Bristol Rain Contingencies...

[Jking24]

Just the amount of time it takes to open and close the gate to get onto the racetrack will slow things down a lot. Do we know if they are going to line up a class at a time in the infield and only have to open the gate once per class?

They are not opening the gate between races you are stuck in the infield for the entire event. I could imagine if they have rain makeups they may alter that some though

[mcarter815]

These guys are doing something that has never been done before. They are running eight (8) divisions all with a big purse and high car count. If you have ever operated a race track you always have contingency plans but you can't put any of them in place until something happens (rain last night). Within a few hours they had a revised schedule posted. I believe they are optimistic on the amount of time to run the events but once you get there, who cares? Monday through Thursday of this even is designed for the racer, not the race fan. I did not watch all of the broadcast yesterday but I saw enough to keep up with what is going on. Same thing for the rest of the week, my tv will be on. If I am a racer I don't care what time we race as long as we race. Friday and Saturday is for the fan. The Super Late Models will be the "star" of the show. But the drivers that have been there all week will race before the largest crowd and the best venue most of them have ever been to. I have read most of the event posts and have seen the information they constantly update. I believe they are doing a great job. Let's give them a chance. BTW - there is no race track in the country you can go to and be guaranteed that everything will go perfect and on schedule.

Boone does this every year for the Supernationals.

[Barbecueboy]

The super nationals run supers?

[squaredup12]

No negativity here. I’m stoked they’re getting the opportunity to do it and even more stoked that I as a fan get the chance to go this weekend. I do genuinely applaud the undertaking and the effort that has clearly went into putting this event on, and am thankful to have folks in the sport willing to devote so much time to it so that both the racer and the fan can have an event like this to either participate in or attend. I think all we’re doing in this thread (and even in my own posts) is just discussing our thoughts as to what we think any potential make up plans for rained out races will be as we move through the week and into the weekend. If the weather we had last week in this part of the country would ave carries over into this week, we’re not even having this conversation...but it didn’t, things are a little more wet, and so the question arises. Like I said though, no bashing here...just discussion.

[mcarter815]

The super nationals run supers?

No, but they run 7 classes with a combined car count of 900 over a span of a week. That's comparable.

[Barbecueboy]

Comparable like a boatload of apples and a boatload of oranges maybe.....other than that, nope.

[mcarter815]

Comparable like a boatload of apples and a boatload of oranges maybe.....other than that, nope.

What's so special about them running supers?

[FlatTire]

Run the supers and 604's before if it looks like it will rain. The 4cylinders, stock cars, and mods can run whenever I head back to the hotel for sleep!

[kazual]

Don’t know the management of the promotional group. But I’ve seen Mike Van Genderen is connected, he’s a no nonsense promoter that prioritizes event management at Iowa tracks. Not sure how well it goes, it’s a first time undertaking. But guarantee they won’t be taking lessons from some of the clusters I’ve seen the last few months on FLO.

[dirtcrazy4u]

I want to see how they plan on getting the cars out of the infield if it rains.

[TerryM]

$1500 a piece for those trophies? I got a bigger trophy for winning the Ohio state Punt, Pass and Kick title in 1972.

[3 wide]

These guys are doing something that has never been done before. They are running eight (8) divisions all with a big purse and high car count. If you have ever operated a race track you always have contingency plans but you can't put any of them in place until something happens (rain last night). Within a few hours they had a revised schedule posted. I believe they are optimistic on the amount of time to run the events but once you get there, who cares? Monday through Thursday of this even is designed for the racer, not the race fan. I did not watch all of the broadcast yesterday but I saw enough to keep up with what is going on. Same thing for the rest of the week, my tv will be on. If I am a racer I don't care what time we race as long as we race. Friday and Saturday is for the fan. The Super Late Models will be the "star" of the show. But the drivers that have been there all week will race before the largest crowd and the best venue most of them have ever been to. I have read most of the event posts and have seen the information they constantly update. I believe they are doing a great job. Let's give them a chance. BTW - there is no race track in the country you can go to and be guaranteed that everything will go perfect and on schedule.

There are a lot of race tracks that run on schedule Tri state Indiana an eldora are just an example.

[TerryM]

There are a lot of race tracks that run on schedule Tri state Indiana an eldora are just an example.

Unfortunately, most down here in the south don’t.

[3 wide]

An that is because they run 8-9 an even 10 classes everything they can drag in the pits.

[Barbecueboy]

$1500 a piece for those trophies? I got a bigger trophy for winning the Ohio state Punt, Pass and Kick title in 1972.

That's pretty Impressive to win the whole state.......I never even made it out of the region back in those days.