“Live” from Gainesville 2018 - Page 4

Charley Downing · 03-07-2018, 12:04 PM

I’m to young to worry about crap like parking. I’m more worried about dialing my car and trying to win some rounds. (key word TRYING)
but you can’t complain about not getting in then. It’s either low quotes and haft ***** parking spots or higher quotes and ****ty/crappy parking spots. 75% of us are there to race, you guys that show up three days before a pts meet can worry about parking. See everyone there on Friday sometime.

Jim Wahl · 03-07-2018, 01:28 PM

Here ya go Charles.... the weather is nice, the sky is clear as a bell. There’s a killer tail wind all weekend. The brats are on the grill. Life is good🤓

HR9121 · 03-07-2018, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

Here ya go Charles.... the weather is nice, the sky is clear as a bell. There’s a killer tail wind all weekend. The brats are on the grill. Life is good🤓

You forgot the BEER is COLD! 🍺

Ken Miele · 03-07-2018, 01:50 PM

Everyone that was inline is now parked, but many are not happy. I heard there were about 4 or 5 racers that are pulling out of the National. They will run the divisional where you are allowed to park on the black top inside the track for just the division race.

Its a tough call for NHRA I quess with a 100 more entry's than last year. The road course is a nice place to park, its flat and has paved roads for the most part, but its very far away. I would think that they would have put Top Sportsman and Top Dragster on the road course since they tow their cars. The usual spots for the sportsman cars that arrive early are now for Top classes only.

Unfortunately its made so many racer unhappy, but I guess there are worse things in life to worry about. No reason to get here early if your a ss, stk, sg and sc car, there are no spots available for early bird inside the track.

Here are a few shots of the racers that are out today.

Crew Chief · 03-07-2018, 02:46 PM

Since the road course is so far away from the rest of the pits, is there any security when the cars are running?

Jake Sealey · 03-07-2018, 03:07 PM

Does anyone have any pictures of the road course area?

jimmyparker · 03-07-2018, 03:34 PM

Jake, search Gainesville Raceway on Google Earth and you can see the full layout.

Mark Lewis · 03-07-2018, 03:45 PM

Is there any asphalt parking left for racers just running the Divisional?

James Perrone · 03-07-2018, 04:08 PM

Wow. I didn’t understand the situation about the pits
Going a mile just to get to the lanes Plus you make a run ad 1/2 a mile to your trip
Rumor has it they gonna charge a toll to get a time slip and scale
Dam glad my stuffs apart. Good Luck to all. We be watching

Jake Sealey · 03-07-2018, 04:53 PM

This is from Google Earth. Every inch is 500ft. I got around 14,500ft round trip, so roughly 2.75 miles.

03-07-2018, 12:04 PM	#31
Charley Downing Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 759 Likes: 16 Liked 625 Times in 86 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 I’m to young to worry about crap like parking. I’m more worried about dialing my car and trying to win some rounds. (key word TRYING) but you can’t complain about not getting in then. It’s either low quotes and haft *** parking spots or higher quotes and *ty/crappy parking spots. 75% of us are there to race, you guys that show up three days before a pts meet can worry about parking. See everyone there on Friday sometime. __________________ Charley Downing 3548 STK Last edited by Charley Downing; 03-07-2018 at 12:39 PM.*

03-07-2018, 01:28 PM	#32
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 6,471 Likes: 637 Liked 689 Times in 132 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 Here ya go Charles.... the weather is nice, the sky is clear as a bell. There’s a killer tail wind all weekend. The brats are on the grill. Life is good🤓 __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 D2 National Open Stock Champion 1981 D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association. SSSSA Forum Moderator

03-07-2018, 01:50 PM	#34
Ken Miele Live Reporter Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,555 Likes: 345 Liked 13,006 Times in 1,223 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 Everyone that was inline is now parked, but many are not happy. I heard there were about 4 or 5 racers that are pulling out of the National. They will run the divisional where you are allowed to park on the black top inside the track for just the division race. Its a tough call for NHRA I quess with a 100 more entry's than last year. The road course is a nice place to park, its flat and has paved roads for the most part, but its very far away. I would think that they would have put Top Sportsman and Top Dragster on the road course since they tow their cars. The usual spots for the sportsman cars that arrive early are now for Top classes only. Unfortunately its made so many racer unhappy, but I guess there are worse things in life to worry about. No reason to get here early if your a ss, stk, sg and sc car, there are no spots available for early bird inside the track. Here are a few shots of the racers that are out today. Attached Thumbnails

03-07-2018, 02:46 PM	#35
Crew Chief Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 184 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 6 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 Since the road course is so far away from the rest of the pits, is there any security when the cars are running?

03-07-2018, 03:07 PM	#36
Jake Sealey Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 38 Likes: 1 Liked 10 Times in 3 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 Does anyone have any pictures of the road course area? __________________ Jake Sealey 2507 Stock 2075 SuperStock

03-07-2018, 03:34 PM	#37
jimmyparker Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: columbus, georgia Posts: 361 Likes: 41 Liked 225 Times in 71 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 Jake, search Gainesville Raceway on Google Earth and you can see the full layout.

03-07-2018, 03:45 PM	#38
Mark Lewis Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 330 Likes: 55 Liked 183 Times in 37 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 Is there any asphalt parking left for racers just running the Divisional?

03-07-2018, 04:08 PM	#39
James Perrone VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LONG ISLAND N.Y. Posts: 1,595 Likes: 2,927 Liked 1,605 Times in 375 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 Wow. I didn’t understand the situation about the pits Going a mile just to get to the lanes Plus you make a run ad 1/2 a mile to your trip Rumor has it they gonna charge a toll to get a time slip and scale Dam glad my stuffs apart. Good Luck to all. We be watching __________________ james perrone 1290 STK

03-07-2018, 04:53 PM	#40
Jake Sealey Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 38 Likes: 1 Liked 10 Times in 3 Posts	Re: “Live” from Gainesville 2018 This is from Google Earth. Every inch is 500ft. I got around 14,500ft round trip, so roughly 2.75 miles. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Jake Sealey 2507 Stock 2075 SuperStock

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