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I saw a thread on the forum today about Port Royal. I had to leave and didn't get to read it. Can't find it anywhere on blogs, so is HH getting like Facebook and removing posts they don't like? Or is it like anything negative about Port isn't allowed?

You have a friend?

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If you didn't get a chance to read the thread, how do you know it was something negative being said?  Me thinks me smells a rat!  

Because I couldn't find it, I figured someone removed it because of the content. I have seen this before with SJDR message board. Just putting 2 and 2 together. No conspiracy.

Likely his other self, WingedStrawser.

I have to agree. Made my 2021 debut on Saturday night and the track was not good. Brought a friend for his very first dirt track race and he got hit with a few stones sitting in the grandstands. The 410 feature was like an Ice skating rink. In all honestly, that was probably the worst I have seen the track in many years. Unforunately, The Concrete Kid, Anthony Macri was racing at WVMS, and was not buzzing the guardrail to use as a barometer to judge the track conditions.

Shocking!

It's really funny how just a year ago Port was the "best track in central PA" , "the Knoxville of the east," " made the most improvements" (so now it's better than Williams Grove,) "Tuscarora 50 is bigger than the National Open", DD choosing Port over Lincoln (till he runs 14th and then Lincoln is all good again). Now since the beginning of the year, all I've heard is how Port is "disgraceful,"  "worst track prep in the east"  "Lincoln is where everbody should be on Saturday nights"  

 Not directed at anyone in particular but just seems that that's the vibe everyone has this year. And I'm sure it will be different next year.  It's weird living in Central Pa.

We all know how you feel about PR..

YOU think its the truth. Not everyone agrees & we get tired of hearing it

Can you please just STOP???

Thats probably why it was deleted

"I will stop until then......Nope.....aint going to happen!"

OK, then have fun at Lincoln & stop whining about Port

Nobody is forcing you to go there

Just out of curiousity have you ever talked to a promotor or someone involved with the track to let them know you don't enjoy the racing or track prep or whatever?  That seems to me it would be much more productive than badgering them on here and getting into arguments with everyone else over it.

I can not believe BStrawser26 has a friend!

Is this the first thing you think about when you wake up every morning????

It was bad Saturday for the WOO LM's, but they will have it right again this Saturday for the 10G and Sunday for the 29G and the spints will be running with the RR up along the fence with passing galore as usual. Please let me know when Lincoln pays 29G to win a race. That will be a day to mark on the calender.

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How about talking face to face?  Many people don't put a lot of stock into what people say anonymously online.  He might take you more serious if you would seek him out at the races and tell him why you don't like it and maybe offer some help or suggestions.  But in all seriousness why do you keep going back if you've had so many bad experiences?  You've heard the definition of insanity right?  And what do you accomplish by ripping the track on here week after week?

He does not go. He says that he goes to all these other tracks but, he used to have a race counter with his posts that he does not use anymore because he does not want anybody to know how few races he actually attends. He judges all tracks on video highlights and heresay. Last Saturday was not good  but I heard other track were the same. It was in the ninties and windy all day. I don't mind dry slick if they can race on it. He thinks lap times determine the race quality and that is not always the case.

No rain forecast. extra day to prepare the track for the local boys 

is there any reading on how you prepare a track?  it gets thrown around all the time that they didn't prepare it right without many specifics about how they decide when to water it, put the push tracks out, etc.  "running in the top" with push trucks makes sense. 

i'm still in the old school where i ask people to back up what they say with facts and showing they have some knowledge base.  people should expect the same from me.

i've seen the grove and lincoln so uneven this year that cars flipped over early in heat races.  you got a little out of the groove and the car was bouncing up and down.  that would seem like bad track prep.  i've never seen that at port royal.  it always seems smooth and at least not dangerous.

by the way...i thought the decisions to postpone by port royal were the right ones.  everybody would whine if they tried to have the race, a shower showed up, and they postponed with everybody there.  it's been misty all day at least in mechanicsburg.  

Sprint cars catching the cushion and bicycling is nothing new. Been happening since sprint cars were a thing. 

Guess tomorrow we'll all get to see just how good or bad it is.

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