Texas Raceway Day 2

[Littlemoney]

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc123/shellyray2/Track2008061-1.jpg

[TOMMY]

Cool!...I let my boss(civil engineer) looked at the pic..he said if he had to guess on est. cost would be 150k-250k :eek: that includes the turn around.

They would lay asphalt down first then lay concrete on top...atleast thats how normal roadways are done.

[slow55]

if they lay that shit right it's going be a fast track come fall.

[ldecharmoy]

wow, never knew that was happening, when they opening again??? I want to be there on the first day lol

[truestreet5.8]

It's going to be fun watching cars go down it the first month or so!

[turbostang]

I just got off of the phone with Cindi, the tentative date to re-open is Feb20. Of course that's subject to change - depending on weather and completion of the work. Once it's opened - they will run Wednesday through Sunday till the season starts - in hopes of getting some rubber put down...

[blownaltered]

wow, never knew that was happening, when they opening again??? I want to be there on the first day lol
why, you won't get traction. the more rubber cars put down on the track the better the traction will be.

[Lason]

why, you won't get traction. the more rubber cars put down on the track the better the traction will be.


LOL, DUH! I think he means he wants to be there the first night to see all the cars slip and slide around, lol.

[wyant50]

Feb. 20th is their first day to reopen. I have a flyer they passed out about it I got last Sunday.

[blownaltered]

LOL, DUH! I think he means he wants to be there the first night to see all the cars slip and slide around, lol.
Made comment then saw he had lol, he might be kidding. My bad

[Moose Jr]

The first 150 ft. of the track should still be good once they get done. The next 500 or so could be very interesting. A lot of fast cars are getting into 2nd gear at around 150 ft. There might be some good photo ops. on the first day it is reopened. :D

[Rustang]

Suggestion? The real fast cars might not show up for the first night, it will probably still be cold too. If they spray it and drag it a bunch, it shouldn't be too bad. I think it's gonna be great this year too.

[Amackwantsabeast]

Going to be a good year for sure well atleast i hope, should change the winner circle a little i would think atleast a little

[Thehead]

cooooooool, maybe we can get down the track strait for a change...... granted he has to line up strait frist! :D

[Futurama]

i still dont understand why they did this. hell the track was good enough to go 3's on. i wonder if it will ever hook the same.

[Nate]

i still dont understand why they did this. hell the track was good enough to go 3's on. i wonder if it will ever hook the same.
Track had a few bumps/dips etc. Concrete barriers also had to be installed per (nhra or was it ihra?) guidelines etc. Racers were not happy with the track lately.

[OrangeChevyII]

Surley you guys dont think that the track will be that slippery, I was there the first day Redline opened and it was a great day at the races. I know my mid 6 second truck was slow compared to all the pro mods that are on this site.

As good as they prepped the track before I dont think it will be an issue at all.

[Futurama]

Track had a few bumps/dips etc. Concrete barriers also had to be installed per (nhra or was it ihra?) guidelines etc. Racers were not happy with the track lately.
i understand concrete barriers but did they have to redo the track surface to add them?

[Nate]

i understand concrete barriers but did they have to redo the track surface to add them?
New concrete surface will be better than the previous. Plus no more grass between wall/racing surface. Are you just wanting to whine about something? Track will be open in a month and better than it was before geez.

[Lason]

One thing I did like about the grass though is when someone broke on the line they could pull over and not worry about dripping oil onto the concrete. Owell, Im sure it will be better than ever. That dip at the end of the track was starting to give it a bad name out there. Glad to see the owners putting money into it.

[slow55]

i still dont understand why they did this. hell the track was good enough to go 3's on. i wonder if it will ever hook the same.
The cocrete barriers are mandated by nhra. Getting rid of the grass is a good thing as is the new walls. The track will be better than ever after this..

[turboten5]

im sure some of this is do to Crandall you think?

[turbostang]

im sure some of this is do to Crandall you think?

Which part of NHRA mandated did you not understand?

[turboten5]

i thougth it was good timing that crandall was being built and K dale wasnt being refurbished,

[turboten5]

as many of wrecks happening lately with the fast cars it was bound to happen nhra or not people were complaining,and also being crandall coming in

[slow55]

as many of wrecks happening lately with the fast cars it was bound to happen nhra or not people were complaining,and also being crandall coming in
The wrecks have nothing to do with it. kennedale is a good most of the time and people know that. Alot of the wrecks come from people making more power and still running on small tires. When you're trying to push one of these cars harder and harder when they are already on that fine line, shit happens. It's a part of racing. Go out there on bracket night when everyone is just runnig what they can and arent worried about going faster and faster and you will see a lot less wrecks. Aslo Crandall has nothing to do with what kennedale does, redline will be the one mostly impacted by the crandall track.

[turboten5]

The wrecks have nothing to do with it. kennedale is a good most of the time and people know that. Alot of the wrecks come from people making more power and still running on small tires. When you're trying to push one of these cars harder and harder when they are already on that fine line, shit happens. It's a part of racing. Go out there on bracket night when everyone is just runnig what they can and arent worried about going faster and faster and you will see a lot less wrecks. Aslo Crandall has nothing to do with what kennedale does, redline will be the one mostly impacted by the crandall track.


cool rat i have no problem with the way you answered,i felt it was a personal attack from Brooks ,and i want trying to attack anyone . :)

[slow55]

cool rat i have no problem with the way you answered,i felt it was a personal attack from Brooks ,and i want trying to attack anyone . :)
Aww hell he's harmless.

[turbostang]

LMAO, Personal attack?

All I did was ask a simple question and you got all bootie hurt over it.


It's been stated and is common knowledge that if NHRA say you do it, that means .. you do it or you don't get NHRA shit. To me, it seemed pretty damn straight foward.

[Yale]

I only fear Brooks when he has a welder in his hand. Although from the way he talks about it, I bet he gets a pretty mean mad scientist look in his eyes at the helm of his bridgeport.

[Car-less Chris]

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc123/shellyray2/Track2008061-1.jpg
not ever going to be right LOL travis

[Littlemoney]

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc123/shellyray2/Track2008079.jpg

[TOMMY]

Cool...thx for the update.

[onjacks]

Maybe they should line the wall with tires so 2foggers (chris) doesn't hurt his car. :p :p
J/k man.

I might need them for myself. :D

[wyant50]

http://a370.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/9/l_e56647048d630cec8a2575a4e911d429.jpg


http://a814.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_54c02dc08a5f02047eea6cec3fe4f39d.jpg

one from day 3:

http://a385.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/94/l_6961fe74b8f7b5830f3ff9a377dee9e8.jpg

[BigShoe]

as many of wrecks happening lately with the fast cars it was bound to happen nhra or not people were complaining,and also being crandall coming in
Its taken 3 years to get this far at Crandall, I dont think it will be done anytime soon.

[BigShoe]

Maybe they should line the wall with tires so 2foggers (chris) doesn't hurt his car. :p :p
J/k man.

I might need them for myself. :D
Yea im glad I hit it with those gaurdrails and not concrete ones.

[Thehead]

how much wider are they making it??????

[BigShoe]

how much wider are they making it??????
Hopefully wide enough for me to get completly sideways and not hit anything. :D

[wyant50]

There will be no grass on the sides of the track I believe. All Concrete. Clueless how wide the lanes will be though.

[slow55]

Yea im glad I hit it with those gaurdrails and not concrete ones.
Sadly I think I would have been better off if I had hit concret ones instead of the metal ones. I don't think the car would have fliped if I would have hit solid concrete.

[BigShoe]

Sadly I think I would have been better off if I had hit concret ones instead of the metal ones. I don't think the car would have fliped if I would have hit solid concrete.
I read somewhere that the concrete have caused cars to launch thru the air, But I was talking more about damage to the car.

[slow55]

I read somewhere that the concrete have caused cars to launch thru the air, But I was talking more about damage to the car.
When I hit the guardrail layed over and let the car get on top of it and it was all down hill from there.

[66 N20 Coupe]

There is a Muscle Car Challenge scheduled for March 9... Hope the track has a few night on it before we hit it.....some of you guys need to come and run your cars.

[TOMMY]

how much wider are they making it??????

Wider is a good thing... :D

[Maverick]

Any chance of getting a digger sandrail race or two in???:D

[Forteen3GT]

ummmm.... are they also gonna fix that leanin ass fence?? :confused:

[Sam88Gta]

ummmm.... are they also gonna fix that leanin ass fence?? :confused:
If you had a fast running car you wouldnt have to worry about the spectator fence leaning. ;)

[bigcountry_5]

If you had a fast running car you wouldnt have to worry about the spectator fence leaning. ;)


True statement. Too bad my car is slow. :(


<---- got drug lastnight. :D

[Nate]

True statement. Too bad my car is slow. :(


<---- got drug lastnight. :D
come get those D10's bitch!

Or I can bring them tomorrow night.

[bigcountry_5]

come get those D10's bitch!

Or I can bring them tomorrow night.


Just bring them tomorrow night.

[Nate]

Just bring them tomorrow night.
Cool will do homie!

[slownbmta]

Cool will do homie!


Why does that bitch get my wheels now :confused: :mad: :D

[bigcountry_5]

Why does that bitch get my wheels now :confused: :mad: :D


LOL I will bring them to you dipshit. :p :D

[Nate]

Why does that bitch get my wheels now :confused: :mad: :D
I sold em... ;)

[Sam88Gta]

True statement. Too bad my car is slow. :(


<---- got drug lastnight. :D
Wanna race a truck from that same roll? :D

[bigcountry_5]

Wanna race a truck from that same roll? :D

I'm not racing anyone till I put my other trans in. Then I will be happy to lose to that big tank of yours. :D I also want a rematch with that 6.0 cam only car...................yeah, I heard the real details. ;) :D

[TOMMY]

^^^