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Offline TRACK MASTER

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Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« on: September 06, 2014, 10:52:11 AM »
Here southern IN couldn't b worse. Owensboro raceway closed, Hardinsburg KY race 4 trophy  :cry: already got room full.Harrisburg IL no bike class lions raceway north of Evansville $20 entry only couple bikes show up cost me more go there than can win. Greater Evansville IN raceway old guy owns property wont keep it up cars quit coming cuz so run down.Finally a spectater fell through the stands got hurt haven't been open since. :cry:



Heres my heap 6.50 1/8th with 300lb of fatboy on it. Hope tinypic ok 4 pic host on here im on laptop kinda struggling not used 2 it.
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2014, 12:23:05 PM »
Does Edgewater do anything for bikes?
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2014, 04:22:18 PM »
Our tracks cater to cars. They open on a few Saturdays a month.
They claim it's due to the bad economy but the pits and staging lanes are always full...so that story doesn't hold water.
If you don't like racing, don't open a race track!
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2014, 06:16:11 PM »
Quote from: BlackClover on September 06, 2014, 04:22:18 PM
Our tracks cater to cars. They open on a few Saturdays a month.
They claim it's due to the bad economy but the pits and staging lanes are always full...so that story doesn't hold water.
If you don't like racing, don't open a race track!


THE track I said cant make any $  treats bikes like 2nd class.
I was in 1st by 17 rounds b 4 spectater got hurt from stands breaking or falling in on him.The stands been there since 1960.

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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2014, 10:00:59 PM »
Racing here in north pa/upstate ny is horrible. I think it's the lack of bikes in general. I had to et a full time job and switch to part time at my bike shop just to pay bills. I hoping something changes or I will just be building engines for friends soon
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2014, 06:00:57 PM »
Its great in Texas.Almost every track in Texas will let us race in their car classes.And I don't blame most of them for not catering to bike guys.Lets be honest,have you seen how most bike guys act during a race?
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2014, 07:12:19 PM »
Quote from: MICHAEL MATHEWS on September 08, 2014, 06:00:57 PM
Its great in Texas.Almost every track in Texas will let us race in their car classes.And I don't blame most of them for not catering to bike guys.Lets be honest,have you seen how most bike guys act during a race?
I'm in Texas...from my experience, our bike racers are very professional and overly courteous, considering how we're treated.
So tell us, exactly, how do most bike guys act during a race? :crap:
I'm sure most bike guys here would love to hear how they act during a race.
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2014, 07:33:03 PM »
Now that the local track reopened in Fontana(CA)this year there have been 15-20 bikes running the Summit Series. :thumb:





























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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2014, 07:47:52 PM »
 :eek: wow those r awesome bikes. Im 3 time track champ were I bracket race.The way I see it guys running track r out there sweating so we can have fun,I  respect them always clean up after myself ect. WE kind of police ourselves biggest problem 10 mph speed limit off track have had guys want go fast in pit erea +return lane cant do that.I have seen car guy floor it leaving with trailer cuz mad about something that's crazy theres kids there.Alcohol 2 somebody could have a beer in your pit erea but if they walk on track erea with you could b thrown out 4 year+lose all points of course no drinking at all if racing.
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2014, 08:02:10 PM »
Quote from: BlackClover on September 08, 2014, 07:12:19 PM
Quote from: MICHAEL MATHEWS on September 08, 2014, 06:00:57 PM
Its great in Texas.Almost every track in Texas will let us race in their car classes.And I don't blame most of them for not catering to bike guys.Lets be honest,have you seen how most bike guys act during a race?
I'm in Texas...from my experience, our bike racers are very professional and overly courteous, considering how we're treated.
So tell us, exactly, how do most bike guys act during a race? :crap:
I'm sure most bike guys here would love to hear how they act during a race.
Lets see,I have had guys refusing to give me their dial ins because I will "use their tree'.Wont put dial ins on the bike,duck hunting in line,just general nonsence.Get mad all you want,they killed the motorcycle classes around south Texas.
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2014, 08:23:27 PM »
I'm not mad...just don't judge everyone else by what you see in your area.
Must be a local thing...
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2014, 08:35:48 PM »
We also had problems with guys not wanting to get NHRA memberships and licenses.Then there is the delay box argument,etc.Track managers have so many cars that they don't want to deal with it.What track do you run at?
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2014, 11:08:05 PM »
Move to NC and you wont have these problems.  Theres at least 10 tracks within an hour from me.  That number triples if i wanna drive 2 hours.  I can race 5 days a week.
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2014, 12:39:47 AM »
Quote from: BATTMAN on September 08, 2014, 11:08:05 PM
Move to NC and you wont have these problems.  Theres at least 10 tracks within an hour from me.  That number triples if i wanna drive 2 hours.  I can race 5 days a week.

Ohhh...  I wish it was like that here.  I got a good track 20 min from the house.  Next closest good track I go to is a 8 hour drive. Other tracks I travel to are a 10-11 hour drive.  Kind of a big empty hole of drag strips around Idaho.  No heads up racing at local track. I went to Woodburn two weeks ago (by Portland OR.  8 hours each way).  Thinking of going their again this weekend....

Tell all those Fontana guys to go up to Sacramento in October.  I know Auggie, Gaige, Thad, and Darryl are usually their.
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2014, 12:50:14 AM »
Great photos  :tu:

Thanks
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« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2014, 05:32:57 AM »
 :tu:
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2014, 01:37:21 PM »
Quote from: MICHAEL MATHEWS on September 08, 2014, 08:35:48 PM
We also had problems with guys not wanting to get NHRA memberships and licenses.Then there is the delay box argument,etc.Track managers have so many cars that they don't want to deal with it.What track do you run at?
My local track is Ben Bruce Memorial Raceway in Evadale, Tx. We have Royal Purple, HMP and Pine Valley within 1-1/2 hrs of here.
Most of the bikes that run here are from Louisiana.
We also had the issue of some of the bikes not wanting to license. Our management didn't have issue with bikes until the car drivers started griping because we were hot lapping...basically, because we get more runs in because we didn't have to go to the pits and check plugs, adjust valves or rebuild our engines after every run. 
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2014, 06:04:39 PM »
Quote from: HOS on September 09, 2014, 12:50:14 AM
Great photos  :tu:

Thanks
I've told him that already, said he should park the scuba tank and barnacle brush, and take pics, there are 3 or 4 guys that park all weekend at the Dragon, and as understand it a couple of them actually make a living at it  8)
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2014, 07:08:52 PM »
Actually two of the best bike series around are the Texas Grudgefest based in Kennedale Texas and the PMRA races  based in Oklahoma.They both get a pretty good turnout and are very well organized.
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« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2014, 07:12:26 AM »
Grudgefest is next weekend at Kennedale. There will be a lot of fast bikes.
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« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2014, 01:24:58 PM »
Quote from: Rocketgeezer on September 09, 2014, 06:04:39 PM
Quote from: HOS on September 09, 2014, 12:50:14 AM
Great photos  :tu:

Thanks
I've told him that already, said he should park the scuba tank and barnacle brush, and take pics, there are 3 or 4 guys that park all weekend at the Dragon, and as understand it a couple of them actually make a living at it  8)

Not too much camera shake either  :D  :lol:
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« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2014, 05:26:50 PM »
 :lol:
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« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2014, 06:16:34 PM »
That's my brother Glyn on his "Grudge" 1000 on the flyer
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« Reply #23 on: September 11, 2014, 09:20:32 AM »
Here in VA, we have the Mirock series.  8 races between 3 tracks, MD, NC and NJ.  Then there are at least 4 other tracks off the top of my head.   But the Mirock series is def the best
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Re: Hows bike dragracing doing your erea?
« Reply #24 on: September 13, 2014, 09:08:49 AM »
Sikeston, MO was having motorcycle races this year, but we couldnt get more than 6-8 bikes to show up.

I don't expect them to have any next year.

5 bikes showed up at the NHRA race to win a little Wally. :td:
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