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July 06, 2009 at
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I hear people always say that heavy fast tracks are harder on equipment. Friday night I saw more cars get tore up than I've seen in a while. I understand we're probably talking about two different types of equipment. Heavy is harder on motors and dry slick is harder on sheet metal/ right rears/ front ends/ nose wings/ nerf bars etc...
I see more things get torn up on the dry slick tracks than the fast heavy ones. Plus all the spin outs aren't fun to watch all night either. Now, dry slick tracks make for better racing, hands down. Plus, once the track takes rubber it gets bad fast too. So there are positives about both. But I'll take the tacky flat footin it around tracks any day. This is my opinion from the stands.
"They're steering them sum bi***es with their right
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July 06, 2009 at
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July 06, 2009 at
07:17:08 PM by BobcatJD
The deal is Motors usually cost more than any chassis stuff. The reason you see more sheet metal get tore up is that SFS Drivers dont get that many opportunities to drive on dry slick because SFS rules really only apply there. It takes patients, a good foot and a good set-up for Dry Slick. On tacky anybody can stand on the gas and if you got the bigger motor you'll be somewhere up front. Driving talent and quality set-up is not properly represented on a tacky track. {IMHO}
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July 06, 2009 at
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The old man speaks wisely. Listen to him carefully.
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July 06, 2009 at
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Posted By: BobcatJD on July 06 2009 at 07:15:13 PM
The deal is Motors usually cost more than any chassis stuff. The reason you see more sheet metal get tore up is that SFS Drivers dont get that many opportunities to drive on dry slick because SFS rules really only apply there. It takes patients, a good foot and a good set-up for Dry Slick. On tacky anybody can stand on the gas and if you got the bigger motor you'll be somewhere up front. Driving talent and quality set-up is not properly represented on a tacky track. {IMHO}
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JD still has some wisdom in those old bones of his.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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July 06, 2009 at
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Posted By: david_jones on July 06 2009 at 09:23:01 PM
The old man speaks wisely. Listen to him carefully.
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Thank you, thank you Mr. Meogy.
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July 06, 2009 at
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July 06, 2009 at
10:23:29 PM by milton waddoms
I'm confused about track conditions. I've spoken with a lot of veteran racers who raced at Lawton and they tell me that when they raced the track was always tacky and it was very unusual for it to be dry. I have heard it said that anybody can drive on a wet track and that a quality set up is not needed, if that's the case why do I see so many cars push off the turns? I also hear that a heavy track is harder on a motor, so why not spend a little more money on the motor instead of on graphics? after all it's not a beauty contest. Just my opinion.
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July 06, 2009 at
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If ur talking about fri the 3rd. That was not a slick track. That was rubberdown follow the leader. Thats why u saw bad racing and follow the leader. A dryslick track is fun to watch and race.....Like Whit in the heats....No passing but he put On a show and made it look easy. U had to like seeing that!
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July 06, 2009 at
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Oh ya and to the Lawton post....Cause that is not a real racetrack!!!!!!!!
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July 07, 2009 at
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Posted By: on the gas on July 06 2009 at 11:10:43 PM
Oh ya and to the Lawton post....Cause that is not a real racetrack!!!!!!!!
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please in your infinite wisdom,tell us what e real race track is and why Lawton is not
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