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Posted by cameroracer78 on 10/10/2011, 1:45 pm, in reply to "Willow Springs Drag Strip"
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You know I understand the fact that "Maybe" they will make the improvements to make this a "Real Drag Strip" if they get racer support, but this is a double edged sword, you don't get support from racers if you don't spend the money. Bernie learned this at LACR so he spent the money (re-paved the entire track, new 300ft. concert launch pad, better lights and so on), he listened to the racers gripes and fixed many of them and it paid off. It's not like the the Huth family doesn't have the money, the reality is for more than 40 years they slammed Drag Racing till LACR closed and they thought they could step up and make a buck, well you gotta spend money to make money and they think they can do it on the cheap, and people will put up with it, and they will for awhile, but not for the long run. Personally I'd rather make the trip to Fontana or Irwindale or Famosa and do it right and run my car at it's full potential. Just my 2 cents.
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: Well very interesting. Its needs some fine
: tuning, and like I said that wont happen
: without the support. First of all we gotta
: remember this is a portable track being on
: the back straight away for the road course,
: being said .. there is a tree, 3 amber but a
: quick tree in the sense that the pre stage
: and stage light come on together then it
: goes into the yellows bulbs afterwards, some
: call a quick tree, the measures of time in
: between the ambers, now that being said the
: tree is about 10 feet away from you so at
: nights it bright and close that was nice,no
: blinders, different yes. Now they have the
: wires to the system set up right there and
: it strung across the starting area so you
: have to go over it, depening what is under
: your car and hanging low it will rub. Now
: there is no burn out box so... there is some
: road to do one as far as sitting there and
: doing that well I didnt, I followed suit and
: did like what most were doing and that was
: giving it some gas and then punching it and
: then you go line up, now this being done,
: and no dry hops either, by the time you
: actually get to the starting line you tires
: are cold, I just got a brand new set of
: slicks so I was okay, now I didnt hook up
: like normal and it just skipped a bit so not
: so great leaving the line but nothing that
: freaked me out, ran 10.74's all night, there
: is a timing slip but no 60 ft times, the
: others yes, and reaction time, no time when
: you ran so if your checking that and the
: weather then you have to write it yourself
: and yes it was hard for me to hit the brakes
: but hey my bracks are the best they can be
: either, and if not then there is another
: area with plenty of room to do so, which
: some did, there was a 122 mph car that ran
: too. They also let you line up in like a
: real race car lane vs being with the other
: and regular cars, just in case you have
: heating issues, there is no cool down area,
: that would be at your pits, but pleany of
: parking, I suggest getting there in the day
: and walking the area cause at night its very
: dark out there coming back on their return
: road, but all in all it was fun, until I
: lost drive in my car, and had a lose header
: bold too, again at night there were no
: lights in the pits so if you need to do
: something to your car bring lights, so I
: didnt enter the bracket, but I made 5 passes
: from 7 to 9:30. Its no means a real track
: yet but they are trying, all I can say is
: that if you want seat time then yes, but the
: burn out situation sucks. So maybe one day,
: but to tell the truth I dont see it
: happening cause it is on the road course,
: and if you remember Ontario they had the
: same deal and never turned it into a drag
: strip, but all in all it was fun.
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