Saturday Night Racer - Track Prep????

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Reply #66 - 05/04/10 at 8:42am

I look at that Clay on that car and think.... Ah yeah, I remember SCRAPING MOD off my Dad's Car and off Danny's car back in the late 70's / Early 80's like that... and that's why we used a sprayer with (I think it was Diesel and Trans Fluid) on the bodies, and under the fenders...the wipe down the bodies so the Clay/Mud would just basically FALL OFF...

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benstrans LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1548	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #67 - 05/04/10 at 9:29am Spray it with WD 40 and it comes right off. "coiurse I forgot the WD last week, but I won't next time.
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Ruben M LMR Senior Offline Posts: 343 Lompoc	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #68 - 05/04/10 at 9:30am No matter what everyone is saying, Chris and The guys are doing something Rite. Santa Maria Speedway Sure seems to be a hit. They cant stop talking about it. "Bad Press is Better then No Press" lol
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Reply #69 - 05/04/10 at 10:21am

I think as long as the track is graded and they dont change how much water they put on the track too drastically then the track should be fine.
Breshears said that on friday he didnt get a chance to grade the track so that might be why is was so dry and packed. That night after we got off the track Breshears was on the track grading it.
I am no expert but I think that as long as the prep stays somewhat consistant then the track would be consistant.
By the way, dad talked with Tarlton yesterday and he loved the track both nights..lol

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Reply #70 - 05/04/10 at 10:23am

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benstrans wrote on 05/04/10 at 9:29am:

Spray it with WD 40 and it comes right off.

"coiurse I forgot the WD last week, but I won't next time.

I find that baby oil works better and it cheap Buy it buy the case at the dollar store. LOL Grin

WD by the gallon from Harbor Freight. Put into my own sprayer. Baby oil or ATF works well too, just thicker.

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smartguy LMR God Offline Popularity breeds contempt Posts: 2288 North Bay	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #71 - 05/04/10 at 1:13pm 55X wrote on 05/04/10 at 7:31am: Just to get Robby's point across http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss137/bpcass/DSC00689.jpg http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss137/bpcass/DSC00695.jpg thats a lot of clay. ive seen cars look like that after a night at petaluma also
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Linson-34 LMR Senior Offline Linson Motorsports Posts: 363 Arroyo Grande	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #72 - 05/04/10 at 3:16pm imracin68j wrote on 05/04/10 at 7:42am: dry slick tracks are harder on your engines than heavy tracks? Those cars probably weighed 3300 when it was all over. I'd take a dry track to that any day. When a tracks like that you don't even need a good car setup. I agree. I like baby oil too by the way. Cheap and works good.
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Reply #73 - 05/04/10 at 5:40pm

81RACERS__DAD wrote on 05/03/10 at 10:41am:

Sorry...Math skills diminishing.HIGH12's low 13's is what i meant to say. We caught him with a 12.8 when he had a good run from my son's phone stop watch. I don't know how fast Murphy was. I think he was held up by the second place car. I think that was the 15 yr old? Kid was good.

ck was up next to the announcers booth with a stopwatch during the main he said they were running in the 13's.

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Patch LMR Member Offline Dirt is for racing, Asphalt is for getting there. Posts: 213 Ca.	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #74 - 05/04/10 at 5:45pm The track never really came in. At the end of the night it was just about ready for heat races. that being said it was a step in the right direction. Now they just need to fine tune it a little and the track will be hooked up again.
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Reply #75 - 05/04/10 at 9:04pm

I think you guys are missing the point. I raced there both nights. First night the track was awesome. The only drivers that complained were the sprintcar guys. So after friday Tom did what he was asked to do and soaked it. Then saturday it was too wet for the sprintcar guys. So not only did we have to pack it in for them once, we had to do it a second time, still no big deal. But when only 4 out of the 20 sprints there helped us pack it got a little frustrating. Instead of telling the mod guys to suck it up, you need to realize that we went with the flow both nights. It was the winged guys that were being the whiners. One last thing, you guys that think we were scraping 80's and 90's main event mud off our cars are all wrong. I used to scrape that mud too and saturday night's mud after the main was hot lap mud, big difference. Not whining just sharing my point of view.

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Reply #77 - 05/05/10 at 11:33pm

1) Ronnie Day was not on the grader. He was on the Skip & Drag and all he did was screw up the berm

2) I really thought all of the drivers (Mods and Sprints) were fine. No one really complained to me about the track. I got comments and advise, but no whining. My main concern was the fans getting a show and not so much dead time

3) There has already been about 66 man hours put in the track since monday.

4) Tim & Tom will get it figured out. This new clay is very, very hard to figure out. We mixed some of the old clay in on Monday.

5) Track prep is without a doubt the toughest job at a race track. If a asphalt promoter tells me how hard he has got it, I am going to punch him in the mouth!!!

6) I am tired of everyone that can drive a tractor thinking they can prep a dirt track. THEY HAVE NO CLUE !!!

Thats all. Thanks.

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Willma-Fingerdo LMR Rookie Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 14	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #78 - 05/05/10 at 11:58pm My uncle can do it.
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Willma-Fingerdo LMR Rookie Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 14	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #79 - 05/06/10 at 12:02am Here Chris, since we are helping you. http://www.ehow.com/how_5879255_promote-dirt-race-car-track.html
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Chris Kearns LMR God Offline Posts: 4133	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #80 - 05/06/10 at 11:13pm Willma-Fingerdo wrote on 05/06/10 at 12:02am: Here Chris, since we are helping you. http://www.ehow.com/how_5879255_promote-dirt-race-car-track.html OK, now I know what to do!
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NAILIT LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 2812	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #81 - 05/07/10 at 12:50am Willma-Fingerdo wrote on 05/05/10 at 11:58pm: My uncle can do it. http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r90/dezb99/tractor.jpg Isn't that Ronnie day?
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Late_Model_Mark LMR God Offline Red Clay Report Posts: 2497	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #82 - 05/07/10 at 5:40am Dang winged dune buggy whiners,LOL. Hope ya made some $$$ Chris. Late Model Mark
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Reply #83 - 05/07/10 at 7:39am

Chris Kearns wrote on 05/05/10 at 11:33pm:

1) Ronnie Day was not on the grader. He was on the Skip & Drag and all he did was screw up the berm

2) I really thought all of the drivers (Mods and Sprints) were fine. No one really complained to me about the track. I got comments and advise, but no whining. My main concern was the fans getting a show and not so much dead time

3) There has already been about 66 man hours put in the track since monday.

4) Tim & Tom will get it figured out. This new clay is very, very hard to figure out. We mixed some of the old clay in on Monday.

5) Track prep is without a doubt the toughest job at a race track. If a asphalt promoter tells me how hard he has got it, I am going to punch him in the mouth!!!

6) I am tired of everyone that can drive a tractor thinking they can prep a dirt track. THEY HAVE NO CLUE !!!

Thats all. Thanks.

Chris, Having been in a position to experience the same issues
( with some of the same racers IE ; Day, Kaeding,etc.) I know EXACTLY how you feel !

You and your crew are doing a great job !

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Reply #84 - 05/07/10 at 8:45am

I agree the guys will get it figured out.... they have proven that in the past. the only thing I took from Saturday night is the track took time to bring it in, thats to be expected when a complete water and track prep operation took place in the early morning hours of the same day...

getting all the push trucks out there and burn up some gas helps and edjucate the crowd on what is going on. I heard a little bit of that from the announcers on saturday night.

for most of us as fans it's no big deal. It adds to the anticipation of seeing some great racing later in the evening and seeing which teams will get it figured out.

Some people start yelling and criticizing the track prep with no appreciation of the work and sacrafice that goes into the whole operation..... to me this shows their ignorance or maybe their arrogance...

your at the races with friends and a cold beer... what can be wrong with that?

CK, dont worry! Sprintcar fans are used to sitting around waiting, they are used to "dead time" lol....

Chris Hodapp....

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hobby87s LMR Senior Offline CONDON MOTORSPORTS Posts: 424 orcutt calif	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #85 - 05/07/10 at 11:11am 6) I am tired of everyone that can drive a tractor thinking they can prep a dirt track. THEY HAVE NO CLUE !!! Thats all. Thanks. [/quote] RUN A CAT PAVER AROUND IT A COUPLE DOZEN TIME AND PUT 8 INCHES OF 1/2 ASPHALT ON IT!!!!
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OLD SCHOOL#6 LMR God Offline CHEVY RUMBLE !! Posts: 2452	Re: Track Prep???? Reply #86 - 05/07/10 at 11:35am hobby87s wrote on 05/07/10 at 11:11am: RUN A CAT PAVER AROUND IT A COUPLE DOZEN TIME AND PUT 8 INCHES OF 1/2 ASPHALT ON IT!!!! What good is a third mile freeway ?????? .................. LOL
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Reply #87 - 05/07/10 at 3:38pm

OLD SCHOOL#6 wrote on 05/07/10 at 11:35am:

hobby87s wrote on 05/07/10 at 11:11am:

RUN A CAT PAVER AROUND IT A COUPLE DOZEN TIME AND PUT 8 INCHES OF 1/2 ASPHALT ON IT!!!!

What good is a third mile freeway ?????? .................. LOL

Ask the Hawaiians. They had one, H-3, for many YEARS. Finally, they decided to extend it, but a VERY great cost.

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