All the talk about rules.....

Barney B · 02-18-2010, 12:29 PM

Do we follow them?....... No

I attended 3 national events last year and all three times the person next to me did not have a stack for their generator exhaust.

BB I'll sign any waiver you want just make people have a frickin stack on their generator exhaust so I do not have to breath it all weekend.

DEWMAN · 02-18-2010, 01:01 PM

Barney thats why I bring a fan to blow it back under there motorhome.
DEWMAN 3260 S/ST S/G

Bob Verwold · 02-18-2010, 01:30 PM

Park out in the weeds with us S/ST guys , we all have stacks (well most of us do)

Michael Pliska · 02-18-2010, 07:54 PM

I don't have a stack on my generator!

It's a lightweight Honda EU2000i, and I run it on the roof of my camper! Its exhaust is higher than the stacks next to me!

FED 387 · 02-18-2010, 10:42 PM

only motorhomes and trailers with permanetly mounted gens need a stack any portable units do not---be a prick report him to pit control ----they'll tell him to shut it off or fix it---Comp387

Ed Fernandez · 02-18-2010, 10:56 PM

How about the guys with those old rattle trap gens that leave them on all night.
Admittedly I leave my 1000W Honda on till midnight.If anyone is pitted next to me I ask if they are bothered by the noise and I move it and shield it from them.Just common courtesy.

slow dragster · 02-19-2010, 09:48 AM

BB, Last year at Joliet a friend of ours notified pit control. They went off on the guy for no stack and the guy had to shut his gen set off untill he had one. This was after everyone from NHRA had left the track. The NHRA official called Joliet security that evening and had him shut it off. The stacks are simple to make. I guess some of these guys with the 100+ thousand dollar rigs cant afford them.
I for one will say something if they dont have one.

Barney B · 02-19-2010, 11:19 AM

Here is my deal, I don't want to be the "prick" you had to park beside for 4 or 5 days. So What I am going to do this year is I am going to buy one from camping world like mine and if you don't have one you can buy the one I have. (for what I paid for it) and if you do not want to do that I will then go to NHRA and get an offical.
I just want to race and have fun but I will not smell deisel generator fumes again this year because we are then no longer having fun.

BB I am not talking about portable ones I am talking about the ones there are rules for.

BB2 This is about as professional and fair as I can be.

buzzinhalfdozen · 02-19-2010, 11:48 AM

BB, I agree 100% with you as I always get a neighbor with no stack or some POS that would wake the dead which of course he must run all nite. Where has the common courtesy gone? I don't have the finest stuff but I do try to be considerate of my neighbors, a quick "is this bothering you" goes a long way. Joe

rgarvey · 02-19-2010, 12:25 PM

dont bother with track security ask the guy to fix it if he does not just wait till later then cut the spark plug wire that will help

02-18-2010, 12:29 PM	#1
Barney B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wadsworth, Ohio Posts: 510 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	All the talk about rules..... Do we follow them?....... No I attended 3 national events last year and all three times the person next to me did not have a stack for their generator exhaust. BB I'll sign any waiver you want just make people have a frickin stack on their generator exhaust so I do not have to breath it all weekend.

02-18-2010, 01:01 PM	#2
DEWMAN Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 55 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... Barney thats why I bring a fan to blow it back under there motorhome. DEWMAN 3260 S/ST S/G

02-18-2010, 01:30 PM	#3
Bob Verwold Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fayetteville Ohio Posts: 656 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... Park out in the weeds with us S/ST guys , we all have stacks (well most of us do)

02-18-2010, 07:54 PM	#4
Michael Pliska Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Happy Valley, OR Posts: 260 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... I don't have a stack on my generator! It's a lightweight Honda EU2000i, and I run it on the roof of my camper! Its exhaust is higher than the stacks next to me! __________________ Michael Pliska 643 S/G

02-18-2010, 10:42 PM	#5
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,422 Likes: 529 Liked 333 Times in 180 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... only motorhomes and trailers with permanetly mounted gens need a stack any portable units do not---be a prick report him to pit control ----they'll tell him to shut it off or fix it---Comp387

02-18-2010, 10:56 PM	#6
Ed Fernandez Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NOO JOISEY nexta NOO YAWK Posts: 5,879 Likes: 38 Liked 100 Times in 45 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... How about the guys with those old rattle trap gens that leave them on all night. Admittedly I leave my 1000W Honda on till midnight.If anyone is pitted next to me I ask if they are bothered by the noise and I move it and shield it from them.Just common courtesy. __________________ Former NHRA #1945 Former IHRA #1945 T/SA

02-19-2010, 09:48 AM	#7
slow dragster Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 143 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... BB, Last year at Joliet a friend of ours notified pit control. They went off on the guy for no stack and the guy had to shut his gen set off untill he had one. This was after everyone from NHRA had left the track. The NHRA official called Joliet security that evening and had him shut it off. The stacks are simple to make. I guess some of these guys with the 100+ thousand dollar rigs cant afford them. I for one will say something if they dont have one.

02-19-2010, 11:19 AM	#8
Barney B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wadsworth, Ohio Posts: 510 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... Here is my deal, I don't want to be the "prick" you had to park beside for 4 or 5 days. So What I am going to do this year is I am going to buy one from camping world like mine and if you don't have one you can buy the one I have. (for what I paid for it) and if you do not want to do that I will then go to NHRA and get an offical. I just want to race and have fun but I will not smell deisel generator fumes again this year because we are then no longer having fun. BB I am not talking about portable ones I am talking about the ones there are rules for. BB2 This is about as professional and fair as I can be.

02-19-2010, 11:48 AM	#9
buzzinhalfdozen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue Ohio Posts: 984 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... BB, I agree 100% with you as I always get a neighbor with no stack or some POS that would wake the dead which of course he must run all nite. Where has the common courtesy gone? I don't have the finest stuff but I do try to be considerate of my neighbors, a quick "is this bothering you" goes a long way. Joe __________________ Joe Buchanan SS/BX 3117

02-19-2010, 12:25 PM	#10
rgarvey Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 58 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: All the talk about rules..... dont bother with track security ask the guy to fix it if he does not just wait till later then cut the spark plug wire that will help