true ross..but u would get thunder guys like myself run there say 6 times a year...mix that in with drivers that would make the sunday shows there only racing of the year and u might get a good turn out>>>jmo
it was suggested at Barrie, and they ended up doing it, to get enough nights for the Whelen LM points series.
I'd rather see Sunset move their date to Friday or Sunday, but I keep saying that and no one listens.
One thing knowone has mentioned that could work for everyone involved is to run either Sunset or Barrie in the afternoon on a 1:00pm start. Start the other Barrie area track at 7pm.....those people who want to run both tracks now can.
Yes those racers who decide to race both tracks run the risk of "breaking" at the 1st event but so do they if they were to run on the Friday night schedule if that were the case.
This is something that has not been done here as long as I have been involved in stock car racing. Given the current state of racing I think this is something that should be done too shake things up and give our sport some excitement and give the real "fans" something new to look forward too and follow.
Us racers who want to race, we will always load and run to the next race if the car will take it twice in one day......and the promoters pretty much know that......but what the promoters need to see is what the fans will do??
They won't know what the real results will be unless they try.
Rob James
Covered stands area , rain tires .......now your talking ! We're Canadians and don't care what the weather is like , we want to see some good racing action . I can work outside all summer between the raindrops . So lets race between the rain also .
Rain tires do not work on oval cars. We all run setups with camber, caster and stagger that alone apply more force to the track in a stright line, than raintires would give you traction. It wouldn't be changing the tires, it would be changing the complete setup. You will never get a welded rearend to turn on wet also. Nice idea, but not practical.
Before you say road racers do it, they run a nutural setup since they are turning left and right. Also formula cars have enough downforce to run upside down, we have about zero...
I have run an endro race in the rain, with all seasons, and a nutral almost stock setup. It was a wreckfest that had to be stopped. The line between making the corner and spining out was so thin, that it was almost impossible to correct anything...
'BULL", THEY USED TO RUN AT PINECREST SPEEDWAY "RAIN OR SHINE AND BY THE WAY THIS WAS THE VERY BEST RACE TRACK EVER !
BARRIE SPEEDWAY WAS DESIGNED AFTER PINECREST.................. THIS IS FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO NEVER GOT TO GO TO THIS GREAT FACILITY ................. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME ASK QUICK VIC PARSONS OR JR. HANLEY !
Wasn't Pinecrest, Peterborough? If so then I've tried it myself, it plain dosen't work. Drying the track is slippery enough, let alone race speed.
Jesus could walk on water you know, but I'm not him nor are the other drivers out there.
Peterborough was Westgate (I believe). Pinecrest was near Jane and Hwy 7 (not too far from Wonderland)