Mansfield Track Conditions

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Yeah, if they've got rocks in their surface that's a bad deal. Very unsafe! You know if these sanctioning bodies were really concerned about safety, you wouldn't expect they'd race on a surface like that. I mean lately we've been hearing all this talk about safety and how it relates to drug testing policies, and yet something like this that could be a HUGE threat to the safety of both fans and drivers, goes completely ignored? Go figure?

I’d consider a ton of rocks in a surface, much more dangerous than the drug epidemic in dirt late models. Puts drivers and fans at a huge risk. You never see them coming till it is too late.

[Clayton_Wetter]

All it takes is for one of them rocks to hit someone in the eye or temple and then many people will be sorry and the lawsuits will be there.

[Kromulous]

The Rumley device would of changed SLM racing forever, good or bad i am not sure.

[Hoosier_Dirt]

All it takes is for one of them rocks to hit someone in the eye or temple and then many people will be sorry and the lawsuits will be there.

Very true!!!

[cooter71]

We will be bashed and acused of ruining the sport for pointing out the obvious. Im aware of 2 people who drove hours to go and both had stitches ..I admire what he is doing and has done BRAVO but dang ...is he sitting in the stands and watching .. good luck to him ... I think he will get it worked out ..

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

The Rumley device would of changed SLM racing forever, good or bad i am not sure.

In my opinion, it still has.

[Stefan2k4]

So, why are the sanctioning bodies ignoring this blatant safety issue that could threaten the life of fans sitting in the grand stands and instead giving us a dog and pony show about peeing in a cup? In the other threads some have said the drug testing policy is about appeasing the insurance companies. Do the insurance companies not know about this? What would they say if they did? I can't believe they'd just accept the risk of someone getting hit a rock in the head or face. Maybe Lucas instead of following the lead of the WRG with it's pee in the cup sideshow, should reconsider having a million dollar, or rather not quite a million dollar race on this dangerous surface.

[Illtsate32]

In my opinion, it still has.

I could be wrong but I think back around 2013-14 is when the 6 car started the a** up nose down attitude, with the rf out 2ft wider than rr. Then everyone follwed suit...

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I could be wrong but I think back around 2013-14 is when the 6 car started the a** up nose down attitude, with the rf out 2ft wider than rr. Then everyone follwed suit...

You don't need a device, or any knowledge related to one, to do that.

[Josh Bayko]

I could be wrong but I think back around 2013-14 is when the 6 car started the a** up nose down attitude, with the rf out 2ft wider than rr. Then everyone follwed suit...

I don’t really think they were lighting the world on fire yet back then. Shaver was still in the car and they won some races, but were by no means dominant.

Much of the areo stuff can be attributed to the wide open sails that started becoming a thing in ‘13. First car I remembered seeing with em was the Rocket house car. By the end of season, pretty much everybody had em.

[MI Dirt Fan]

If the drivers at Butler for the Ethanol race refused to race because of track conditions why did they still? They ran no heat races but a 20 lap no points race for $4k. Doesn't seem to me that's refusing to race. From what I've heard they still wanted to give the fans a show even though it was shortened to just 20 laps.

[Bigdirtfan]

They refused to race until the track was graded and rocks were pulled up, about an hour an half delay. I fully supported the series in their decision. The 20 lap feature was horrible, again no fault of the series, hopefully ethanol never returns to that dump. Next time i will try to improve my wording for you there mi dirt fan.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

So, why are the sanctioning bodies ignoring this blatant safety issue that could threaten the life of fans sitting in the grand stands and instead giving us a dog and pony show about peeing in a cup? In the other threads some have said the drug testing policy is about appeasing the insurance companies. Do the insurance companies not know about this? What would they say if they did? I can't believe they'd just accept the risk of someone getting hit a rock in the head or face. Maybe Lucas instead of following the lead of the WRG with it's pee in the cup sideshow, should reconsider having a million dollar, or rather not quite a million dollar race on this dangerous surface.

What’s easier, telling some guys to pee in a cup, or completely changing a tracks surface? And don’t worry, I agree with you. Just shame Cody didn’t find some good clay. With social media these days, he coulda got ahold of someone with actual clay. Or got permission to take soil samples at the track facility, and see if there’s any good clay there. Even if you have to dig a borrow pit. You could then make it a lake, or allow people to dump clean fill for nothing to fill it back in.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Just a shame it is supposed to say.

[ksmitty79]

Look at some of the pictures of the race. You can see the rocks lay on the racetrack and even a couple of what looks like rocks being rooster tailed by cars