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I am still looking for a crew man in the Los Angles area to go to the track and help with racing a FS/AA Copo. Contact me here if interested

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If you want to pit near us...We would be happy to help at any of West Coast Races. We run 3 or 4 Stock/Super Stock cars....We would not notice one more.

Irving Family Racing

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I would love to join you most of my time I will be at Fontana and a bit at Formoso they have not put out the full schedule yet. It looks like you will be closer to Las Vegas. I will be at Fontana Feb 2/3/4. At any event how will I know where you pit. I have a new 2017 Copo 350 supercharger FS/AA
Fastlane

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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.

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

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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.

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do you have a good log or logging sw yet

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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

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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

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Big Boy,

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

Bob

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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.

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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

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Forgive me if I read you wrong, but it sounds like your experience with this venture is limited or at least less than recent. With a car like that, and a track that can be as tricky as Fontana, you would be well served to have somebody with you with a good deal of experience both with the COPOs and faster S/SS cars.....and the Fontana surface and racing conditions. I would suggest you contact Phil and/or Tony Mandella at PMR Race Cars to get acquainted and let them know about your program. There is nobody on the planet with more experience and knowledge that would be helpful to you.

If you are not their customer you might offer a fee for the day. I guarantee you that one day at the track with Phil would equate to many, many days of trial and error even with a helper at your side. I know they will be at Fontana next week as we will be testing our Super Stocker and they will be supervising every aspect of the session. You can reach Phil or Tony at (909) 941-7800.

Once again, please forgive me if I assumed incorrectly but this is good advice for even the most experienced race teams.

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Taking a car out with that kind of speed makes this great advice. Can turn a potentially very frustrating experience into one that will pay dividends for the remainder of your racing career.

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X2....Phil can lead you in the RIGHT direction......

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My two cents if you’re looking for help make it someone you can rely on and has experience Craig’s list is niether. Mark recommended Phil and Tony great choice I raced in the early seventies than came back in the 8 years later a lot changed It was much easier in the past . I assume you’re not going to the Phoenix National SCEDA has a Combo race that weekend good time to jump in the pool As for this past weekend I hope the crew at Fontana learns from it I sat three hours in the lanes it appears they took 12 cars from each lane problem is 1 and 2 and 6 and 7 never had more than 20 cars lanes 3 and 4 were to the 1/8 mile something has changed at Fontana never seen it this bad.

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It was this weekend !

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"How will you find where I am at?"

Ask anyone on Stock or SuperStock..........I am not particularly well liked =
But most everyone out West knows me at least a little bit!

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WOW!!
1st off the Chuckster called it spot on. it was bad I think the real answer is to bring in a ice cream truck to change racers attitude. Can't hurt

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Ice cream truck can't work!
truck arrived too early
truck arrived too late
truck left too early
truck left too late
refrigerated truck too noisy
truck parked too far away
truck parked in the middle of the pits, taking up pit spaces
Not enough flavors
Cones or cups
soft serve or old fashioned
too windy, blew the sprinkles off
too hot, ice cream melted
too expensive
truck didn't sell beer, too

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As luck would have it you all recommended Phil Mandella to help me out if I needed it. I took me brand new Copo to Fontana as planned and had no third gear first second and neutral no it is not a Powerglide. Well who was pitted right next to me Phil Mandella He took charge we went with me to drop off my car at his shop and he will handle the entire transmission problem with ACI and now be the shop that keeps me on track so I can drive and not wrench. He turned a major headache on my first track day with my new ride into a great plan for my season. I have been racing for about 50 years and needed someone to handle the performance work how lucky can I get class racer recommendation right in the next pit spot and I have a problem. Thank you all for your help. By the way the crew help I was looking for was for a young guy wanting to learn our sport and do the heavy lifting and I found the perfect young man, now I have both ends covered. And I managed to update my license with just the 2 gears I had. A positive turn around.

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What a fantastic outcome! You can't go wrong with PMR. The fact that they are kncredibly knowledgeable, supremely talented, and competitively priced(ok,ok, they are expensive)....but you absolutely get more than your money's worth.

The after sale customer service is beyond the pale. If you were to try to calculate the cost for all the help they provide after your car is done or at the track years from the completion of the job they would be working for minimum wage or less.

Good on you brother for your stroke of luck. You just advanced your effort to refresh your racing career right past GO. I hope youu collected your $200.