Interesting SS Leave

[Cotten]

Originally Posted by GTS340

I bet you have thousands of photos Mike.That's a keeper for story telling!

Paul H

Yes that one's going up on the wall ! Lol

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Cotten

Yes that one's going up on the wall ! Lol

Mike download the picture to your phone then take it to Walgreens and you can get a neat poster made for Your garage

[Ty Kwaiser]

I watched the video of this event Saturday night and became increasingly angry with car after car blowing the tires off in the left lane. Last summer a fellow D3 racer smacked the wall in Bowling Green after the three pair before him lost traction. I have been a victim as well as a victor because of traction issues in the past. Regarding stock and superstock, I am asking if our SRAC reps could bring this issue up with the division directors and starting line crews that if they see 3 cars in a row blow the tires off or 3 out of 5, could they stop and reprep the lane(s)? A one-off John Force burnout off the line may just be someone who lined up poorly, dripped water, or poor set-up, etc. but when a string of several well-prepped cars have this happen in a row, there is a problem with the track. Stopping for 10 minutes and burning a gallon of diesel and 10 dollars of VHT is less costly than a car or a life. This is a safety issue.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by Ty Kwaiser

II am asking if our SRAC reps could bring this issue up with the division directors and starting line crews that if they see 3 cars in a row blow the tires off or 3 out of 5, could they stop and reprep the lane(s)? This is a safety issue.

Good luck with that happening.

[Bradley Vokes]

You don't need both tires anyway!
Bwah

[JP1738]

Unpopular opinion:

I like it when the track gets ****ty. My super gas car goes 138. The crappier it gets, the better for me. When the dew sets at night, I practically beg for them to keep super gas in the lanes. Those boys tying to go 170+ have there hands full, but not me. You wanna go that fast? You'd better be prepared. I bet I've won 5 rounds in the last couple years because my opponent couldn't get down a marginal race track, and believe me, I did not shed a tear for them.

I will say stock and SS is different as they are forced to do more with less. Trying to get under the index with stock suspension and 9 inch tires at 3500 pounds is really challenging as it is, much more so on a track that sucks. I'm with y'all as far as STK/SS is concerned, but all of the .90 class cars that can't get down have it coming.

[Mike Schwartz]

I was watching the race from No Problem on Saturday. I don't any TA/D made it down the left lane in Round 1, even with track prep. Naturally, the first funny car immediately afterwards in that lane wins.

[jmcarter]

Mike and Paula(!) know all too well the danger of being sent down a improperly prepped track. Unless racers band together and leave the lanes (ala the Larry Morgan Pro Stock exodus) they won’t do anything about it. Last year at the Baby Gators they sent Super Stockers down first round with the dew so heavy you needed a crew to help clear the windows. I was one of several who chose to not run.

My only point being unless we present a unified position on track prep they won’t do squat. If brought up in a SRAC meeting it will just get lip service.

[Dan Bennett]

And now a question for those setup gurus -

Was this caused by the unequal load shifting the suspension or the weight shift when the car headed hard to the left? Maybe both?