whitey
April 22, 2009, 9:00am
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berad and NDA2001, you guys are missing the point. Nobody here afraid of a time slip, and nobody trying to get around the rules by running slicks and trailering. Maybe you should read the posts more carefully. The point is that if you’re NOT going to trailer, and to follow the rules drive to/from the event, distance is an issue. SOME of us have hand built custom cars that we’ve put tens of thousands of dollars into and that we don’t want to thrash for hours of driving just to get to an event, and then the same to get back. When you’ve got Tri-Coat PPG paint that materials alone cost $1k/gallon on the complete bottom of the car, coated exhaust, etc, those miles add up. Driving 30-45 minutes to get to a strip is one thing. Driving at least 3 hours round trip is something else. When I do that it’s called “Power Tour”, not FLD. Maybe you’ve heard of it. Maybe you ought to think about the guys like me that have really carefully built 44 year old cars into customs and want to have fun with them too. You know, not everyone has a 6 year old Honda. BTW, I’d be more than willing to put some hard cash betting that I’ve spent WAY more time collecting slips at strips… starting more than 30 years ago. No fear here.
Hey Mike, at least it’s nice to see that the FLD folks are equal opportunity in their ignoring everyone. I think it’s obvious that they don’t want help. I think it’s equally obvious that they need help - but are for whatever reason unwilling to accept it. Too bad. The lack of communication and the distance are deal breakers for me. Right now I’m frantically trying to get ready for Good Guys PPG Nationals and Pontiac Nationals, so scheduling is real important. I just checked today, and though they never respond to anyone, they did change their posted schedule. Now it says: May 9 - Steel Valley Dragway - Steubenville, Ohio - Till Dark May 29 - National Trail Raceway - Columbus, OH - 6 PM till Midnight June 13 - Steel Valley Dragway - Steubenville, Ohio - Till Dark June 13 - CarFest at BeaveRun Motorsports Complex Pre-Registration: 4:00pm/Racing Starts at 5:00pm / Cost to race: $25.00 July 11 - Steel Valley Dragway - Steubenville, Ohio - Till Dark August 8 - Steel Valley Dragway - Steubenville, Ohio - Till Dark August 28 - National Trail Raceway - Columbus, Ohio - 6 PM till Midnight September 12 - Steel Valley Dragway - Steubenville, Ohio - Till Dark September 18 - National Trail Raceway - Columbus, Ohio - 6 PM till Midnight October 10 - Steel Valley Dragway - Steubenville, Ohio - Till Dark Notice all the "TBA"s are gone, and as usual nothing about PID. So, I’m pretty confident that we can kill the entire idea of PID happening. Everything is in Ohio except for June 13 at BeaveRun. So, we’re done with FLD. OTOH, I see that PRP is going to be having “Stoplight Drags”. I’m going to check that out instead maybe.
Please provide me with a bullet list of items and I will contact Michael to respond. Last I spoke with him the PID event was slipped to the public prematurely. An agreement has not been made with the PID owners and they are extremely difficult to work with since there real jobs require them to travel. In my eyes the chances of anything happening at PID this summer are slim to none. The FLD guys are extremely busy people and they operate FLD strictly as a side gig. I can only imagine how much they have on there plate right now with what happened at the airports. They have advertising and sponsorships sold but no place to hold events! Can you imagine the pressure?
I am sure they would love for you to volunteer but is probably hard to setup plans with so many things in the air. So I ask again, provide me with a list of questions for Michael and I will communicate them with him.
thanks