Post-Run Etiquette

SDmopar · 03-30-2024, 03:05 PM

I find it funny when some claim the scale is off. The same scale that everyone else passes. I’ll be more than happy to fill in for the next round if the guy that beat me cant follow the rules.

Dan Bennett · 03-30-2024, 03:32 PM

Old guy comments here, but the scales used to be a big headache as a lot of tracks were using wood platforms. They would absorb or evaporate moisture as the day went on. And it was never a pound or two.

One especially troublesome one was at topeka. It was situated on a raised area and that part of Kansas can be pretty windy and with gusts. I can remember my team's car on the scale for 5 minutes or so before they got a stable reading. Later years, they'd have a couple tech guys hold up a large sheet of board to block the wind.

03-30-2024, 03:05 PM	#1
SDmopar Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Milbank SD Posts: 96 Likes: 16 Liked 207 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Post-Run Etiquette I find it funny when some claim the scale is off. The same scale that everyone else passes. I’ll be more than happy to fill in for the next round if the guy that beat me cant follow the rules. __________________ Brian Anderson 5058 B/SA 99 Chevy Camaro SS

03-30-2024, 03:32 PM	#2
Dan Bennett Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 439 Likes: 850 Liked 595 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Post-Run Etiquette Old guy comments here, but the scales used to be a big headache as a lot of tracks were using wood platforms. They would absorb or evaporate moisture as the day went on. And it was never a pound or two. One especially troublesome one was at topeka. It was situated on a raised area and that part of Kansas can be pretty windy and with gusts. I can remember my team's car on the scale for 5 minutes or so before they got a stable reading. Later years, they'd have a couple tech guys hold up a large sheet of board to block the wind.

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