bob harris & jim tuner

marvstrick · 05-10-2009, 11:38 AM

I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. you know everyone can bitch but if i hadnt been at this race i woundnt have believed that you guys brought that track back after wind hell & 3 inchs rain so to ihra the staff of Piedmont dragway thankyou from everyone. Marvin Strickland Jr. c/cm 9777

Tracy Robbins · 05-10-2009, 09:22 PM

After all that rain I never thought they would finish this race...when we started back racing at 9:00 or whatever time it was the track was as good as or better than it was all weekend. Thanks to the Piedmont staff and IHRA for bustin their butts to get this race finished on a safe race track.

Brandon Peterson · 05-10-2009, 09:32 PM

They did a great job getting that track back together and it hooked hard after the rain...i saw them clean a full track oil down with that beast of a machine they have now a few weeks ago in 12 minutes i think it was very impressive...great job guys glad i didn't have to get a divorece for racing on sunday this weekend,or waiting for another day to finish

herbjr · 05-10-2009, 09:39 PM

The new asphalt was nice but going back to the mid 90's Jim put gravel down on the whole pit area then planted grass on top of the gravel, just put seed down. So what you have is 2 inch french drain in the whole pit area of sorts. In other words I dont think anyone got stuck in the pits since there is no real mud there. The worst place in the pits is where the IHRA trailer was. Last year we had 5 inches of rain in 2 days and ran the next day. I knew they were pushing curfew but they did one hell of a job getting it done. I went to momma house and ate when it started raining, there were tornado warnings out and after getting soaked mommas cooking is #1.

Herb Jr

05-10-2009, 09:22 PM	#2
Tracy Robbins Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 846 Likes: 3 Liked 25 Times in 11 Posts	Re: bob harris & jim tuner After all that rain I never thought they would finish this race...when we started back racing at 9:00 or whatever time it was the track was as good as or better than it was all weekend. Thanks to the Piedmont staff and IHRA for bustin their butts to get this race finished on a safe race track. __________________ Tracy Robbins SS 9766

05-10-2009, 09:32 PM	#3
Brandon Peterson Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 436 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: bob harris & jim tuner They did a great job getting that track back together and it hooked hard after the rain...i saw them clean a full track oil down with that beast of a machine they have now a few weeks ago in 12 minutes i think it was very impressive...great job guys glad i didn't have to get a divorece for racing on sunday this weekend,or waiting for another day to finish

05-10-2009, 09:39 PM	#4
herbjr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 1,027 Likes: 1 Liked 83 Times in 32 Posts	Re: bob harris & jim tuner The new asphalt was nice but going back to the mid 90's Jim put gravel down on the whole pit area then planted grass on top of the gravel, just put seed down. So what you have is 2 inch french drain in the whole pit area of sorts. In other words I dont think anyone got stuck in the pits since there is no real mud there. The worst place in the pits is where the IHRA trailer was. Last year we had 5 inches of rain in 2 days and ran the next day. I knew they were pushing curfew but they did one hell of a job getting it done. I went to momma house and ate when it started raining, there were tornado warnings out and after getting soaked mommas cooking is #1. Herb Jr

05-10-2009, 11:38 AM	#1
marvstrick Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 153 Likes: 161 Liked 33 Times in 10 Posts	bob harris & jim tuner I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. you know everyone can bitch but if i hadnt been at this race i woundnt have believed that you guys brought that track back after wind hell & 3 inchs rain so to ihra the staff of Piedmont dragway thankyou from everyone. Marvin Strickland Jr. c/cm 9777