.... http://www.nhradiv1.com/schedule.asp...ational%20Open __________________ Dave Steltz 135G SG/SP/SST BIAECH Racing Team

01-26-2009, 05:25 PM	#2
Bryan Gillespie Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 456 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The Dutch at MG 2009 Looks like 2 races and 1 tow.

01-26-2009, 07:38 PM	#3
BKSG1198 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vineland, NJ Posts: 2,626 Likes: 96 Liked 1,283 Times in 392 Posts	Re: The Dutch at MG 2009 They tried that a few years back with the Divisonal and National Open all in one week/weekend. Wasn't too back just sucked trying to get off from work for almost a whole week. Nothing on the MG website but 4 days for a National Open is kinda long so I can see doing 2 races in a weekend. Only thing that sucks about this year was the weather. It was soo cold that once the sun went down racing was over and then we had rain all day on Sat.

01-27-2009, 11:43 AM	#4
Dave Ley Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Jersey , The 51st. State Posts: 424 Likes: 1,803 Liked 241 Times in 44 Posts	Re: The Dutch at MG 2009 It is a 4 day race. The website has been corrected.

01-27-2009, 03:56 PM	#5
Dave Steltz Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 323 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The Dutch at MG 2009 Dave, thanks... Looks like there is no Open for Island this year ? I see it was on the schedule earlier but not anymore... __________________ Dave Steltz 135G SG/SP/SST BIAECH Racing Team

01-27-2009, 09:05 PM	#8
Carl Juliano Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Queens, NYC Posts: 294 Likes: 234 Liked 64 Times in 25 Posts	Re: The Dutch at MG 2009 [QUOTE=Ed Fernandez;102941]Pretty much low car counts killed this race.The fast cars stay away due to lack of shut down room. SS only had a handful of cars last year.Stock car count wasn't too bad.There was an incedent at the payout window that didn't help the situation.I'm going to miss Island.It's close by and I usually go a few rounds there. How about another National Speedway and Islip 1/8 mile again Carl? As far as Hampton goes I wont go that route. Thats too bad, we'll miss it also, we never had an issue with the shutdown with the SG car, the TS car is another story, but if they ran a Foxwoods points race there on the 1/8th, I think the guys would show up.For people east of Pa., Island was a reasonable tow. What I would give to have another "National Speedway"...lol, When Hampton was the last track left, at least we had a local place to test, but yea, it got ugly out there. I dont think we'll ever see a new track on Long Island. __________________ Carl Juliano TS 1275 John Juliano SG 151 Carl Sr.