Crew Help wanted

[David Lee]

Originally Posted by fastlane

Interesting I really received no response from class racer for crew help I put an add in Craig’s list and received 25 requests for the position in the first 24 hours and there still coming.

I would love to help but with a dynamic schedule, I would not laeve you hanging.

[fastlane]

Originally Posted by David Lee

I would love to help but with a dynamic schedule, I would not laeve you hanging.

I appreciate the offer but now I have more then I can handle I picked 1 out of the 25 and have plenty of backups really no one that is a drag racer all young guys wanting to learn but that is ok. I have been doing this my whole life but no real expierance in stock eliminator except my L79 66 Nova a ran in 1966-1968. All bracket and heads up stuff. Stock eliminator is not much different then bracket racing. You qualify you put the number on your window you expect to run you get or give a handicap seems the same to me.

[David Lee]

Originally Posted by fastlane

I appreciate the offer but now I have more then I can handle I picked 1 out of the 25 and have plenty of backups really no one that is a drag racer all young guys wanting to learn but that is ok. I have been doing this my whole life but no real expierance in stock eliminator except my L79 66 Nova a ran in 1966-1968. All bracket and heads up stuff. Stock eliminator is not much different then bracket racing. You qualify you put the number on your window you expect to run you get or give a handicap seems the same to me.

do you have a good log or logging sw yet

[fastlane]

Originally Posted by David Lee

do you have a good log or logging sw yet

I have a manual log book and my weather station keeps all my runs stored of which I have none yet. Just got the car first time running it will be 2/3/18

[Chuck Norton]

If the track's response to yesterday's car count is any indication, you'll be lucky to get two runs in two days. With that in mind, it would be advisable to be there EARLY, be prepared to stay LATE, and expect to stand in agonizingly interminable lines at tech, at credentials, and wait through very slow response to on-track problems. A part of the problem appeared to be problems related to poor car prep with breakage, leakage, and equipment problems. But then, the track response to issues that arose was not swift. I watched one poor soul whose job it was to hand-mop the track surface make multiple trips between the starting line and the 330' cone within the course of an hour. That's not considering the late morning hours during which the track limited the runs to 1/8 mile only due to gusting crosswinds.

As a casual observer, I would compare the day to one that might be experienced by a big-box department store that slashed prices by 50% and then gave half the staff a day off. It's the old problem of trying to stuff ten pounds of mud into a shoebox.

Good luck, see you there.

c

[Bob Mulry]

Originally Posted by Chuck Norton

If the track's response to yesterday's car count is any indication, you'll be lucky to get two runs in two days. With that in mind, it would be advisable to be there EARLY, be prepared to stay LATE, and expect to stand in agonizingly interminable lines at tech, at credentials, and wait through very slow response to on-track problems. A part of the problem appeared to be problems related to poor car prep with breakage, leakage, and equipment problems. But then, the track response to issues that arose was not swift. I watched one poor soul whose job it was to hand-mop the track surface make multiple trips between the starting line and the 330' cone within the course of an hour. That's not considering the late morning hours during which the track limited the runs to 1/8 mile only due to gusting crosswinds.

As a casual observer, I would compare the day to one that might be experienced by a big-box department store that slashed prices by 50% and then gave half the staff a day off. It's the old problem of trying to stuff ten pounds of mud into a shoebox.

Good luck, see you there.

c

Big Boy,

I thought that was the natural order of things?????

Bob

[Chuck Norton]

Originally Posted by Bob Mulry

Big Boy,

I thought that was the natural order of things?????

Bob

You know that and I know that but this fine young man may not know that. Thought it would be a good idea to help out someone who has not had the benefit of 50 years nose-down in this mess.

C

[Joe Schweigert]

Originally Posted by Bob Mulry

Big Boy,

I thought that was the natural order of things?????

Bob

It was this weekend !

[stage1scott]

Originally Posted by Chuck Norton

If the track's response to yesterday's car count is any indication, you'll be lucky to get two runs in two days. With that in mind, it would be advisable to be there EARLY, be prepared to stay LATE, and expect to stand in agonizingly interminable lines at tech, at credentials, and wait through very slow response to on-track problems. A part of the problem appeared to be problems related to poor car prep with breakage, leakage, and equipment problems. But then, the track response to issues that arose was not swift. I watched one poor soul whose job it was to hand-mop the track surface make multiple trips between the starting line and the 330' cone within the course of an hour. That's not considering the late morning hours during which the track limited the runs to 1/8 mile only due to gusting crosswinds.

As a casual observer, I would compare the day to one that might be experienced by a big-box department store that slashed prices by 50% and then gave half the staff a day off. It's the old problem of trying to stuff ten pounds of mud into a shoebox.

Good luck, see you there.

c

exactly my experience the last time I was there-in-2008. Sold my Buick, never got there with its replacement and I now have an ls2 GTO but have little inclination to rejoin the fray. An early morning rise (4 am for me) to get there and get in line at 630 and spend 14 hours for 2 passes. It was the same at street legal at Pomona. I had more fun and got more runs anytime I went to vegas for an event. Money aside (we all spend however much we choose for our recreation) it just is not fun for me investing that kind of time for that little track time.