Congrats to Stock & Superstock @ Pittsburg
 

IHRA divisional race 1 yesterday Stock winner= Rob Garvey, Jeffrey Gardiner r/u (2 finals in a row) Superstock winner = Bob Lowry , Craig Marshall r/u . 2 more races left for the weekend . Good Luck.

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Lots of good racing and a beautiful day to boot. I couldn't stick around for today's race.

Danny,

I thought maybe you'd be there.

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I was suprised the car counts were so low ..... where was everybody

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Just bad timing for me. I'll be there for the August race.

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I had to leave for Saturday this year.

Alot of the guys that are from the Pittsburgh area just don't seem to support the track.

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I think a few things were going against the race this weekend.
- The weather on Saturday (I live about an hour and a half northwest of the track and it was bad here).
- The fact that it's run 1/8 mile on a perfectly fine 1/4 mile track.
- It being Mothers Day weekend (Hagerstown used to have a National Open on Mothers Day weekend and car counts were never high).
- And sad to say, some people just don't support a race unless it's an NHRA Nat'l or Div'l race. (I had a S/SS race last September at Pittsburgh, there were thirteen cars).
- Being a double probably didn't help, either. Doubles are nice, having two races for one trip, but it's a lot of money to pony up for one weekend ($350 just in crew and entry fees). For me, a double at MIR would cost almost as much as an eight day trip to Indy for the US Nat'ls (with paying the entry for Indy several months in advance).

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That is a lot of money Mike to run an 1/8. Plus the Norwalk LODRS is next weekend.(14-16) See younZ there:D

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alot of the guys that show up for your race though mike don't come to the IHRA races.

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Jack, I think it's "yinz". Like, "Are yinz goin' down to Pants n 'at?".

Chris, I know a few people didn't go, one was in a car accident a few weeks ago and another didn't have their engine back yet. I still think 1/8 mile is the biggest turn-off for most racers at PRP.

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How bout 1,000 ft racing. just asking.

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You dont have to tell me about the turn off of 1/8th mile racing......... :)

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I know of at least six racers who will not return to Pittsburgh until they replace or upgrade the timing system. We complained to the "powers-that-be" to no avail last year. They said that they were using an 1/8th mile Junior Dragster "program" in their system and it just could't cope with the Top Sportsman and Top Dragster E.T's being thrown at it. Huh??
In eliminations, we considered the air data, track condition, etc. and dialed our car accordingly..we broke out by a 10th and the time slip was exactly like the second time trial we had run earlier in the day, with conditions drastically better. We have been running our car for thirteen years and can usually dial it to a hundreth, but not when "you can't beat city hall". Pittsburgh is only a couple of hours from our home and is easily the shortest tow for us, but until it's fixed, it might as well be in Ontario, CA.

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Maybe they are using a timing system "MADE IN MEXICO" ??? LOL

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No problem with timmers or bite this year....7.04.....7.06.......7,13 (left off,red)....7.05....7.08.....fri.=1.50.....1.50... ...1.50...sat.=1.48.....1.49....just bad driving!

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my car was equally as consistent and I didn't hear of anyone having trouble with the timing this year. My driving wasn't too consistent either Bart.