Best place to set record - Page 2

Michael Beard · 05-13-2012, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by stefan callender

Why cant everyone just show what they got if they want without getting penalized?

They should take a different tact on it... you should get points and contingency for getting HP!

Honey vs vinegar. It's strange to me how in this "performance" eliminator that often when someone goes fast, they get berated on this board. Which is it? To go fast or not to go fast? As a corollary, so many exclaim "performance!", yet find excuses to avoid any changes to class structures that might result in more heads-up runs.

Best place to set a record? How about Bristol?

Then you can open it up a little more without feeling too guilty.

Ed Wright · 05-13-2012, 06:23 PM

We used to get points for setting a record. ET record was same points as winning one round, MPH was half that. Didn't have these bogus soft indexes either. Made a bracket race out of it. About anything will run under these indexes if you have a clue at all. Don't have to be fast to go rounds any longer.

Bobby Lundholm · 05-13-2012, 08:35 PM

Montgomery, AL in November/December was crazy fast. Tons of records set there back in the day.

Jeff Colvert · 05-13-2012, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jmcarter

No more National Opens at Valdosta since they now have a prime early Divisional date. Least what I was told. You and Stephen kinda like that place and for good reason. Westcott likes it to.

Yeah and it's on the same weekend as a Div.4 race. Houston in the spring can be just as fast. Went to Houston this spring in GT/B to protect HP and still went .94 under.That would be 1.19 in SS/F.

Ed Wright · 05-13-2012, 09:15 PM

If nobody has noticed, Jeff don't need no stinkin fast race track to set a record. LOL

Chad Rhodes · 05-13-2012, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Lundholm

Montgomery, AL in November/December was crazy fast. Tons of records set there back in the day.

And one year it was damn cold. There were 52 records set though

David Barton · 05-13-2012, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Lundholm

Montgomery, AL in November/December was crazy fast. Tons of records set there back in the day.

Not only was it crazy fast, they let you run all day. Just Stock & Super Stock. Run as many times as you want. The way it should be.

HP HUNTER · 05-13-2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SStockDart

It seems that the "value of national records" has diminished over the years. .I am just curious where might be the best place to set a record... Setting the national record is still a "big deal" to me (guess that is because I'm old LOL) It used to be Tucson (switched to IHRA) and Boise....also a bunch set in Kearney, NE...ATCO is wicked fast...Sonoma might be the place..."No Problem" is fast....Pomona is down hill...but National events only ..what do you think??? (For conversation purposes).

Atco with out a doubt, (AKA Disneyland) for a non altitude corrected record run. Atco was built for speed!

David Barton · 05-13-2012, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by HP HUNTER

Atco with out a doubt, (AKA Disneyland) for a non altitude corrected record run. Atco was built for speed!

Atco absolutely has the weather, but they have some serious track prep issues.

Stephen & Horace Johnson · 05-13-2012, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Colvert

You think there will be one at Valdosta this year Stephen? Didn't have it last year.

Jeff,

the div 2 man said that there would be one this year!!!

05-13-2012, 06:23 PM	#12
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Best place to set record We used to get points for setting a record. ET record was same points as winning one round, MPH was half that. Didn't have these bogus soft indexes either. Made a bracket race out of it. About anything will run under these indexes if you have a clue at all. Don't have to be fast to go rounds any longer. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

05-13-2012, 08:35 PM	#13
Bobby Lundholm Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Charlevoix, MI Posts: 452 Likes: 114 Liked 126 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Best place to set record Montgomery, AL in November/December was crazy fast. Tons of records set there back in the day. __________________ Bobby Lundholm 3516 G/SA

05-13-2012, 09:15 PM	#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: Best place to set record If nobody has noticed, Jeff don't need no stinkin fast race track to set a record. LOL __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA