Live from New England Dragway- Lucas Oil Series

[Jack Matyas]

Good morning members and guests - the big word today is short -FOG - and plenty of it.One can see about a few hundred feet at best as today was to be test n tune but maybe just maybe it will clear up as we get nearer to start time .

Speaking of t n t here's one I didn't see coming - came in last night around 6 or so - ticket girl asks if I going to run the t n t and I said maybe because the weather tomorrow doesn't look great ( calling for showers ) - I'll sign up tomorrow if the weather is ok - then she says you'll have to pay a spectator fee if you don't - I say I just gave you my $225 entry fee for the Lucas race - she says she needs another $15 a head to go in tonight - I gave up and paid - is this another profit source? Inflation is everywhere ........

Later ...........maybe as the Internet here is as it always is - terrible at best.One would say i'm being negative - here is a positive - tomorrow is to be sunny and brite with temps in the low eighties .

[1320racer]

would you have felt better if she said it's an early pitting fee?

[James Perrone]

Jack is this a 2 day race with Sunday as rain date?

[Dave Casey]

Yes James

[Bob Lasko]

Long range forecast rain Sunday
they changed it, no rain in pm

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

would you have felt better if she said it's an early pitting fee?

That's exactly what it is .....and no not a bit better.

[1320racer]

of course that is what it is.

[BKSG1198]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Good morning members and guests - the big word today is short -FOG - and plenty of it.One can see about a few hundred feet at best as today was to be test n tune but maybe just maybe it will clear up as we get nearer to start time .

Speaking of t n t here's one I didn't see coming - came in last night around 6 or so - ticket girl asks if I going to run the t n t and I said maybe because the weather tomorrow doesn't look great ( calling for showers ) - I'll sign up tomorrow if the weather is ok - then she says you'll have to pay a spectator fee if you don't - I say I just gave you my $225 entry fee for the Lucas race - she says she needs another $15 a head to go in tonight - I gave up and paid - is this another profit source? Inflation is everywhere ........

Later ...........maybe as the Internet here is as it always is - terrible at best.One would say i'm being negative - here is a positive - tomorrow is to be sunny and brite with temps in the low eighties .

We all must remember the T&T are TRACK OPERATED, they have nothing to do with NHRA D1, I can say most of the staff working the event left this morning, it's a little extra source for the track to recover from the rental fees to host a divisional. You also have to remember, if you roll in Wednesday Night, girl asks you if you are T&T or going to the beach, going to fly an airplane, etc. What's saying, "Nah I'm not going to T&T" and you have a MH full of 10 people or you're not even racing but brought the MH & Trailer (Ive seen people tow an empty trailer) and tell her you'll be back tomorrow, and you never go back to pay. It simply amazes me that we have these multimillion dollar rigs, nice cars and we gripe over $10 or $15 the track gets us for at the gate.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by BKSG1198

We all must remember the T&T are TRACK OPERATED, they have nothing to do with NHRA D1, I can say most of the staff working the event left this morning, it's a little extra source for the track to recover from the rental fees to host a divisional. You also have to remember, if you roll in Wednesday Night, girl asks you if you are T&T or going to the beach, going to fly an airplane, etc. What's saying, "Nah I'm not going to T&T" and you have a MH full of 10 people or you're not even racing but brought the MH & Trailer (Ive seen people tow an empty trailer) and tell her you'll be back tomorrow, and you never go back to pay. It simply amazes me that we have these multimillion dollar rigs, nice cars and we gripe over $10 or $15 the track gets us for at the gate.

No kidding. Not to mention these same guys will burn 2-3x more money in generator gas just sitting around waiting for the race to start.

I got absolutely no beef if you wanna go early, more power to ya, but being up in arms over $15 seems silly.

[Tim Barrett]

Gosh Jack see what you started!! As we sit in a thunderstorm here at New England Dragway. We are lucky they don't charge us $10 a day to stack and if you're here and pitted a day or two before the race starts,,$15 for camping per day!!