Route 66 NHRA Nationals parking pictures.

Ken Miele · 06-03-2010, 11:33 AM

Sal Biondo sent me some pictures of were the sportsman are park and what they have to do to get to the staging lanes.

W J · 06-03-2010, 12:07 PM

You could burn up a good set of 5.38's travelling that distance to the lanes....

WJ

Jerry Terry · 06-03-2010, 12:19 PM

And some of that expensive fuel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tom Moock · 06-03-2010, 03:48 PM

Why didn't they build the two tracks closer together like madison, IL. they could use the pits for parking for the Nascar track. Tom

Carl Juliano · 06-03-2010, 07:03 PM

That seems absurd, there is a thread in the '90 sect., someone said they are allowing you to tow your car up to the dirt track, then drive it from there. Depending on where you are pitted, it can be over 1.5 miles to the lanes!.

Chris "drooze" Wertman · 06-03-2010, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Carl Juliano

That seems absurd, there is a thread in the '90 sect., someone said they are allowing you to tow your car up to the dirt track, then drive it from there. Depending on where you are pitted, it can be over 1.5 miles to the lanes!.

Special, makes me wish I had ignored all the advice and put the Viper 6 speed in

(Im JOKING !)

G Schenck · 06-03-2010, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Moock

Why didn't they build the two tracks closer together like madison, IL. they could use the pits for parking for the Nascar track. Tom

Those tracks were owned by different corporations when they were built.

Greg

Bret Kepner · 06-04-2010, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Moock

Why didn't they build the two tracks closer together like madison, IL. they could use the pits for parking for the Nascar track.

That's pretty funny, Tom! I guess you don't realize that, from the starting line at Gateway back to the oval track pits and back to the starting line, it's a total trip of 2.1 miles! The roundtrip yesterday at Joliet was 2.8 miles.

james schaechter · 06-04-2010, 06:05 AM

We are pitted in the gravel which is a bit farther out. It actually is much better than it sounds. or than we expected. we have to snake through a parking lot and to the main hard top, but except for a few gawkers on golf carts that block the road, you can get rolling and coast a bit.

I think the difficulty will be the congestion in the track as the crowds come in later in the week. The long drive on top of that could cause some cars fits. They are allowing people to tow from the NASCAR pits to the track, but in many cases and ours too people don't have a person with to do that anyway.

I did hear that if you had not been through tech, you had the option to bail out with no penalty, but I only know of one stocker that did that.

I would also say that the tech crew has been very attentive to this issue. They came to trailers to tech you in right away. they have been working on this as hard as anyone to make it as best as it could be.

Jim Kaekel · 06-04-2010, 06:49 AM

I was the stocker that "bailed". I race for the enjoyment and I just did not see too much "fun factor" being involved in a race where I was pitted across the street with no crew or golf cart for a tow, and then trying to be competitive against fellow racers that have that option. I understand that due to pit conditions, they were in between a "rock and a hard place" with little options for pitting. I'm just glad they gave us the option that we could transfer out.

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Carl Juliano Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Queens, NYC Posts: 287 Likes: 198 Liked 62 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Route 66 NHRA Nationals parking pictures. That seems absurd, there is a thread in the '90 sect., someone said they are allowing you to tow your car up to the dirt track, then drive it from there. Depending on where you are pitted, it can be over 1.5 miles to the lanes!. __________________ Carl Juliano TS 1275 John Juliano SG 151 Carl Sr.

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james schaechter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 1,928 Likes: 1,072 Liked 1,212 Times in 249 Posts	Re: Route 66 NHRA Nationals parking pictures. We are pitted in the gravel which is a bit farther out. It actually is much better than it sounds. or than we expected. we have to snake through a parking lot and to the main hard top, but except for a few gawkers on golf carts that block the road, you can get rolling and coast a bit. I think the difficulty will be the congestion in the track as the crowds come in later in the week. The long drive on top of that could cause some cars fits. They are allowing people to tow from the NASCAR pits to the track, but in many cases and ours too people don't have a person with to do that anyway. I did hear that if you had not been through tech, you had the option to bail out with no penalty, but I only know of one stocker that did that. I would also say that the tech crew has been very attentive to this issue. They came to trailers to tech you in right away. they have been working on this as hard as anyone to make it as best as it could be. __________________ James Schaechter 3163 STK

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Jim Kaekel VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,222 Likes: 134 Liked 498 Times in 104 Posts	Re: Route 66 NHRA Nationals parking pictures. I was the stocker that "bailed". I race for the enjoyment and I just did not see too much "fun factor" being involved in a race where I was pitted across the street with no crew or golf cart for a tow, and then trying to be competitive against fellow racers that have that option. I understand that due to pit conditions, they were in between a "rock and a hard place" with little options for pitting. I'm just glad they gave us the option that we could transfer out. __________________ Jim Kaekel 3836 STK