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can they fix the ridiculously long lines to get in the track? Why did they decide 2 booths are enough. They have a 3rd line dedicated to season pass holders but as I was waiting, I saw no one use it.

Try getting a vehicle through that line. Definitely a fustercluck

I walked up to both at the tunnel at 5:15 there were two people in front of me. I really don't want to miss any races at Port because I don't want to miss it when a driver takes the mic from the guy showing up at accident scenes  asking what happened and throws it down the track. He didn't seem to take the hint when the Latemodel drivers on the front stretch wouldn't talk to him.

Couldn't agree more. He's pretty annoying. Most of the time he sticks the mic in the car and the driver is still wearing their helmets and you can't hear a thing they're saying. They need to bag him before he catches a driver in the wrong mood and gets that mic wrapped around his head

Promoter said they are worling on new ticket booths, can't believe with a track doing all the improvements they are doing, bringing the big races races to you, you always find something to bitch about. Be thankfull you have a place like Port to go to. Rember you are at a dirt track and dust is part of it, was it dusty, yes, been to a lot worse, wish I didn't have to drive 3+ hours to get there, thumbs up for Port.

NOT 1 POSITIVE COMMENT.... i hope your local paper has coupons for depends, because some of you need them.

Got there a little after 4 and there was no line at the ticket booth by the tunnel. I thought it was a great show and some good racing last night but what do I know? Cars running up against the wall, on the bottom and through the middle. Don't know what more you could want. My only complaint is the length of these bigger shows. They are becoming 5-6 hour marathons. I love LM's but decided to leave before their feature as it was approaching 11(show started @6) and I had already been there about 7 hours. That's a long time for people to be sitting in the stands, especially for my gf who has bad knees and back. It's good that they are getting such large car counts and tremendous fan support for the big shows but I wish there was some way to speed up the show. 1 car TT's are bullshit in this day and age if you ask me, especially when you have 47 cars. About an hour and a half wasted! They have transponders and can put several cars on the track at once. If it was me, I'd put each heat group out at 1 time just like they do for hot laps. Give them 4-5 laps so that each car should be able to get a clean lap in. That would not only make TT's less boring but also cut the length in half. 

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One thing about the dust we were talking last night about how those good lights make the dust more visible. No matter what the track conditions are you are going to see it. You want to save some time, put more cars on the track at a time for hot laps. Hot laps are getting to be a marathon. The days of thirty minutes for hot laps are over even for regular shows. Most times if Port starts late it is because laps take 45 minutes or more. I guess I am going have to start working later on Sat nights again. I was always used to hearing the National Anthem as  I  walked through the parking lot, going in and sitting to watch races. As for the racing I spent most of that race watching the 94 go from 20th to 8th and almost passed two more for 6th on the last lap. With 46 cars there were no slow cars among the ones he passed.

So you guys got to go to a race with 47 410s and 29 super lates for a $22 ticket.

I got to sit in a blizzard in South Dakota.

You got to look thru dust; I was looking thru a whiteout.

What the fuck are you complaining about?

The worst president of my lifetime:
Ronald Reagan

Haters gonna hate......

It was also a miserable 89 degrees!!

Couldn’t have said it better dude. I too live in SD, yet west of Aberdeen so we got very little of the blizzard. All these guys bitchin yet some of us will be stuck in winter for awhile yet and even then, though im lucky Aberdeen is having one NOSA show this year, other than that to see a sprint show I have to drive at minimum 4 hours. I’d give my left nut to see a one groove dry slick sprint race with 20 cars for $50 a ticket, let alone 47 for $22!

The racing was good, no complaints there. $22 ticket price was pretty cheap given they had the late models on the card. Just need to fix the ticketing situation.

I just love dirt racing, all kinds. I try to make the best out of any situation on that particular evening. Have a good season! 

+1. How about 1 lap TT’s if > 40 (pick a #) cars?

89 above zero? My part of S.D. Got 14"+. I'd trade that for dust and methanol fumes any day.

      Maybe they could team up with some local businesse and have them sell advance tickets. If you could buy tickets at a convenience store on the way to the track and be allowed to go through that third lane faster, would you?

Good one....

At least I get to spend summers 5 hrs. away from Central Pa.

VERY little sprint car racing here in Colorado, not very good at that

But our weather is beautiful!

Agree, my nephew lives in Colorado Springs. Beautiful part of the country. The Broadmoor is a real treat!!

OMG, Strawser aka Selinshomer, chimes in with a negative comment about Port. Color me shocked. Hope you enjoyed your 20 car show out there. The real race was at the Speed Palace. It must really bite you in the ass when Selinsgrove LM stud, Jeff Rine, consistently calls Port the best facility and surface around, LMAO. Although it slicked up, there was racing all over and cars moving to the front from the back. Cars ran high, low, and in the middle the entire race. People just get pissy because it's not the way they think it should be, lol. Well then, get out there and do some track prep all you super knowledgeable keyboard warriors. And I had no line, maybe you shouldn't wait till the last minute to show up. Oh, and there have always just been two places to buy tickets, the tunnel and the building under the grandstand. So moving the fence out where it is now changed nothing at all. Whiners gonna whine, so have fun doing just that. Got to see a decent show with a great field of both sprints and late models. I think the real problem is guys get annoyed seeing the 69k win races like he does, especially on the slicked off tracks. Well, I guess everyone else needs to find out what that team already knows. Does it annoy me?? Yeah, I like to see different guys win some big races but I'm not going to get stupid like these other people and start knocking the track, lol. I don't have a central Pa favorite so if you want your guy to beat the 69k, tell them to figure out what they already have. It's so simple.