Vegas mishap - Page 2

Floyd Staggs · 11-23-2011, 05:03 PM

I was there racing and yes, Saturday it took 3 hours to run pro street and 10.5 class. Everybody was on the ragged edge and some stuff got blowed up and a little got bent. It happens at every race. The track personnel did as good a job as they could. The weather didn't co-operate, it was cold, we had a little sprinkle but all in all it was a good wekend and the race got in. You gotta remember those guys are the pros in their organization and they blow up just like the pros in nhra. Stuff happens.

John Kelley · 11-23-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs

The weather didn't co-operate, it was cold,

That goes GREAT with small tires and BIG HORSEPOWER !!!
Makes for good pictures and video......... !

Floyd Staggs · 11-23-2011, 05:39 PM

The pro street guys were not on small tires.

Don Kennedy · 11-23-2011, 06:53 PM

I hate to say this as vegas Is My favorite track to race at ,,but, but it seems that the last three years or so the decision makers have over looked the condition of the track and wait until a car crashes to either re prepp the track or cancel the races until the next day .

novassdude · 11-23-2011, 08:21 PM

Maybe the track does it on purpose trying to draw in the we are here to see a wreck crowd.

Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs
I was there racing and yes, Saturday it took 3 hours to run pro street and 10.5 class. Everybody was on the ragged edge and some stuff got blowed up and a little got bent. It happens at every race.

In my opinion if this is happening at every race some one is doing some thing wrong.

Dinsdale · 11-23-2011, 08:31 PM

Track prep looked pretty good on this pass. (10.5W class)

Floyd Staggs · 11-24-2011, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by novassdude

Maybe the track does it on purpose trying to draw in the we are here to see a wreck crowd.

Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs
I was there racing and yes, Saturday it took 3 hours to run pro street and 10.5 class. Everybody was on the ragged edge and some stuff got blowed up and a little got bent. It happens at every race.

In my opinion if this is happening at every race some one is doing some thing wrong.

I meant at every drag race in every organization. How much stuff gets blowed up at a national event? In a lot of classes. Sunday's finals showed who was prepared and who wasn't. You either go big or you go home.

7820 · 11-24-2011, 12:46 PM

I haven't raced PSCA in Las Vegas for a few hours and I can't remember who does tech,,,,,,the track or PSCA. Regardless it was said the Firebird did not have any padding in his cage.

boster · 11-24-2011, 02:22 PM

All I can say is that the NHRA tech guy had no help and the race director had his hands tied . I saw the local tech guy pass a car with no padding on roll cage .

When I raced the NHRA national and divisional race the conditions where the same as the PSCA race . NHRA had the track in great condition and ran more cars in a shorter time period .

All car were supposed to have diapiers on them , I bought 2 from Jegs to put on my cars . Just my opinion but a lot of cars would not have passed NHRA tech or PSCA tech if they had more NHRA tech people.

On the bright side meet a lot of new racers and seen a lot of new cars . Got to talk with John Calvert and that was worth the trip

My personal opinion is the PSCA is a great Ideal they just need to run it better and tighten up on the tech side .

There entry fee's were low and it showed in track prep and propper personal . They did have a great announcer from NHRA think it was Bob Frye

Bo Kenney

Happy Holidays

11-23-2011, 05:03 PM	#11
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,522 Likes: 145 Liked 227 Times in 99 Posts	Re: Vegas mishap I was there racing and yes, Saturday it took 3 hours to run pro street and 10.5 class. Everybody was on the ragged edge and some stuff got blowed up and a little got bent. It happens at every race. The track personnel did as good a job as they could. The weather didn't co-operate, it was cold, we had a little sprinkle but all in all it was a good wekend and the race got in. You gotta remember those guys are the pros in their organization and they blow up just like the pros in nhra. Stuff happens. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST

11-23-2011, 05:39 PM	#13
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,522 Likes: 145 Liked 227 Times in 99 Posts	Re: Vegas mishap The pro street guys were not on small tires. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST

11-23-2011, 06:53 PM	#14
Don Kennedy VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Portland TN Posts: 1,590 Likes: 3,876 Liked 902 Times in 237 Posts	Re: Vegas mishap I hate to say this as vegas Is My favorite track to race at ,,but, but it seems that the last three years or so the decision makers have over looked the condition of the track and wait until a car crashes to either re prepp the track or cancel the races until the next day . __________________ Don Kennedy 7701 SS

11-23-2011, 08:21 PM	#15
novassdude Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: usa Posts: 752 Likes: 204 Liked 136 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Vegas mishap Maybe the track does it on purpose trying to draw in the we are here to see a wreck crowd. Originally Posted by Floyd Staggs I was there racing and yes, Saturday it took 3 hours to run pro street and 10.5 class. Everybody was on the ragged edge and some stuff got blowed up and a little got bent. It happens at every race. In my opinion if this is happening at every race some one is doing some thing wrong.

11-23-2011, 08:31 PM	#16
Dinsdale Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 313 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Vegas mishap Track prep looked pretty good on this pass. (10.5W class) __________________ Dale Posnick

11-24-2011, 12:46 PM	#18
7820 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 201 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Vegas mishap I haven't raced PSCA in Las Vegas for a few hours and I can't remember who does tech,,,,,,the track or PSCA. Regardless it was said the Firebird did not have any padding in his cage.

11-24-2011, 02:22 PM	#19
boster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: usa Posts: 958 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Vegas mishap All I can say is that the NHRA tech guy had no help and the race director had his hands tied . I saw the local tech guy pass a car with no padding on roll cage . When I raced the NHRA national and divisional race the conditions where the same as the PSCA race . NHRA had the track in great condition and ran more cars in a shorter time period . All car were supposed to have diapiers on them , I bought 2 from Jegs to put on my cars . Just my opinion but a lot of cars would not have passed NHRA tech or PSCA tech if they had more NHRA tech people. On the bright side meet a lot of new racers and seen a lot of new cars . Got to talk with John Calvert and that was worth the trip My personal opinion is the PSCA is a great Ideal they just need to run it better and tighten up on the tech side . There entry fee's were low and it showed in track prep and propper personal . They did have a great announcer from NHRA think it was Bob Frye Bo Kenney Happy Holidays