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October 03, 2022 at
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Posted By: hiroshimacarp on October 03 2022 at 06:39:36 AM
i'm usually the first to give williams grove a hard time. they did the best they could this weekend. i still felt bad for the campers when i ran by yesterday since it wasn't even a good weekend to camp/tailgate. at least they saw SOME racing this weekend. it was very port royal-esque to move up the start time and actually show some urgency through a program. hopefully they'll do that in the future where it seems like the fans are a priority.
why don't tracks come up with rain plans ahead of time? it's not just a williams grove problem. there was a nice build up to the high limits show last week, it rained, and then it's canceled without any date to reschedule. seems like a lot of time, energy, and likely money being spent for something totally weather dependent. i know there are other races competing, people have day jobs, and there are probably a lot of logistics to get part time employees on site like security and food stands. it would be hard to justify traveling a distance to a race with the chance it's not going to happen at all...or not being able to make plans to stay an extra day or keep another day/weekend open just in case it rains.
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I agree with most of what you said. However I am not sure what else The Grove management and the World of Outlaws could do? The fan in me says, run The National Open this Sunday after the Outlaws run at Port Royal, But in all reality, with the size of the purse, the makeup race needs to be on a Saturday night in order to fill the place. I was there Friday night and was impressed with the urgency of the whole night. Even though the feature was only ten laps I left feeling I got my monies worth. I will be back on October 22nd for the 60th annual National Open.
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October 04, 2022 at
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the only other thing i would ask for...and not just for the grove like i said...is setting up the rain plan ahead of time. if i get a nascar ticket...i know they're going to run the first chance they go so i took off on 10/31 in case martinsville rains out 10/30. if i bought a national open ticket for 10/1 and knew the rain date was 10/22...i would start thinking ahead of time to make sure i could make both dates just in case.
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October 04, 2022 at
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Bring your warmest coat and hat. Going to probably be a tad on the nippy side.
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October 04, 2022 at
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Posted By: hiroshimacarp on October 04 2022 at 07:07:23 AM
the only other thing i would ask for...and not just for the grove like i said...is setting up the rain plan ahead of time. if i get a nascar ticket...i know they're going to run the first chance they go so i took off on 10/31 in case martinsville rains out 10/30. if i bought a national open ticket for 10/1 and knew the rain date was 10/22...i would start thinking ahead of time to make sure i could make both dates just in case.
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But NASCAR does not have to ask other tracks to change schedules for them. Also Sunday was set up ahead of time as a rain date, it a rained then also so they had to go to plan C. Also you know when you go to a NASCAR race that they don't care if you can't stay for the rain date and will not refund your money.
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October 04, 2022 at
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Posted By: bgtexpress on October 03 2022 at 06:42:23 PM
I agree with most of what you said. However I am not sure what else The Grove management and the World of Outlaws could do? The fan in me says, run The National Open this Sunday after the Outlaws run at Port Royal, But in all reality, with the size of the purse, the makeup race needs to be on a Saturday night in order to fill the place. I was there Friday night and was impressed with the urgency of the whole night. Even though the feature was only ten laps I left feeling I got my monies worth. I will be back on October 22nd for the 60th annual National Open.
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Did they have more than 1 car on the track for TT's?
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October 05, 2022 at
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Posted By: HoldenCaulfield on October 04 2022 at 06:26:48 PM
Did they have more than 1 car on the track for TT's?
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They had 2 cars on the track. They've actually been doing that for a bit, forget when they started it.
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October 05, 2022 at
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Posted By: DirtMe on October 04 2022 at 07:13:13 AM
Bring your warmest coat and hat. Going to probably be a tad on the nippy side.
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It builds character. We used to have a Cheater's Day race in October. One year it got rained out a couple times and ran the last weekend, a couple days before Halloween. I remember being bundled up in winter clothes with mittens and wool stocking cap on. It was cold and spitting snow a little bit during the feature race- on a Sunday afternoon.
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