What would happen?

[JF]

What would happen if they stopped prepping the track after the initial opening day prep and only after oil downs? Do you think the cars would slowdown?
More crashes?
True Drivers rise to the top?

 

[Rajunz]

A bunch of peddlefests, a bunch of blown up parts, and a bunch of torn up racecars. Not much real racing.

 

[Dave]

Sounds like a winner to me!

 

[Butch]

Isn't that the way it used to be?

 

[Muddy]

Yep!! And we had some great races. They could slow down the cars a bunch by not preping the track and the spoiled teams would just have to adjust. That's the beauty of street racing.

 

[FABMAN]

I don't know, we have had some great racing this year.

 

[BrianT]

I've said they should stop using the "glue" for years.
it would solve the "how do we slow them down" debate and give the fans some great racing.

 

[stitcherbob]

you just got your wish....

Brittney vs Lucas in the semi finals

 

[Rajunz]

I've said they should stop using the "glue" for years.
it would solve the "how do we slow them down" debate and give the fans some great racing.

....I don't know that I would call up in smoke passes great racing. What we had at Brainard, now THAT was great racing.

 

[Professional Fan]

Agree with you on Brainerd. I go to see cars go fast and clean. Cars blowing up, oiling the track, getting torn up, not to mention the danger to the drivers are not things I enjoy, as a fan.

 

[BrianT]

Back "in the day" when they didn't use traction compound they didn't blowup or oil down the track any more than they do now.
the crew chiefs will figure it out.
Smoking the tires all they way, whether 1000' or 1320', is exciting.

 

[Muddy]

We figured out how to slip the clutch not the tires and the track was not preped. They wiould figure out how to get down the track just like they do toay and it wouldn't take very long.

 

[stitcherbob]

Slip the clutch too much and they get hot....

 

[qtermile14]

Slip the clutch too much and they get hot....

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I remember when that happened at OCIR. I was near the starting line, and saw one object go sky high, and into the pit area.

 

[JF]

Although at the onset, I'm sure there would be a lot of parts breakage. However in the long run crews would adjust, "real drivers" would rise to the top and some new faces might enter the field. But I guess in the end, Money would win out as it has currently.

 

[d'kid]

I remember when that happened at OCIR. I was near the starting line, and saw one object go sky high, and into the pit area.

I was standing with Dave Beebe At Ed Well's Trailer Right behind/ to the left of the top end bleacher... we understood it broke a guy's leg after a bounce...

 

[my friends call me Zappy]

I don't know gang, to me, for safety, a race track should be in the best possible condition.

 

[Larry]

For sure continue to put glue on the track .
They will naturally try to push the envelope resulting in many more wrecks torn up parts .

 

[yoda]

A lot of tracks do a "no prep" night for street cars. I suggest everyone here that is "for" a no-prep race go down with your daily driver and mash the gas a few times on a surface that has no glue. At that point, this conversation will come to an end when discussing vehicles that move FIVE TIMES faster than yours gong down an unprepared surface...

 

[JF]

You know Football was a lot easier when the used stick-em too. But they went back to the way it was and did just fine. There was a time when TF/FC/PS all made record setting runs on un-prepared tracks, except for maybe some rosin at the starting line. I never said don't prep the track I said "What would happen if they stopped prepping the track after the initial opening day prep and only after oil downs?"