"Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race - Page 5

Mike Fuller · 07-24-2011, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by greg hill

it's been boring this weekend at home but i'm glad i didn't make the trip to columbus. At least i've been able to stay cool. I think a better week for this race would be the weekend before the sports national race in september.

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Larry Hill · 07-24-2011, 06:13 PM

This race has been postponed til the Thursday before the Sportsnationals. Maybe someone will take notes that the weekend before the Sports would be a better time for this race!

Mike Fuller · 07-24-2011, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Larry Hill

This race has been postponed til the Thursday before the Sportsnationals. Maybe someone will take notes that the weekend before the Sports would be a better time for this race!

Jay! Are you paying attention? Please consider this for next years schedule. It would draw a much larger crowd(as in competitors).

Ed Wright · 07-24-2011, 07:27 PM

I'm thankful Div 4 doesn't typically schedule LODRS races this time of the year. Nothing in July or August this year.

Nitro Joe Jackson · 07-24-2011, 09:59 PM

guys like or it not i think canceling it was a good call, the 1/8th mile deal was a good idea, BUT the big problem was going to be the cars still going a pretty good clip at the 1320 mark where the problem was. Plus at 7pm, a huge storm came through, I was there looking for my glasses i lost.
We had a great amount of rain. Mike, Ed and others, i think Jay and a;; the NTR people went the extra mile to make things happen and it just wasn't in the cards.
Everybody thinks its so easy to do this stuff. Least we didn't have one crash all weekend!

blkjack · 07-24-2011, 10:25 PM

Too much indecision on the committee's part. This race should have been rescheduled at noon today instead of letting us hang in the heat till 5:15 PM.

Mike Fuller · 07-25-2011, 07:23 AM

Joe, this is the second year in a row that these kinds of conditions were an obstacle to running this event. Why would it be a problem to schedule this event the week before the Sportsnational? Jay is just a hard head and has no concept of the word customer. At this time of year most people do not want to be at a hot,humid dragstrip. Don't you think that there would be a much larger turn out for the divisional just before the sports than in July? Besides that he is taking the chance of causing a heat related injury or death. It is not worth the risk.

As Ed Wright points out, there are no races in division 4, or 2 for that matter during this time and it is often just as hot here as it is in those area's this time of year. Good example is the fact that Detrioit had the highest heat index in the nation on Thursday.

Michael Beard · 07-25-2011, 08:32 AM

I was at Pacemakers, just up the road in Mount Vernon, OH. Had 4,600' DA and a vapor pressure of .92!?!

Brutal hot, humid, and slower than Bristol, with those nasty storms coming through in the evenings, but we got all three races in, plus a couple gamblers/shootout races. Hung in there for a semi-final on Sunday, paid for the trip, and made it back to NC about 2:30am. Best part of the weekend was seeing my wife (she's been in Columbus since April with her new job. Still trying to sell our house in NC so I can move up north and see her more than once a month!)

Greg Hill · 07-25-2011, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Zaskowski

Mike,
You didn't show up because it was too hot. Well, they were giving out free bottles of water in the staging lanes for the well being of the racer. Do you get that anywhere else? Weather is part of racing, whether it's good or bad, you deal with it, just like most other sports. Jay dosn't read the bullsh*t on this forum. If the weather was 60 degrees, 5% humidity, barometer of 35.00, and a DA of -550 ft., people would bi*ch about the AHFS.... oh wait, they do anyway. See ya at Stanton if it isn't too hot.

Kevin, Mike wasn't the only one that didn't come this weekend and I would say the weather was the big reason. Andrew and myself, Tommy Mattingly, Carlton Sweasy, Dave Walther, Chuck Bellanger, Ben Wenzel, Larry Hill, are just a few. My guess is that we would of had 80 or 90 cars in stock if it was the weekend before the Sports national race. Every one has choices and when a lot of us see the weather forecast of 110-115 heat indexes we decide to stay home.

Mike Fuller · 07-25-2011, 09:26 AM

Kevin, the heat was not my only concern. This track has a reputation for weeping and very heavy dew that moves in very quickly. I have seen NHRA run cars down this track during these conditions. At one of the last regular national events they got behind the sportsman posted schedule because of rain and tried to catch up after the sun went down. They crashed four comp eliminator cars before they decided it was unsafe and told us to come back bright and early the next morning. If you think this is not true ask some of the comp guys when you get to Stanton this weekend. You as a customer are being ***** on. And they don't care because people keep showing up when rational thinking would avoid these types of situations.

07-24-2011, 06:13 PM	#42
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07-24-2011, 07:27 PM	#44
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: "Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race I'm thankful Div 4 doesn't typically schedule LODRS races this time of the year. Nothing in July or August this year. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 07-24-2011 at 08:01 PM.

07-24-2011, 09:59 PM	#45
Nitro Joe Jackson VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Loudonville, Ohio or where ever the Nitro Lounge is parked Posts: 2,293 Likes: 58 Liked 67 Times in 19 Posts	Re: "Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race guys like or it not i think canceling it was a good call, the 1/8th mile deal was a good idea, BUT the big problem was going to be the cars still going a pretty good clip at the 1320 mark where the problem was. Plus at 7pm, a huge storm came through, I was there looking for my glasses i lost. We had a great amount of rain. Mike, Ed and others, i think Jay and a;; the NTR people went the extra mile to make things happen and it just wasn't in the cards. Everybody thinks its so easy to do this stuff. Least we didn't have one crash all weekend! __________________ Nitro Joe Jackson STK 3431 nitrojoe@neo.rr.com

07-24-2011, 10:25 PM	#46
blkjack Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Belle Vernon, PA Posts: 288 Likes: 26 Liked 55 Times in 19 Posts	Re: "Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race Too much indecision on the committee's part. This race should have been rescheduled at noon today instead of letting us hang in the heat till 5:15 PM.

07-25-2011, 07:23 AM	#47
Mike Fuller Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 952 Likes: 567 Liked 198 Times in 79 Posts	Re: "Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race Joe, this is the second year in a row that these kinds of conditions were an obstacle to running this event. Why would it be a problem to schedule this event the week before the Sportsnational? Jay is just a hard head and has no concept of the word customer. At this time of year most people do not want to be at a hot,humid dragstrip. Don't you think that there would be a much larger turn out for the divisional just before the sports than in July? Besides that he is taking the chance of causing a heat related injury or death. It is not worth the risk. As Ed Wright points out, there are no races in division 4, or 2 for that matter during this time and it is often just as hot here as it is in those area's this time of year. Good example is the fact that Detrioit had the highest heat index in the nation on Thursday. __________________ Mike Fuller 396 STK 3961 SS Last edited by Mike Fuller; 07-25-2011 at 07:30 AM.

07-25-2011, 08:32 AM	#48
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: "Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race I was at Pacemakers, just up the road in Mount Vernon, OH. Had 4,600' DA and a vapor pressure of .92!?! Brutal hot, humid, and slower than Bristol, with those nasty storms coming through in the evenings, but we got all three races in, plus a couple gamblers/shootout races. Hung in there for a semi-final on Sunday, paid for the trip, and made it back to NC about 2:30am. Best part of the weekend was seeing my wife (she's been in Columbus since April with her new job. Still trying to sell our house in NC so I can move up north and see her more than once a month!) __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS

07-25-2011, 09:26 AM	#50
Mike Fuller Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 952 Likes: 567 Liked 198 Times in 79 Posts	Re: "Live" from Columbus Lucas Oil race Kevin, the heat was not my only concern. This track has a reputation for weeping and very heavy dew that moves in very quickly. I have seen NHRA run cars down this track during these conditions. At one of the last regular national events they got behind the sportsman posted schedule because of rain and tried to catch up after the sun went down. They crashed four comp eliminator cars before they decided it was unsafe and told us to come back bright and early the next morning. If you think this is not true ask some of the comp guys when you get to Stanton this weekend. You as a customer are being ***** on. And they don't care because people keep showing up when rational thinking would avoid these types of situations. __________________ Mike Fuller 396 STK 3961 SS