No Tech - Part 2

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

I raced at Island Dragway for years and the complaint I would here from racers from Long Island was that old guy in tech. Duke is a prick . He picked my car apart
I would tell them he’s not a prick just doing his job. Duke was fair and consistent

Duke is the nicest guy you could meet but he took his job seriously.
I’ve known him since the mid 1960’s. He was there at Island when they opened
If you argued with him about a tech issue you were making a big mistake.
Island had Tech long after most other tracks had virtually nothing.
They still do and it’s not an easy job and modern real fast cars and the street crowd are very difficult at times to deal with.
It’s a thankless job and their just trying to keep things as safe as possible.

I’ve done some stupid things over the years myself. Got tossed out at least once.....at a National event. Was not happy but it was clearly on me.