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Old 06-12-2010, 04:56 PM   #31
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Our Deepest Sympathy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and racing family.


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Old 06-12-2010, 09:22 PM   #32
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Settle down, take your meds.
Unfortunately, a tradegy occurs, and some people have to try to be "funny"..

But there is absolutely nothing funny about a racer losing his life, wheelsup....

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Old 06-13-2010, 05:35 AM   #33
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Unfortunately, a tradegy occurs, and some people have to try to be "funny"..

But there is absolutely nothing funny about a racer losing his life, wheelsup....

Our thoughts and prayers go to the family and friends.

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I couldnt have said it better.......I knew the driver and team when they raced T/D in IHRA several years ago and they were a great bunch of guys. They always had fun no matter what. My thoughts also go out to their family and friends.
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Old 06-13-2010, 12:26 PM   #34
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I also like Alan's idea of "uphill" shut downs....aren't there a couple of tracks using them already? However, you still need plenty of room in the event of a runaway, and Englishtown seems to be lacking enough of it.....opinion only.... WJ


75-80 has(or had) a rather big up hill at the finish line.
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Old 06-13-2010, 12:51 PM   #35
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Can all accidents be eliminated, probably not.
Can safety be improved at many tracks, ABSOLUTELY.
Racers should not have to loose life or limb to make safety improvements happen.....
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Old 06-13-2010, 01:42 PM   #36
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My feelings? E-Town should be excluded and banned from running the Pro's, let alone anything faster than 8 seconds until they rebuild the track with longer shut down lanes. That old track needs to be upgraded to todays standards of speed. Screw the 1000' drag race that everyother track in the country has to abide to after Scott's accident. Anyone that raced in Minnesota at the old Twin City/North Star Dragways can tell you how scary it was to run a fast car with the short shut down lanes that made you think you might end up in the rubarb (cat tails) before they lengthened the track. That track spent some cash to keep us drivers safe. Too bad its closed down. If you want to see a crash, go watch NASCAR with 3 wide in the corners. Yes, accidents happen in drag racing but shouldn't happen after the stripe. My prayers and thoughts go out to Neal Parker's family and friends.
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Old 06-13-2010, 01:45 PM   #37
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I'd bet that given the current climate, any attempt to exclude E-town from the schedule, and any attempt to tear it down and rebuild, would result in E-town being gone forever. That, too, would be tragic. There may not be a solution for that problem, either.
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Old 06-13-2010, 02:04 PM   #38
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I'd bet that given the current climate, any attempt to exclude E-town from the schedule, and any attempt to tear it down and rebuild, would result in E-town being gone forever. That, too, would be tragic. There may not be a solution for that problem, either.
Take 2 of the lanes from Z Max and add them on to the back of E-Town. Problem solved. Pro Stocker's walked away from bad track conditions in Arizona, Pro's should walk away from E-Town. Forget the show and save an injury or death. Maybe then the track owner of E-Town will cough up the $$$ to make the track safe.
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Old 06-13-2010, 02:08 PM   #39
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Take 2 of the lanes from Z Max and add them on to the back of E-Town. Problem solved. Pro Stocker's walked away from bad track conditions in Arizona, Pro's should walk away from E-Town. Forget the show and save an injury or death. Maybe then the track owner of E-Town will cough up the $$$ to make the track safe.
You tell me, because I do not know. How much room is there behind the starting line at E-town, already owned by the track?
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You tell me, because I do not know. How much room is there behind the starting line at E-town, already owned by the track?
Eliminate the screw blowers and limit blower size and overdrive. Make a rule change for a 400 inch max. engine size in Alcohol AND Nitro. Cut the nitro percentage (50% is a start), blower size, Overdrive, and number of fuel pumps in Top Fool and Nitro Ha Ha cars would be a start. In other words.....slow the damn things down with rule changes! I dont think Englishtown (and others) has the room to make the track longer. Remember when WJ ended out on the main road with his Pro Stocker several years ago and he sure wasnt as fast as the nitro and alcohol cars. 1000 ft sucks and 1/8 mile racing would suck to for a national event.

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