Thoughts on Sanctioned vs Nonsanctioned tracks

treessavoy · 07-23-2012, 02:21 AM

I have raced at more unsanctioned tracks than sanctioned, I have raced at tracks that had no safety or medical equipment, no fences or retaining walls and tracks that were so short that you went through the traps hard on the brakes.

Very few of us started out at Indy! We worked our way up from them to "real" race tracks with all the safety equipment and a full sanction.

I stood at the side of the track at York for the first SS/DI nationals, not behind the fence but at the edge of the asphalt, I could have touched Dick Landy's car as it went by me at 125 mph.....just me and hundreds of others!

And, in the end, I've had more fun at little dragstrips out in the woods than at sanctioned strips.

JimR

07-23-2012, 02:21 AM	#1
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Thoughts on Sanctioned vs Nonsanctioned tracks I have raced at more unsanctioned tracks than sanctioned, I have raced at tracks that had no safety or medical equipment, no fences or retaining walls and tracks that were so short that you went through the traps hard on the brakes. Very few of us started out at Indy! We worked our way up from them to "real" race tracks with all the safety equipment and a full sanction. I stood at the side of the track at York for the first SS/DI nationals, not behind the fence but at the edge of the asphalt, I could have touched Dick Landy's car as it went by me at 125 mph.....just me and hundreds of others! And, in the end, I've had more fun at little dragstrips out in the woods than at sanctioned strips. JimR __________________ Jim Rountree