Double up Races

[1347]

Originally Posted by Jim Kaekel

The St. Louis was a huge success, however, with that may cars needed to get down the track, any kind of rain delay or other issue could have easily caused a postponement or cancellation of the second event. Applause go out to the NHRA D3 crew for a great job.

I was told that 2 of the biggest problems with a double race are that with a tight schedule, there is no window for weather.
And the problem for running on Monday I was told, was that most of the division people have real jobs and have to go back to work on Monday. You can't have a race if you don't have officials. Probably work well in the west where it doesn't rain, but in div1 we have rain more often than not except for our drought we had this year.

[jmcarter]

Would suspect Famosa will have a big turnout this weekend for their double. Has to be a great deal of pent up demand, especially with the Vegas and Pomona early fills. The doubles make a lot of sense with such long tows and high(er) fuel prices in the West. Was a bit surprised Woodburn didn’t get even more for their double.

[GTS340]

We haven't raced in Bakersfield for a divisional for years. I need to remember how to get there. With stock class probably Thursday my guess and the double. It should be fun. The weather looks great. Maybe a little warm at peak temps. A lot of point chases going on.

Paul Haszlauer
7019 C/SA

[DG]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

Would suspect Famosa will have a big turnout this weekend for their double. Has to be a great deal of pent up demand, especially with the Vegas and Pomona early fills. The doubles make a lot of sense with such long tows and high(er) fuel prices in the West. Was a bit surprised Woodburn didn’t get even more for their double.

I think Woodburn would have gotten more participation if they had announced it as a double right from the beginning. For a lot of people, we set our race/vacation schedules at the beginning of the year. After that, its hard to adjust.