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    Thumbs up New Style WaterTruck

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    So did you take that picture at Baghdad Speedway? lol
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    That water tank looks like the size they use at Brownstown Speedway!

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    The camel probably holds more water than that tank. You would save on diesel fuel though.

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    Someone, please notify North Florida if that "truck" is for sale, as it would be an improvement!

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    Yeah I am sure the camel would hold more.. But some tracks could use this for an improvement..

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    And some create a dam near rainout with there water trucks...........it ain't what you got, it's how you use it.
    Where is the move over flag when you need it?????

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    Twice in my lifetime I have seen a race cancelled 20 minutes before start time due to too much water on the track on a sunny day lol.. and no rain the previous days...
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    I've sat there a number of times pre-race wondering "enough water already" and then the start time gets delayed to run the excess water in.

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    It is easy to "over water" a track that is not cut up to absorb the water. Some "hard pan" near the surface tracks can not allow the water to soak into the totally sheepfooted overly compacted surfaces. They literally have slush sitting on top of an asphalt type hard surface.

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    Not sure Clayton was at many races at Brownstown this past year
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisNunn View Post
    Not sure Clayton was at many races at Brownstown this past year
    Mid way into the season saw much improvement in watering the track I will admit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 72Dubya View Post
    Twice in my lifetime I have seen a race cancelled 20 minutes before start time due to too much water on the track on a sunny day lol.. and no rain the previous days...
    We packed a track until 10pm one night before the races finally got started. No rain that week. It was amazing how much of a wet mess they made the track without any help from mother nature.

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    without naming the track, I sat one night watching them put streets stockers on a half mile that was so dusty they would kick up such a cloud that the next lap they ran back into the same cloud of dust and piled a bunch of them up. That was hot laps. Followed by a 2 hour wait for the promoter to go fill up the water truck, full size semi-tanker and within about 5 laps with the water truck, managed to get the whole semi and trailer stuck in turn one in his own mess....buried to every axle stuck....finally about 11 pm they actually cancelled the show, and gave everyone refunds at the front gate....
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    Quote Originally Posted by powerslide View Post
    We packed a track until 10pm one night before the races finally got started. No rain that week. It was amazing how much of a wet mess they made the track without any help from mother nature.
    When I was about 8, I recall a night that the track was over-watered on a special show and they stayed and worked in the track and the first heats rolled off about 3 a.m. The final feature started as the sun was rising. I believe some guys left and raced elsewhere and then came back to race later that night. Talk about a LOOONG night.
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    Now this is a real water truck!

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