Midway Dragway......

[Ballaholic29414]

Originally Posted by Darryl Buckner

I can tell you something else that will reduce the amount of track prep, and clean up. Thats teching the cars before they run, maybe not in too much depth, but check for major leaks, overflow cans, ect. But that will never happen, so better get some good clean up equipment..

Orangeburg Dragstrip Tech cars like Crazy, but with a race car you cant really predict what gonna happen everytime. She might start up and run good in the yard before you get to the track and when you get in the staging lane she might start dumping oil. The only track that really has a clean up and prep issue is Dorchester Dragway, but for some reason they still pull a crowd every Sunday and I dont get that....

[slowgreen99]

Originally Posted by Ballaholic29414

Orangeburg Dragstrip Tech cars like Crazy, but with a race car you cant really predict what gonna happen everytime. She might start up and run good in the yard before you get to the track and when you get in the staging lane she might start dumping oil. The only track that really has a clean up and prep issue is Dorchester Dragway, but for some reason they still pull a crowd every Sunday and I dont get that....

Even though Dorchester does take forever, I dont blame them for all the cleaning up they have to do. People think they can go to a junkyard and grab a piece of shit car, put a 4 barrel, cam, slicks, and a pile of gas and make a race car out of it. Its people like that that should be turned around at the gate and sent home with that junk. They cant tell them not to run I guess, but there's a shit ton of ticking time bomb junk cars that run there. Its pretty annoying to see a car leave all twisted up, smokin all the way down the track, tires rubbing the fender wells, and their "boys" gettin all bent out of shape because it made one pass. And most of them are no caged cars with lap belts and borrowed engines just to make a dollar. Its really aggravating. If it was my track, 50% of the "grudge cars" there would never even make it to the staging lanes.

[Pesce Nero]

Originally Posted by slowgreen99

Even though Dorchester does take forever, I dont blame them for all the cleaning up they have to do. People think they can go to a junkyard and grab a piece of shit car, put a 4 barrel, cam, slicks, and a pile of gas and make a race car out of it. Its people like that that should be turned around at the gate and sent home with that junk. They cant tell them not to run I guess, but there's a shit ton of ticking time bomb junk cars that run there. Its pretty annoying to see a car leave all twisted up, smokin all the way down the track, tires rubbing the fender wells, and their "boys" gettin all bent out of shape because it made one pass. And most of them are no caged cars with lap belts and borrowed engines just to make a dollar. Its really aggravating. If it was my track, 50% of the "grudge cars" there would never even make it to the staging lanes.

That right there is one of the reasons i fear DD. yet, i seem to be the one that gets towed home every time i go there

[1iron]

Originally Posted by slowgreen99

Even though Dorchester does take forever, I dont blame them for all the cleaning up they have to do. People think they can go to a junkyard and grab a piece of shit car, put a 4 barrel, cam, slicks, and a pile of gas and make a race car out of it. Its people like that that should be turned around at the gate and sent home with that junk. They cant tell them not to run I guess, but there's a shit ton of ticking time bomb junk cars that run there. Its pretty annoying to see a car leave all twisted up, smokin all the way down the track, tires rubbing the fender wells, and their "boys" gettin all bent out of shape because it made one pass. And most of them are no caged cars with lap belts and borrowed engines just to make a dollar. Its really aggravating. If it was my track, 50% of the "grudge cars" there would never even make it to the staging lanes.

You talking about me?

[1iron]

Originally Posted by slow04

You can always shut it down after the 1/8...it would be real nice to have a 1/4 mile track here local..definatly draw more people

#1 I'm not smart enough to do that.
#2 That extra 1/8th kills a lot of parts and that causes more cleanup delays.

[slowgreen99]

Originally Posted by 1iron

You talking about me?

nah, you have axles and a motor that was built to run hard.

[B.J.]

Originally Posted by 1iron

#1 I'm not smart enough to do that.
#2 That extra 1/8th kills a lot of parts and that causes more cleanup delays.

# 2 doesnt make much sense to me. most of the cars that i see break, break within the first 1/8 mile. Plus stated above you dont have to run the whole 1/4, just let out at the 1/8. I wish we had a closer 1/4 mile around here.

[Ballaholic29414]

Originally Posted by slowgreen99

Even though Dorchester does take forever, I dont blame them for all the cleaning up they have to do. People think they can go to a junkyard and grab a piece of shit car, put a 4 barrel, cam, slicks, and a pile of gas and make a race car out of it. Its people like that that should be turned around at the gate and sent home with that junk. They cant tell them not to run I guess, but there's a shit ton of ticking time bomb junk cars that run there. Its pretty annoying to see a car leave all twisted up, smokin all the way down the track, tires rubbing the fender wells, and their "boys" gettin all bent out of shape because it made one pass. And most of them are no caged cars with lap belts and borrowed engines just to make a dollar. Its really aggravating. If it was my track, 50% of the "grudge cars" there would never even make it to the staging lanes.

I agree with you but have you seen the cleaning equipment they are using at dorchester? When a car gets loose on the top end the guys at the starting line never goes down to figure out why and when they actually go they walk the 8th mile. Dont you think they should atleast have an 4 wheeler? Instead of having a tractor to glue the track they use a CUSTOM(I guess) built lawn mower(LMAO) You would have to go down 1 lane twice just to cover it. Dorchester Dragway makes alot of money, but they dont put money back into the track. If you were the next car to make a pass at any track and the car before gets loose unexpectantly wouldnt you feel alot safer going down that lane after the track actually gets inspected before you make your pass? Every car isnt gonna make a good pass everytime but when you get 5 cars getting loose in the same lane back to back its time for the track runners to step up and do something about it.........

[minytrker]

Originally Posted by Ballaholic29414

Orangeburg Dragstrip Tech cars like Crazy, but with a race car you cant really predict what gonna happen everytime. She might start up and run good in the yard before you get to the track and when you get in the staging lane she might start dumping oil. The only track that really has a clean up and prep issue is Dorchester Dragway, but for some reason they still pull a crowd every Sunday and I dont get that....

You think Orangeburg is bad 99% of the tracks here in TX have full NHRA/IHRA techs before you run. Its been a pain to make my camaro 100% legal but in the end its worth it. I know all the times put together i been to the tracks since I moved here I have seen less cars oil the track down vs one night at dorchester. Here the guys running the track actually wear fire suits, have actual tractors to prep and even a tow truck on stand-by for quick recovery of wrecks.

Orangeburg track could close and not to many people would care. They have a tech but they go overboard IMO alot of times. They were so agaisnt grudge racing when they first opened, I think they run off alot of customers. Plus there track prep is hit or miss. I have left Orangeburg one two seperate occasions when I couldnt hook and went straight to Bowman and cut my normal 60ft times.

Dorchester is one of the most money making tracks in the south IMO but they have the worst facilitys anywhere and payback the least. They make alot but it doesnt go back into the track thats forsure.

Bowman has the right idea, it seems the longer they are open the nicer the place gets. The restrooms are really nice, they had a real food stand, and they prep the track good. Bowman is my favorite track in SC to go to. Not only is the track nice but the people are too. They are thankful and help out when they can.

I think if midway opens back up they will have a hard time competing with Bowman. They will have to spend a ton of money just to catch up to Bowman muchless be better.

[1iron]

Originally Posted by B.J.

# 2 doesnt make much sense to me. most of the cars that i see break, break within the first 1/8 mile. Plus stated above you dont have to run the whole 1/4, just let out at the 1/8. I wish we had a closer 1/4 mile around here.

Really? And thanks for the tip. What is Darlington a two hour pull from the creek? That doesn't sound bad if you like the 1/4 mile so much.

Paul

[Ballaholic29414]

Originally Posted by minytrker

You think Orangeburg is bad 99% of the tracks here in TX have full NHRA/IHRA techs before you run. Its been a pain to make my camaro 100% legal but in the end its worth it. I know all the times put together i been to the tracks since I moved here I have seen less cars oil the track down vs one night at dorchester. Here the guys running the track actually wear fire suits, have actual tractors to prep and even a tow truck on stand-by for quick recovery of wrecks.

Orangeburg track could close and not to many people would care. They have a tech but they go overboard IMO alot of times. They were so agaisnt grudge racing when they first opened, I think they run off alot of customers. Plus there track prep is hit or miss. I have left Orangeburg one two seperate occasions when I couldnt hook and went straight to Bowman and cut my normal 60ft times.

Dorchester is one of the most money making tracks in the south IMO but they have the worst facilitys anywhere and payback the least. They make alot but it doesnt go back into the track thats forsure.

Bowman has the right idea, it seems the longer they are open the nicer the place gets. The restrooms are really nice, they had a real food stand, and they prep the track good. Bowman is my favorite track in SC to go to. Not only is the track nice but the people are too. They are thankful and help out when they can.

I think if midway opens back up they will have a hard time competing with Bowman. They will have to spend a ton of money just to catch up to Bowman muchless be better.

x2. When Bowman opened up I thought for sure they would put Dorchester out of business because very few people have anything good to say about Dorchester.

[WWhittle]

If Darin aka Streetking never came back to Dorchester, the track would close. He is the only thing out there trying to put on any kind of entertainment. They need to put him on payroll. Over the course of the last year, you probably would have only seen one or two grudge races if it weren't for Darin.

[LXtasy]

Originally Posted by 1iron

Really? And thanks for the tip. What is Darlington a two hour pull from the creek? That doesn't sound bad if you like the 1/4 mile so much.

Paul

Paul, do you not like 1/4 mile? IMO it would be nicer for one to be closer. But I understand to make a 2 hour trip to go to one. Yea yea yea. But some of us won't do the trip on a work night to go race 1/4 mile. Its nice to know what your vehicle does on the big end.

[1iron]

Originally Posted by LXtasy

Paul, do you not like 1/4 mile? IMO it would be nicer for one to be closer. But I understand to make a 2 hour trip to go to one. Yea yea yea. But some of us won't do the trip on a work night to go race 1/4 mile. Its nice to know what your vehicle does on the big end.

I run 1/4mi maybe twice a year. If my car was fast it might be fun. But 140's in the 1/4 doesn't seem any more exciting than 110's in the 1/8th. I do love the launch and most of second, after that its just riding.


Paul

[Harry]

Originally Posted by Wes Whittle

Gap deez nuts in the quarter!


And BTW- i went 8.31 at 97mph in the quarter with the parachute out at the 1/8th mile last Sunday. I bet that is still the fastest 1/4 mile pass on this forum. LOL!

Was this a typo? 97mph? You were dragging the chute from the 1/8? Holycrap!!

[B.J.]

Originally Posted by 1iron

Really? And thanks for the tip. What is Darlington a two hour pull from the creek? That doesn't sound bad if you like the 1/4 mile so much.

Paul

yea but when you work shift work and get off at 6pm and have to be back to work at 6am a two hour trip both ways is a long trip.

Originally Posted by 1iron

I run 1/4mi maybe twice a year. If my car was fast it might be fun. But 140's in the 1/4 doesn't seem any more exciting than 110's in the 1/8th. I do love the launch and most of second, after that its just riding.


Paul

again, if you dont want to run the 1/4 then let out at the 1/8. you will still get your 1/8 mile time. if your car is as slow as you say it is than you are probably not out there to do as much "RACING" as you are just having fun. it would be nice to have the 1/4 for those who's cars run better on the big end.

[dustedmopar]

Orangeburg had the option for 1/4 mile years ago, probably 10-15 maybe more. My dad said he raced out there all the time when I was real little and it was a 1/4, that's the only reason I know it use to be. When the new guy bought it, he put a ton of money into it, completely tore the track up and re-did everything and made it strictly an 1/8 that's probably why it seems to not have enough room now for that option. If midway opens back up, i doubt seriously it will be 1/4 there's not enough room. I know I said earlier that it was originally set up to be 1/4 but I was wrong, sorry, it never was. It'll be staying 1/8.

[1iron]

Originally Posted by B.J.

yea but when you work shift work and get off at 6pm and have to be back to work at 6am a two hour trip both ways is a long trip.

again, if you dont want to run the 1/4 then let out at the 1/8. you will still get your 1/8 mile time. if your car is as slow as you say it is than you are probably not out there to do as much "RACING" as you are just having fun. it would be nice to have the 1/4 for those who's cars run better on the big end.

It's two hours both ways no matter what you work. That isn't bad. They run Wed. and Sat. If you work both of those days and work 12 hour days, well that sucks for you.

You quoted a post where I said 140's in the 1/4 and 110's in the 1/8. That is how slow my junk is.

Midway is never going to be 1/4mi.

Paul

[B.J.]

Originally Posted by 1iron

It's two hours both ways no matter what you work. That isn't bad. They run Wed. and Sat. If you work both of those days and work 12 hour days, well that sucks for you.

You quoted a post where I said 140's in the 1/4 and 110's in the 1/8. That is how slow my junk is.

Midway is never going to be 1/4mi.

Paul

man we can go back and forth on this all day long. i dont care what track goes 1/4 mile, i just wish one of them would. as for the times, i misunderstood what you were saying. i was thinking you were saying 14's in the 1/4. just so we are on the same page. it is 2hour to darlington, 2 hours back. so get off at 6pm, get on the road about 7pm, 2 hours there brings us to 9pm. stay 2 hours, 2 hours home, thats 1am. that leaves me 4 hour to get ready for bed and sleep and get up buy 5am to be at work buy 6am. yea 12 hour shift suck sometimes.

[WWhittle]

Originally Posted by Harry

Was this a typo? 97mph? You were dragging the chute from the 1/8? Holycrap!!

Not a typo- chutes out at the 1/8th.

That was the first pass of the day, straight off the trailer, i will post the slip if i can.