2013 Ford Thunder Race

update

bruno wrote:

IDT-572 wrote:Wes supposedly Nick has something in the works, I can get US 43 again if needed. I just don't want to wait till it's too late to start on it though.

Maybe Nick will give us an update soon.

i mentioned something in the thread with Jon , i have asked several tracks including us43 and have heard no responce back , i will free up in jan/feb and start working on it again ........

but in the mean time Blake can get the event going if he wishes if just been very busy with my work , family .... sorry guys

Nick,

My reply was not meant as a shot a you..Sorry if you took it that way..
How about this ???....

While you're working on the "big" race... Maybe we could also be working on some other dates/ tracks for "smaller" get togethers ??
I know thru -out the year, there has been talk about getting together at more races then just the" Bash" or the "Thunder " race..
Just an idea...

QtrWarrior wrote:

bruno wrote:

IDT-572 wrote:Wes supposedly Nick has something in the works, I can get US 43 again if needed. I just don't want to wait till it's too late to start on it though.

Maybe Nick will give us an update soon.

i mentioned something in the thread with Jon , i have asked several tracks including us43 and have heard no responce back , i will free up in jan/feb and start working on it again ........

but in the mean time Blake can get the event going if he wishes if just been very busy with my work , family .... sorry guys

Nick,

My reply was not meant as a shot a you..Sorry if you took it that way..
How about this ???....

While you're working on the "big" race... Maybe we could also be working on some other dates/ tracks for "smaller" get togethers ??
I know thru -out the year, there has been talk about getting together at more races then just the" Bash" or the "Thunder " race..
Just an idea...

i never took it like that ....no worries here sir

Beech Bend.

We got a brand new track being built at paducah ky It will open this spring

1/8?

It will be run as 1/8 mile , it was a 1/4 mile track in the 70 's went broke and turned into an air strip , a top fuel racer is rebuilding it so the local crowd figures it will have 1000' lights time will tell, plenty of room for 1/4 though.

great!

Looks nice and wide

KY JELLY wrote:It will be run as 1/8 mile , it was a 1/4 mile track in the 70 's went broke and turned into an air strip , a top fuel racer is rebuilding it so the local crowd figures it will have 1000' lights time will tell, plenty of room for 1/4 though.

Randy,

I need a little help with my memory here, but is that the old "Lone Oak" Dragstrip?

Uncle Charlie

KY JELLY wrote:We got a brand new track being built at paducah ky It will open this spring

Looks good..........except for the guardrails.
Never have been comfortable race between rails. (just my .02)

scottke wrote:

KY JELLY wrote:We got a brand new track being built at paducah ky It will open this spring

Looks good..........except for the guardrails.
Never have been comfortable race between rails. (just my .02)

Looks like they might be taking them down, or putting up new ones.

Charlie i have not heard it called that , the only name i have heard is farington and paducah raceway. The new name will be Beacon raceway . Its just across the road from paducah international raceway dirt track. Its only about 15 miles from the Lone Oak town though.

why do tracks continue to use guardrails ......... they should be shut down , and shouldnt be allowed on a new facility

bruno wrote:why do tracks continue to use guardrails ......... they should be shut down , and shouldnt be allowed on a new facility

Someone needs to pave the airstrip at his inlaws farm !!!

342g wrote:

scottke wrote:

KY JELLY wrote:We got a brand new track being built at paducah ky It will open this spring

Looks good..........except for the guardrails.
Never have been comfortable race between rails. (just my .02)

Looks like they might be taking them down, or putting up new ones.

Here you go....

Looks like 4 x8 wooden rails being replaced with steel armco or the other way around...

bruno wrote:why do tracks continue to use guardrails ......... they should be shut down , and shouldnt be allowed on a new facility

I've made contact with both concrete and guardrails...both tear up shit.It doesn't bother me to race with guardrails.I never think about hitting them

56Tbird wrote:

bruno wrote:why do tracks continue to use guardrails ......... they should be shut down , and shouldnt be allowed on a new facility

I've made contact with both concrete and guardrails...both tear up shit.It doesn't bother me to race with guardrails.I never think about hitting them

X2

Bruno, what would you do when all the small tracks that have guardrails shut down and there's no place to race ??
ALOT of it can be stopped , if the driver doesn't try to be John Force and know when to quit on a pass...

QtrWarrior wrote:

56Tbird wrote:

bruno wrote:why do tracks continue to use guardrails ......... they should be shut down , and shouldnt be allowed on a new facility

I've made contact with both concrete and guardrails...both tear up shit.It doesn't bother me to race with guardrails.I never think about hitting them

X2

Bruno, what would you do when all the small tracks that have guardrails shut down and there's no place to race ??
ALOT of it can be stopped , if the driver doesn't try to be John Force and know when to quit on a pass...

My thoughts exactly I can understand Nicks concerns though,after seeing some of his videos and watching it at Windy Hollow. And it wasn't BAD track conditions either.

I think they should all have "safer barriers" like the NASCAR walls however, the money for them just isn't there.

I have seen a lot of tracks with guard rails and 4 feet thick of old tires stacked-up against them. Promotors don't seem to like that even though the cost is down because it doesn't look pretty.

In the USA these days, it seems to be only about what shows, not about what works; in any walk of life.