Have You ever oiled the track

[Tom Meyer]

Have you in the last 5 years oiled the track that took a major clean up in your stock or super stock car? Please put your car number and name.

[Billy Nees]

No! Billy Nees Stk#1188 SS#1188 ( and knocking on wood!)

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

No! Billy Nees Stk#1188 SS#1188 ( and knocking on wood!)

Great Billy but I think they are trying to get a list of ones that DID oil the tracks ................and keep hitting that wood !

[my69396]

I have blown up three engines, one at div race at douglas years ago, took about 15 minutes to clean up. One at div race at Brainerd four years ago, never stopped to even check, and two years ago at Denver, took about 15 minutes to clean up. Do we all need to have more expense? When we oil the track down it is with 4 to 6 qts of oil and maybe water, when the pros and semi-pros oil down the track it is with 2 to 3 gallons at much higher speed and thru a bigger hole. Might be time to take up golf. Thanks Jerry

[Jeff Teuton]

Rockingham some 5 or 6 years ago. No motor oil, broke tail housing on trans. Brought t-shirts to all the crew, offered beverages after the race, otherwise just tried to hide. I don't remember a motor spill. We did knock a motor out at MIR. One rod broke the side, pulled piston out throught hole. Oil stayed in. No cleanup. I learned one cup of oil 'additive' is worth 3 hun, 2 cups gets condition described above.

[GTX JOHN]

I am embarrassed and probably should not post this one, John Irving 741 O/SA 80 Dodge . 2007 Winters. lost transcooler line on second time trial. I had just purchased car few months before that. Line worked like lawn sprinkler.... oiling track from 60 ft to return road. It took 123 minutes to clean it up. Trans fluid even poured out side marker lights. Car drove perfect with no smell or smoke inside passenger compartment and within .01 of prior pass. This was two years prior the 2009 tree destruction. Rather than diaper perhaps mental competence exam might be in order for elderly drivers.

[Kenny Wigington]

3. First 2, bracket racing. 1 at Montgomery, at the Nat'l.Open race 5 yrs ago, during 1st rd., got over to wall, as fast as I could and not slap it, still took over an hr, if I remember it right. Motor was old, but still hated it anyway. Crank in 4 separate pcs, 3 or 4 holes in block, pan had 3 holes.

[Dan Fletcher]

I have been racing at NHRA events since 1991, and racing two cars at each event since roughly 2000. Obviously, I race a lot. I have NEVER put one drop of anything on the track that required any form of organized clean up.

This whole deal is a farce. The joke of a fuel car show and the alky cars oil the track every other run. Do something to make them quit doing it. Thats your problem, not us. Ray Charles can see that.

As Billy said, knocking on wood...

[Gary H Humrichouse]

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[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Dan Fletcher

I have been racing at NHRA events since 1991, and racing two cars at each event since roughly 2000. Obviously, I race a lot. I have NEVER put one drop of anything on the track that required any form of organized clean up.

This whole deal is a farce. The joke of a fuel car show and the alky cars oil the track every other run. Do something to make them quit doing it. Thats your problem, not us. Ray Charles can see that.

As Billy said, knocking on wood...

I agree with Dan.....Its mostly the joke Fuel cars and the really bad joke alky cars. I also think the JET CARS should be made to run a large fire proof diaper (like a parachute) off of the rear exhaust to keep the raw kerosene off of the track. Have you ever made a run right after the jet cars run........