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[Lyn Smith]

Must be us Sportsmen racers who are spreading this thing, because I've heard on a regular race weekend it is business as usual with pay at the gate, and they hand you the time card.

[GTS340]

They call racers up to the tower all the time to fill out tech cards if you pay at the gate. I heard them call a couple guys up today at the Houston race. The $8.00 fee goes to the on line service as well if you go that route.

[Larry Hill]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^WHY?

[DYER]

last year in sept in the high of this B S we where able to pay at the gate fill out paper tech card turn it in to a nhra tech guy this was earlville ia. whats the difference now ?? is it nhra or is just a track that wants to screw the racer ??

[GTS340]

Why.... I guess NHRA hires these secured firms to handle it. It is only $3,00 in division 7. Go figure something actually cheaper out west.

[Jerry Terry]

WoW I really do miss racing and the getting together with my friends at the track but I sure don't miss all the BS you guys are going through just trying to race !


Jerry
Retired 3490 3492 STK SS SST

[Ellis V Buth]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Must be us Sportsmen racers who are spreading this thing, because I've heard on a regular race weekend it is business as usual with pay at the gate, and they hand you the time card.

Lyn, on a normal week at WWTR they don't have paper timeslips from everything I understand. The WWTR timeslip app has been used since last season started, and was even used at Tyler and Brian's race last week.

As far as pay at the gate, they do allow it but they have an "express lane" I believe for people who paid online. I didn't race their bracket program last year, but I'm a member of some Facebook groups of bracket racers from that area and see complaints about these things in there from time to time.