Live from Maple Grove Raceway - NHRA Auto Plus Nationals

[cicero819]

This is what Maple Grove need to invest in to stop water saturation in the sportsman pits area, it's call a tile drainage system, a sort of "plumbing" is installed below the surface of agricultural fields, effectively consisting of a network of below-ground pipes that allow subsurface water to move out from between soil particles and into the tile line. Water flowing through tile lines is often ultimately deposited into surface water points—lakes, streams, and rivers—located at a lower elevation than the source. Water enters the tile line either via the gaps between tile sections, in the case of older tile designs, or through small perforations in modern plastic tile.

Soil type greatly affects the efficacy of tile systems, and dictates the extent to which the area must be tiled to ensure sufficient drainage. Sandier soils will need little, if any, additional drainage, whereas soils with high clay contents will hold their water tighter, requiring tile lines to be placed closer together. This problem has happened in the past and will happen in again, why not invest a small amoun of money now to stop having this problem every couple of years. Or change the race to a week after the U.S. National. In a business the size of NHRA, you would think that someone would have the brain or at least heard the old saying " to make money you have to spend money"!!! Just my two cents. Claude

[hookdaddy]

Originally Posted by cicero819

This is what Maple Grove need to invest in to stop water saturation in the sportsman pits area, it's call a tile drainage system, a sort of "plumbing" is installed below the surface of agricultural fields, effectively consisting of a network of below-ground pipes that allow subsurface water to move out from between soil particles and into the tile line. Just my two cents. Claude

So you want the track to invest major $$$ in a field they use a couple of times a year on a field they don't even own? Say what you want about MG's management but they're not stupid.

[cicero819]

Originally Posted by hookdaddy

So you want the track to invest major $$$ in a field they use a couple of times a year on a field they don't even own? Say what you want about MG's management but they're not stupid.

You're right MG management aren't stupid, we are. 10 acres for $22.000 isn't much for the satisfaction of knowing that if it rains the racers won't be bogged down. Look I enjoy MapleGrove, one of my favorite dragstrip but for me to drive 18hrs both ways, is not my cup of tea, to watch the John Force Traveling show. Once other people start feeling the same way and figure they can do something better with their time, than the damage will done forever. CR

[fredjohnston]

And you guys think NHRA doesn't care!

FROM THE NHRA RACER SITE:

Update for SS, STK, SC and SG Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals Competitors
Oil down penalties will be waived for SS, STK, SC and SG at the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals.

[keith ohanesian]

Originally Posted by fredjohnston

And you guys think NHRA doesn't care!

FROM THE NHRA RACER SITE:

Update for SS, STK, SC and SG Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals Competitors
Oil down penalties will be waived for SS, STK, SC and SG at the Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals.

This is SO funny! I love it!

[keith ohanesian]

Originally Posted by cicero819

You're right MG management aren't stupid, we are. 10 acres for $22.000 isn't much for the satisfaction of knowing that if it rains the racers won't be bogged down. Look I enjoy MapleGrove, one of my favorite dragstrip but for me to drive 18hrs both ways, is not my cup of tea, to watch the John Force Traveling show. Once other people start feeling the same way and figure they can do something better with their time, than the damage will done forever. CR

Maple Grove does not own that property. It's owned by the farm. They knew before we got there we weren't parking on the grass.

[Marty Rinehart Jr]

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[JThomas]

Hey cicero819.
Why don't you buy the track ?
You seem to have all the answers to fix it and make it into a real gold mine. With the huge drop in the US dollar vs. the Canadian dollar, it should be a real steal for you.

[cicero819]

J Thomas, like the great prophet Rodney King said " why can't we just get along"eh! Seriously our dollar is tanking just as fast as yours. It was a suggestion, if you're happy with the latest events than more power to you. Just to make a point, I really love that corner of the country, I use to plan my holidays around the Keystone, great track, great people but mostly after the problems at last years race where NHRA and Maple Grove kept everyone in the dark and not even have the common decency to communicate to it's spectators and racers what was going on, this year same thing. I feel for all the sportsman racer who have been at the track for more than a week or have spent their hard earn money to drive to a parking lot just to be told to go home or stay but they won't be racing this week-end. Claude Ruel

[Mickey Whaley]

Originally Posted by keith ohanesian

Maple Grove does not own that property. It's owned by the farm. They knew before we got there we weren't parking on the grass.

Im glad you told me to stay home keith