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At Topeka you do not pit past the sand trap so it is not as far away and you get to use the road course to go to the staging lanes. At your own speed and no traffic or spectators. If you want at Topeka you can also buy electric hookup for the weekend which is great if you use a RV and it is hot. At Denver you are way past the sand trap and in the rocks which get carried to the starting line and thrown back at the racers and pit crew during the burnouts. At Denver you also must fight the crowds going to the staging lanes on a very narrow two way road filled with crowds of people who have no idea of what giving the race car some courtesy movement out of the way is. The only positive I can say about the track facilities is the downhill run in the staging lanes. It is nice not to have to start the car over and over. It is nice as long as the car behind you has a good parking brake of some type. The racing surface is great as long as the race crew pays attention and keeps it that way. My 2 Cents From Experience |
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lol !
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Thanks Jake for starting the yearly thread. !
Mile high nationals would not be quite the same without it.... Hope all the puppies are well..
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Lane and Randy were very helpful to me at that race, and I'm forever thankful to them for it, and although I won't be there this year, I have some unfinished business up there at that race, after two 3rd round and one 4th (quarter-final) round finish, so that track and that race are on my radar for the future, and my work has allowed my racing budget to continuously improve year by year, so Bandimere Speedway will see me again, although I won't get to possibly race Ryan in that Firebird Formula again (since he sold it or parked it?), but somehow, someday, someway I'll get a rematch with him (because on the starting line I was 4-0, but sadly 3-1 at the finish), and I can't wait!!!! Next time I make it that far in a race, if you know someone who wants to make an easy $20 bucks, have them show up in the lanes with a soda cup with lots of ice in it....if I don't remember my own, I'll probably buy it from them!!!!
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07-20-2018, 08:54 AM | #26 |
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Hard to run in 8'000 plus feet of air!
We have always been treated fair by the staff. Just hard to tow from the west with bad roads and mountain passes, |
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I have never raced at the Denver track but have been there several times as a spectator, and will be there Sunday for the finals.
In my opinion it is a very nice track, I really like being able to walk out of the pits into the top of the grandstands. That being said, I fully understand the short fields in Stock and Super Stock. The distance from the starting line is one thing but not unique. Given the configuration, cut into the side of a mountain not much else they can do. However as pointed out the Stock and Super Stock pits are dirty and dusty. The owners certainly are not afraid to spend money, geez who else has a starting line surface that can be cooled or heated as necessary. They are astute business people so my only guess is that they don't think there would be a return on their investment. My plan after the race is to write a polite letter and copy NHRA that I am a Stock/Super Stock fan and I was disappointed by the low car count and tell them why I think few folks will come. I would suggest any of the racers here, that would like to race at Denver and won't do the same thing. Bill |
07-20-2018, 09:30 AM | #28 |
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That's a decent day. Worst I`ve run in so far this season has been 9250` ish DA.
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still the nicest track I've ever been on...
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