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  • OhioRaceFan
    Member
    • Aug 2014
    • 78

    #1

    Mansfield Track Conditions

    I am not posting this to bash the track but just to make everyone aware. Mansfield has a problem with rocks. I am going to assume they added dirt this spring but never screened it. At the Lucas oil race I was hit in the chest and a fan in front of me was hit in the upper lip to the point he was bleeding pretty good. You could hear the rocks pinging off the seats. One rock was considerably bigger than a golf ball and landed in the aisle way. I know someone in our group did bring this to attention of the track via email. People told me this was also a problem at the Sprint Car World championship. I have not bought tickets to the dirt million yet and am considering not going.
  • Pennsboro23
    Banned
    • Jul 2007
    • 5256

    #2
    There were rocks at the sprint car world championship as big as golf balls lying all over bleachers going into turn1.

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    • chupp n bloomer fan
      Senior Member
      • May 2007
      • 11526

      #3
      I don’t blame you one bit. And glad you brought it up. Expo Speedway, mid 90’s, seen a teenage boy get nailed in the chest by a fist size rock from a sprint.

      They make machines to get the rocks out. Personally, the little bit of video I’ve seen, the dirt looks like dirt, not clay.
      Up in the air who my next “favorite” driver is. Really losing hope on Bloomer getting anywhere back to “normal”.

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      • OhioRaceFan
        Member
        • Aug 2014
        • 78

        #4
        We sat almost to turn 1 just past the over hang. I said the same thing today about it being dirt not clay.

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        • Illtsate32
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2015
          • 3079

          #5
          CnB in Ill we call it bluff dirt..really light in color, very powdery and fine...

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          • Hollis
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2012
            • 689

            #6
            And on another note they should have street sweeper for pit road. That was uncalled for.
            Last edited by Hollis; 07-02-2018, 08:39 PM.

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            • SLIDING SIDEWAYS
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2013
              • 7658

              #7
              Lets wait til someone gets seriously hurt to do something. You would think after seeing the rocks in the stands after the shows over that they would address this issue.
              THE REAL SLIDING SIDEWAYS!

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              • GEAR_HEAD
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 3107

                #8
                The track prep at Sharon was just as lazy as Mansfield's tonight. Must be an Ohio thing. Nobody takes pride in their racing surfaces anymore.

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                • MasterSbilt_Racer
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2007
                  • 14310

                  #9
                  Originally posted by GEAR_HEAD View Post
                  The track prep at Sharon was just as lazy as Mansfield's tonight. Must be an Ohio thing. Nobody takes pride in their racing surfaces anymore.
                  Don't be putting Ohio down! We got places like Moler that make sure you gotta run the guts out of your car to watch a widebore stomp your azz for $1500.
                  Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                  • Clayton_Wetter
                    Banned
                    • May 2007
                    • 16671

                    #10
                    Heaven forbid a faster car outrun a slower one.

                    Let's go to a track where they all spin their wheels and handicap the fast cars.

                    Thank you Moler Speedway for preparing a good race track.

                    And it winds up usually not being very heavy at all.
                    Last edited by Clayton_Wetter; 07-02-2018, 09:33 PM.

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                    • MasterSbilt_Racer
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2007
                      • 14310

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Clayton_Wetter View Post
                      Heaven forbid a faster car outrun a slower one.

                      Let's go to a track where they all spin their wheels and handicap the fast cars.

                      Thank you Moler Speedway for preparing a good race track.

                      And it winds up usually not being very heavy at all.
                      Slower under one set of conditions. You never had the pleasure of attempting to field a slm. You just have splinters in your azz. A weekly show is no Lucas Oil or Woo. You need 20 working men to bring a car to the track.
                      Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                      • MasterSbilt_Racer
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 14310

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Clayton_Wetter View Post
                        Heaven forbid a faster car outrun a slower one.

                        Let's go to a track where they all spin their wheels and handicap the fast cars.

                        Thank you Moler Speedway for preparing a good race track.

                        And it winds up usually not being very heavy at all.
                        You mean handicap those who can't make their car work? But can overspend? Got ya.
                        Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                        • a25rjr
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2016
                          • 3774

                          #13
                          Originally posted by MasterSbilt_Racer View Post
                          You mean handicap those who can't make their car work? But can overspend? Got ya.
                          Theres a lot of daddy's money being pissed on the ground!
                          Turn LEFT, Vote RIGHT!

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                          • Snowmanracr21
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2007
                            • 393

                            #14
                            Originally posted by GEAR_HEAD View Post
                            The track prep at Sharon was just as lazy as Mansfield's tonight. Must be an Ohio thing. Nobody takes pride in their racing surfaces anymore.
                            apparently you've never been to Attica Raceway Park

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                            • zyoung25
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2007
                              • 8945

                              #15
                              Originally posted by GEAR_HEAD View Post
                              The track prep at Sharon was just as lazy as Mansfield's tonight. Must be an Ohio thing. Nobody takes pride in their racing surfaces anymore.
                              The track prep may have been crappy. But id much rather get to see what I paid for, instead of getting rained on and having to drive back in a few months for a makeup show.
                              Last edited by zyoung25; 07-03-2018, 01:59 AM.

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