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Old 07-28-2013, 09:54 PM   #1
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So sorry for everyone involved...it's been a tough year for D3 racers and races!!
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Old 07-29-2013, 07:07 AM   #2
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There were 6 or more first run byes in round 1 of S/S due to guys just pulling out due to the rain. Round 2 of Stock pairings looked like 4 byes due to no shows. There will be even more this morning. I'll be one of those no-shows as I'm leaving on a family vacation this morning. Wandering thru the pits later in the day yesterday, I observed what appeared to be racers in heated phone conversations with their wives explaining why they won't be home tonite.
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Old 07-29-2013, 11:49 AM   #3
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My trans would not go into 4th so I was one of the no shows in SS...Luke SS 311

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Old 07-29-2013, 06:04 PM   #4
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This meet was a minor disaster in my opinion. The scales were off by 45 lbs. The right lane had ruts in it at top end that caused my car to weave left to right in high gear. One comp team left, saying that it was too dangerous for them to try and race there. The scales were not in operation today and I lost in a heads race. When this is the case at an IHRA event they do not have heads up races (all races are a dial in). I hope the stories I heard there about moving the event are true.
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Old 07-29-2013, 06:18 PM   #5
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No scales should automatically mean no heads up, dial in only. I am so sorry, Mike. What a rotten way to lose a round! Sounds like the only thing we missed this weekend was spending rain soaked quality time with good friends we miss dearly!
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Old 07-29-2013, 07:32 PM   #6
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This meet was a minor disaster in my opinion. The scales were off by 45 lbs. The right lane had ruts in it at top end that caused my car to weave left to right in high gear. One comp team left, saying that it was too dangerous for them to try and race there. The scales were not in operation today and I lost in a heads race. When this is the case at an IHRA event they do not have heads up races (all races are a dial in). I hope the stories I heard there about moving the event are true.

If you are calling this a "minor" disaster,I would hate to be at a race that you would call a "major" disaster.Sounds pretty screwed up.
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Old 07-29-2013, 09:14 PM   #7
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This meet was a minor disaster in my opinion. The scales were off by 45 lbs. The right lane had ruts in it at top end that caused my car to weave left to right in high gear. One comp team left, saying that it was too dangerous for them to try and race there. The scales were not in operation today and I lost in a heads race. When this is the case at an IHRA event they do not have heads up races (all races are a dial in). I hope the stories I heard there about moving the event are true.
If it unsafe for one, it is unsafe for all. Which Comp team pulled out?
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:49 PM   #8
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If it unsafe for one, it is unsafe for all. Which Comp team pulled out?
I believe it was Scott Chamness. I heard nearly all of the comp teams voted on Saturday or Sunday morning to run the entire race at Bowling Green, and some agreed to leave anyways once that idea was nixed by the decision maker, but I guess they ended up staying for some reason.

I just hope this race can be moved somewhere else next year, Martin would be best if NHRA could get it. There definitely needs to be a D3 points race in Michigan, but Stanton is just not a good place to have it.
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That rumour gets started every year about this time.As long as the owners of Stanton want to pay NHRA to have a points race they will get one.
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