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Jim D'Amore · 06-02-2013, 08:31 PM

Just curious if he is responsible for the schedule and track prep for all divisional and national events in division one? The reason I ask is so I can talk to the right person.

A little background on myself. I have sponsored race series for the past 14 years. Fun Ford Weekend for 10 years, we owned two classes in that series and NMRA for four years and had one class in that series. We have also sponsored Shake Down in E-Town and a dozen more in events across the country. I have been at almost all the tracks out there and I have been helping 6 or so racers in the NHRA series for the past few years.

This schedule this weekend at E-Town was the first I have seen of its kind where they ran ten rounds of small tire cars with high horsepower back to back, this all being done in about a four hour period. When you have a warm track, I would not say hot because the highest track temp. I saw was 124 degrees. Slippery track you don't put that many rounds of 9 inch tires, you must put some big tire cars in between. Especially the dragsters. They would help allot.

Factory Stock Shoot Out would have been more exciting if the track was working. I am sure Ford, Dodge and GM would have been happier if after first round if most of the guys weren't trying to take horsepower out of the car so they could get down the track. It was an insult to the factory stock class. It was tough enough they ran four rounds that close together in that type of heat.

Tracks prep is everything. I have been at tracks that where over 140 degree track temp and cars were working just fine. I don't know if it was the mixture of the new VP Compound, the balls of rubber leading up to the starting lines or bald spots clear out to the 60 ft. I do know what I saw could have been fixed.

I know of one instance that they were cutting the VP Compound with alcohol and they were using achohol with top end lube in it and that caused bad tracking conditions and caused accidents. It just seems like NHRA has not realized that allot of its Stock Eliminator cars make as much torque as Pro Stock with a 1/3 of the tire and suspension. They cannot blame this on the stock guys. They approved these cars. There is allot of the new and old drivers using them.

This is a very ego driven sport. NHRA being the promoter of these events should work with the sportman ego not against it. After all it cost each individual anywhere from two to five thousand a weekend.

Jim

06-02-2013, 08:31 PM	#1
Jim D'Amore Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 139 Likes: 2 Liked 66 Times in 17 Posts	Is Bob Lang Just curious if he is responsible for the schedule and track prep for all divisional and national events in division one? The reason I ask is so I can talk to the right person. A little background on myself. I have sponsored race series for the past 14 years. Fun Ford Weekend for 10 years, we owned two classes in that series and NMRA for four years and had one class in that series. We have also sponsored Shake Down in E-Town and a dozen more in events across the country. I have been at almost all the tracks out there and I have been helping 6 or so racers in the NHRA series for the past few years. This schedule this weekend at E-Town was the first I have seen of its kind where they ran ten rounds of small tire cars with high horsepower back to back, this all being done in about a four hour period. When you have a warm track, I would not say hot because the highest track temp. I saw was 124 degrees. Slippery track you don't put that many rounds of 9 inch tires, you must put some big tire cars in between. Especially the dragsters. They would help allot. Factory Stock Shoot Out would have been more exciting if the track was working. I am sure Ford, Dodge and GM would have been happier if after first round if most of the guys weren't trying to take horsepower out of the car so they could get down the track. It was an insult to the factory stock class. It was tough enough they ran four rounds that close together in that type of heat. Tracks prep is everything. I have been at tracks that where over 140 degree track temp and cars were working just fine. I don't know if it was the mixture of the new VP Compound, the balls of rubber leading up to the starting lines or bald spots clear out to the 60 ft. I do know what I saw could have been fixed. I know of one instance that they were cutting the VP Compound with alcohol and they were using achohol with top end lube in it and that caused bad tracking conditions and caused accidents. It just seems like NHRA has not realized that allot of its Stock Eliminator cars make as much torque as Pro Stock with a 1/3 of the tire and suspension. They cannot blame this on the stock guys. They approved these cars. There is allot of the new and old drivers using them. This is a very ego driven sport. NHRA being the promoter of these events should work with the sportman ego not against it. After all it cost each individual anywhere from two to five thousand a weekend. Jim