Then this crap about not letting us race in the groove without slicks and making us run our street tires through the lake at the starting line. Either make sure the starting line has a DRY passage for street tires or let us run in the same groove. We all have the same right to traction

lol oh hell yeah it could have been worse... I stayed for TnT / FuG...
a racer broke a light pole with his trailer dropping it and power lines across the retrun road... had to shut down the power down n have an electrician come out to fix that.. right after they got it back going toothpick threw a rod in the donny boy truck.. not all that much distance but a really hard oild down to fix before IDK forever before they could get things running again.  Cindi was prob right, she should have quit as soon as they found tampons stuffed in the toilet/ sewer lines that morning lol

I'll address some of this... And yes, it was not a smooth day.
No time slips? The tower has a print out, if you somehow don't get one, they will write you one out. And the score borads were off for a few passes, we don't race off score boards, we do need them for dial ins later. Still not a unforgivable disaster.

Bathroom disaster? When feminine things get stuck, it will over flow. No one knows until someone lets employees know.

Tech? If you look, there are lots of new faces. They had no clue what a MC Challenge was until that morning. As far as "pick your favorite number?" Thats what I got told at TM a while back. Lots of people want their "own" number (car year, ect...)

Now, I'm REALLY not going to make friends here... Street tires out of the slick groove. Northstar did this first, TM followed a couple of weeks ago, TXR followed. Get ready, THIS is the future. Street tire guys want to be in the groove that the slicks produce, and I promise you, it destroys the groove in a hurry. Imagine you have just put in a new flower bed, looks great, then some guy comes through with a tiller. When the racing starts, the entire starting line is even, the slick guys produce their own groove, the street tires have theirs. If you had any water (or lake as it was put) I must have missed it, I'm sorry. Hang out sometime and watch how hard it is to chase those trails of water that almost EVERY street car leaves. I promise you I go home sore, this is the hardest race to work the starting line due to this. And the radiator issue, that car only had water in it (no coolant), and he never got close to the launch pad, the starting line was not even close to being compromised. I have a slick car, and a small (P215/70R15) street car, and I line up out of the groove everywhere I go, my street car does not spin, and no burnout needed (runs 9.00's) Not fast, but some cars running slower have problems, I had problems, but I fixed it to go down any track, any situation... Sometimes the cones got put out a little more out of the groove, because there are a few guys that try to line up right on them (actually running over them) So they get moved out a little more. And also a couple of times when they were not there, a few went right to the slick goove. I figured racers would "do the right thing" and stay out of the groove. Even heavy trucks that do not spin, hurt the goove, it leaves the tread pattern in it. The rubber on the track is very soft, it doesn't take much to damage it. I do pay attention to most cars, and ET's when they run. I try to keep the starting line decent all day, I even spray out of the slick groove.

Cindi jumps in anytime needed, that should tell you there was a struggle that day. I think she even helped on the plumbing repair!
If anyone has any questions (or comments) on anything, you can ask, or PM me, or see me at the races.
Thanks for reading, Duane

Duane,
  Thanks for posting and letting us "see the other side of the coin" .

Ah, now I see about the water. The bad part is, that is where the drain is for the water box, so that's why there is too much water back there. They were supposed to not spray when street tire cars came up to try to keep it dry. They do need more training... I try to help on that. We have one more shot on 10/05 hopefully things will go better! If there's any problems, we are always trying to get it right, just let us know. I hope no one took my previous post as being a "butt head" it was just meant to point out the "whys" of some things. I'm always open to discuss any problems, and that goes for any track I'm at. I'm not afraid to help out or find out why something happened.
See ya'll at Northstar

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Calling everyone up at once was a cluster, was not supposed to happen, it was never done this way before... Will be corrected (I hope, tower is out of my control) If you want the street tire cars in the groove, the Club and Mark will have to agree or  vote on that (my opinion) and I wouldn't care one way or the other, but traction will be compromised with the street tires in the groove. Go ask any 6.80 or faster car what they think next Sunday, all the slick guys that talked to me are glad it is being done. Racing should be fun, if going to a certain track is unpleasant for you, you shouldn't go, I have places I will not go, just personal preference. Mistakes happen, I make them at my weekly job, and I'm pretty sure there is no one that never screws up something.

Last edited by YellowStangDuane (9/19/2014 2:41 pm)

Well, I guess ya'll taught me something today. Now I know why most track employees (all tracks) put blinders on and say "It is what it is"

We have your entrance fee so now "It is what it is". Not the best way to run a business is it. Most weekly  jobs if you make mistakes you get your butt fired.

I think everyone has a bad day every now and then. I'm sure when we return to Kennedale in Oct. it will be just like old times.

Duane as always thanks for your input.

Mark