Chandler, AZ race - Page 4

SStockDart · 03-06-2014, 10:36 PM

Generally speaking, something was going down the track , most of the time.....except for the vette that hit the wall....They got it all in and had rain on Saturday. Obviously, it would have been better to get a couple of rounds in Saturday, but the rain hit.

GarysZ24 · 03-06-2014, 11:55 PM

It was great (for a change) to be a Stock Eliminator racer at this event, with the 3 qual's on Friday, and the two on Sat. However, I agree with Bernie that wasn't cool having to wait 7hrs from round 1 to round 2 on Sunday....but it was still nice to be out there playing in the game....

Bernie Cunningham · 03-07-2014, 12:44 AM

"No jet dryer yet..but it's not supposed to rain in Arizona.
At least now they know they need one.." HUH YAC

Yac, I'll have to disagree again. Seems to me that the desert air will dry wet pavement by itself, even after a thunder storm. The facility is fundamentally flawed because it wasn't designed around a drainage plan, I can understand that too, no worries.

What they need is one of those big suction trucks that my city uses to go around and suck out the debris and water from the storm drain sumps. That would take care of the standing water puddles which, in reality, delayed the start to Sundays activities. The desert will take care of the rest. Driving street cars up and down was pointless.

Gary H, you're spot on, Div 7 never gives 5 Q's. WTF!
As I said to me friends, I would have lost the farm betting that we could have even run on Saturday. The Nostalgia car doing T&T was sweet too !

Should have used the 'LUCK' with the weather to at least run a round instead of another Q hit. Does our DD even think about this, or even watch the weather, he's a professional after all, been doing it for a while now. Ya gotta think out of the box occasionally, or not even care, but he is the man in charge and calls the shots! Dang Gamit, we have 48 car fields for the TOP D's and S's now.

Ya just can't get 'em all down the track in a one day Eliminator, OK ! Can't wait for this years Vegas Fall Div. race !! This is, by far, the slowest Div. to send 'em down the track efficiently. Just say'in !!

OK, I'm sorry for the rant, didn't mean to, but I feel better now, it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me still. DONE !!

Ed Wright · 03-07-2014, 12:59 AM

I went to a Div 7 LODRS at Vegas while at the SEMA Show a couple of years ago. They had some extra classes I had never seen at a div points race before. Some nostalgia stuff iirc. Took up some time, and it just seemed to take them a long time to run anything anyway. I left there thinking "these guys are sure laid back." LOL

Mark Yacavone · 03-07-2014, 01:02 AM

Gary just reminded me..They were supposed to run a round of Top Sirloin or whatever Saturday evening ..which they weren't able to do...So throw that into the mix for Sunday too...

GarysZ24 · 03-07-2014, 01:43 AM

Just curious if anyone video recorded the race for you tube?

03-08-2014, 12:12 PM

For what the Track and NHRA had to endure (weather) I thought they did a good job. 6 rounds from 3:30 till 9:30 and the track was very consistent for us. The buzz around the pits was the 5Q runs for some with weather pending..

Brett Brown · 03-08-2014, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bernie Cunningham

"No jet dryer yet..but it's not supposed to rain in Arizona.
At least now they know they need one.." HUH YAC

Yac, I'll have to disagree again. Seems to me that the desert air will dry wet pavement by itself, even after a thunder storm. The facility is fundamentally flawed because it wasn't designed around a drainage plan, I can understand that too, no worries.

What they need is one of those big suction trucks that my city uses to go around and suck out the debris and water from the storm drain sumps. That would take care of the standing water puddles which, in reality, delayed the start to Sundays activities. The desert will take care of the rest. Driving street cars up and down was pointless.

Gary H, you're spot on, Div 7 never gives 5 Q's. WTF!
As I said to me friends, I would have lost the farm betting that we could have even run on Saturday. The Nostalgia car doing T&T was sweet too !

Should have used the 'LUCK' with the weather to at least run a round instead of another Q hit. Does our DD even think about this, or even watch the weather, he's a professional after all, been doing it for a while now. Ya gotta think out of the box occasionally, or not even care, but he is the man in charge and calls the shots! Dang Gamit, we have 48 car fields for the TOP D's and S's now.

Ya just can't get 'em all down the track in a one day Eliminator, OK ! Can't wait for this years Vegas Fall Div. race !! This is, by far, the slowest Div. to send 'em down the track efficiently. Just say'in !!

OK, I'm sorry for the rant, didn't mean to, but I feel better now, it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me still. DONE !!

You get 'em Bernie! I don't know why you are complaining, you got to watch all of the NASCAR race between rounds! I think it's time to just stay closer to home.
Barry, it was great that they were able to get the remainder of the race completed from 3:30 - 9:30, but how in the hell did it take 7 hours (10:30 - 5:30)to get 2 rounds of Stk/SS in? I'm sure it didn't feel near as painful for other categories that were getting 2nd & 3rd rounds in between.

03-08-2014, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brett Brown

You get 'em Bernie! I don't know why you are complaining, you got to watch all of the NASCAR race between rounds! I think it's time to just stay closer to home.
Barry, it was great that they were able to get the remainder of the race completed from 3:30 - 9:30, but how in the hell did it take 7 hours (10:30 - 5:30)to get 2 rounds of Stk/SS in? I'm sure it didn't feel near as painful for other categories that were getting 2nd & 3rd rounds in between.

You are correct Brett. We waited until 3:30 for first round!

SStockDart · 03-08-2014, 10:26 PM

As I recall, Super Comp and Super Gas were to have first round on Saturday, but couldn't because of rain. (maybe Top Sportsman and Top Dragster, also) Regarding standing water, they had a truck sucking up the water from the standing lake behind the grand stands, on the way to the staging lanes.....

It is what it is.....obviously, everyone would like to run, cool down, and run again.....that isn't happening. From my perspective, they were running as quickly as possible with very few oil downs...(less the vette crash)...

All in all, for a scheduled 3 day event to get pushed into 2 days, and run until 10 PM on Sunday.....I am OK with that....others may disagree.

For what it is worth, I thought 4-5 Q runs was excessive....3 is good.

03-06-2014, 10:36 PM	#31
SStockDart VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona, Texan forever Posts: 1,176 Likes: 879 Liked 574 Times in 212 Posts	Re: Chandler, AZ race Generally speaking, something was going down the track , most of the time.....except for the vette that hit the wall....They got it all in and had rain on Saturday. Obviously, it would have been better to get a couple of rounds in Saturday, but the rain hit. __________________ Gary Hansen - SS/FA 4911, B/SA 4911

03-06-2014, 11:55 PM	#32
GarysZ24 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tempe, Az. Posts: 1,270 Likes: 918 Liked 238 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Chandler, AZ race It was great (for a change) to be a Stock Eliminator racer at this event, with the 3 qual's on Friday, and the two on Sat. However, I agree with Bernie that wasn't cool having to wait 7hrs from round 1 to round 2 on Sunday....but it was still nice to be out there playing in the game.... __________________ Gary Hampton '86 Z24,173 V6 CF/S #5824 (#78 in 2021)

03-07-2014, 12:44 AM	#33
Bernie Cunningham Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 560 Likes: 45 Liked 52 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Chandler, AZ race "No jet dryer yet..but it's not supposed to rain in Arizona. At least now they know they need one.." HUH YAC Yac, I'll have to disagree again. Seems to me that the desert air will dry wet pavement by itself, even after a thunder storm. The facility is fundamentally flawed because it wasn't designed around a drainage plan, I can understand that too, no worries. What they need is one of those big suction trucks that my city uses to go around and suck out the debris and water from the storm drain sumps. That would take care of the standing water puddles which, in reality, delayed the start to Sundays activities. The desert will take care of the rest. Driving street cars up and down was pointless. Gary H, you're spot on, Div 7 never gives 5 Q's. WTF! As I said to me friends, I would have lost the farm betting that we could have even run on Saturday. The Nostalgia car doing T&T was sweet too ! Should have used the 'LUCK' with the weather to at least run a round instead of another Q hit. Does our DD even think about this, or even watch the weather, he's a professional after all, been doing it for a while now. Ya gotta think out of the box occasionally, or not even care, but he is the man in charge and calls the shots! Dang Gamit, we have 48 car fields for the TOP D's and S's now. Ya just can't get 'em all down the track in a one day Eliminator, OK ! Can't wait for this years Vegas Fall Div. race !! This is, by far, the slowest Div. to send 'em down the track efficiently. Just say'in !! OK, I'm sorry for the rant, didn't mean to, but I feel better now, it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me still. DONE !! __________________ Bernie Cunningham 7053 STK Last edited by Bernie Cunningham; 03-07-2014 at 01:18 AM.

03-07-2014, 12:59 AM	#34
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Chandler, AZ race I went to a Div 7 LODRS at Vegas while at the SEMA Show a couple of years ago. They had some extra classes I had never seen at a div points race before. Some nostalgia stuff iirc. Took up some time, and it just seemed to take them a long time to run anything anyway. I left there thinking "these guys are sure laid back." LOL __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 03-07-2014 at 01:00 AM. Reason: Still can't type....

03-07-2014, 01:02 AM	#35
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,817 Likes: 2,907 Liked 5,125 Times in 1,953 Posts	Re: Chandler, AZ race Gary just reminded me..They were supposed to run a round of Top Sirloin or whatever Saturday evening ..which they weren't able to do...So throw that into the mix for Sunday too... __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

03-07-2014, 01:43 AM	#36
GarysZ24 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Tempe, Az. Posts: 1,270 Likes: 918 Liked 238 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Chandler, AZ race Just curious if anyone video recorded the race for you tube? __________________ Gary Hampton '86 Z24,173 V6 CF/S #5824 (#78 in 2021) Last edited by GarysZ24; 03-07-2014 at 01:47 AM.

03-08-2014, 12:12 PM	#37
Barry Polley Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Chandler, AZ race For what the Track and NHRA had to endure (weather) I thought they did a good job. 6 rounds from 3:30 till 9:30 and the track was very consistent for us. The buzz around the pits was the 5Q runs for some with weather pending..

03-08-2014, 10:26 PM	#40
SStockDart VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona, Texan forever Posts: 1,176 Likes: 879 Liked 574 Times in 212 Posts	Re: Chandler, AZ race As I recall, Super Comp and Super Gas were to have first round on Saturday, but couldn't because of rain. (maybe Top Sportsman and Top Dragster, also) Regarding standing water, they had a truck sucking up the water from the standing lake behind the grand stands, on the way to the staging lanes..... It is what it is.....obviously, everyone would like to run, cool down, and run again.....that isn't happening. From my perspective, they were running as quickly as possible with very few oil downs...(less the vette crash)... All in all, for a scheduled 3 day event to get pushed into 2 days, and run until 10 PM on Sunday.....I am OK with that....others may disagree. For what it is worth, I thought 4-5 Q runs was excessive....3 is good. __________________ Gary Hansen - SS/FA 4911, B/SA 4911 Last edited by SStockDart; 03-08-2014 at 10:32 PM.