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July 14, 2018 at
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Posted By: fiXXXer on July 14 2018 at 02:12:13 PM
Results usually vary in those circumstances. Sometimes when rain is anticipated, they'll seal the track and it will be slick and slow. As far as this evening is concerned, I'm not sure what to expect but we're headed to Lincoln either way. Double sprint car features tonight.
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I was talking about WoO vs Posse Saturday... are you gonna pass that up to go to Lincoln? Are they even racing?
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July 15, 2018 at
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Posted By: revjimk on July 14 2018 at 11:51:32 PM
I was talking about WoO vs Posse Saturday... are you gonna pass that up to go to Lincoln? Are they even racing?
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My bad. I read it arong. Thought you were talking about last night. I plan on going Friday for sure. If the track surface is junk like it was this week, then I think I'll just sit Saturday out. Not worth the time or money for admission to watch what I saw Friday night.
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July 15, 2018 at
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Posted By: blazer00 on July 14 2018 at 11:31:41 PM
And who's talking out of both sides of their mouth? You close defending a slick track by chastising a super super slick track. Then you lecture on balance, which is what we all want, and you include tacky. How funny! Who besides you even mentioned super slick? My original post response was because Wilson in his interview chastised fans for wanting a "soaked track". I don't recall anybody even remotely defending a "soaked track".
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Those who understand, subtlety, nuance, and sarcasm understood my point.
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July 15, 2018 at
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Posted By: fiXXXer on July 14 2018 at 11:20:00 AM
Agreed. A soaking wet track sucks. It needs to slick off some through the middle and widen out or it's just as one lane as a rubbered up track. And there must be a cushion. I had the pleasure of sitting through another garbage track surface at Williams Grove last night. One of the worst tracks I've seen in a long time. It was so dry that they were even having trouble getting down the straights. They didn't even attempt to fix it. The only thing they did all night was beat the cushion to death with the water trucks which only made it worse. I'm thinking they can take their $30 WoO tickets next weekend and shove them up their asses. I have better things to do than watch what I saw (and have seen far too many times) last night. Pathetic.
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When it is hot and dry you need to have a lot more water on the track than normal. It starts out tacky and wet then it turns into a great racing surface. I agree leave the cushion alone the racers will move it up by themselves.....they don't need the track to to pound it in for them.
Let's go Sprint Car Racing!
Knoxville - Best Track In the USA!
Eldora - 2nd Best Track in the USA!
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July 15, 2018 at
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Posted By: revjimk on July 14 2018 at 10:41:25 AM
He was on the track racing, so he has every bit as much right (if not more) to offer his opinion, than any of us keyboard commandos
That said, I have no opinion on track prep. I can only tell if the race is good or bad 
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Thursdays and Saturdays races were better than Fridays race at Eldora. They had a lot more water on the track at the start of the night on Thursday & Saturday. Friday it was blowing dust from the first warmup. Times were slow....no excitement at all in time trials or the heats. Then they reworked the track and made it better for the feature.
The other nights people were getting into time trials and the heats. Very upbeat all around me. Friday's qualifing was kind of boring.
Let's go Sprint Car Racing!
Knoxville - Best Track In the USA!
Eldora - 2nd Best Track in the USA!
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July 15, 2018 at
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Posted By: BStrawser26 on July 15 2018 at 05:11:05 PM
Thursdays and Saturdays races were better than Fridays race at Eldora. They had a lot more water on the track at the start of the night on Thursday & Saturday. Friday it was blowing dust from the first warmup. Times were slow....no excitement at all in time trials or the heats. Then they reworked the track and made it better for the feature.
The other nights people were getting into time trials and the heats. Very upbeat all around me. Friday's qualifing was kind of boring.
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July 16, 2018 at
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Posted By: BStrawser26 on July 15 2018 at 05:11:05 PM
Thursdays and Saturdays races were better than Fridays race at Eldora. They had a lot more water on the track at the start of the night on Thursday & Saturday. Friday it was blowing dust from the first warmup. Times were slow....no excitement at all in time trials or the heats. Then they reworked the track and made it better for the feature.
The other nights people were getting into time trials and the heats. Very upbeat all around me. Friday's qualifing was kind of boring.
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I walked around the concourse at 4pm Friday. Track looked like a giant sandbox. Couldn't believe how dry it was 2 hours before hotlaps. With no rain in the forecast and temps in the upper 80s they should've been soaking it all day. What do you know... qualifying sucked and Don Don won.
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