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  • luke81
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2013
    • 104

    #106
    The tide absolutely does play into the track at East Bay. Look at Wednesday night, by the end of the feature the track was black except for going into 1. That spot was still brown and a little wet. High tide was 6:30 and it wasnt low tide until 2:30am, so it was up during the entire program. There's a spring under there that is driven by the tide. That's what keeps that pool at the bottom of 1 full all the time. That's also what that area is pretty much always rough and sometimes holes form, the ground underneath is moving around with water. And I'm sure there are many factors beyond this in play too, but thats one to consider.

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    • Krooser
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2012
      • 3117

      #107
      This tarping thing is laughable to me. I was out of racing for a long time… when I first hit the pits and saw those tarps I thought "WTF is going on here?"… looks like your putting a skirt on your race car.

      I'm really old school and we all helped each other work on our cars for as long as I remember. I've had guys who wrecked me come over and help me put my car back together to run the main. Now we hide everything?

      If you're going to have a skirt on your race car you might as well put the driver in pantyhose, too. The two go together.
      Member of the Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Fame
      Class of 2019

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      • race21j
        Senior Member
        • May 2007
        • 3165

        #108
        Originally posted by latemodefan
        yep cheaters will always ssthats the way it is , I would say one tire rule the hardest sob made like they did years ago
        The hardest tire I ever saw was the Goodyear 2022. I used them on my pickup truck on the street for 3 years and still never wore them out.

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        • Crash 4
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2007
          • 671

          #109
          Originally posted by race21j View Post
          The hardest tire I ever saw was the Goodyear 2022. I used them on my pickup truck on the street for 3 years and still never wore them out.
          Man those things were really hard. We had some we grooved down to 1" blocks, still couldn't get them to wear, or get a bite.

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          • Tireguy17
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2008
            • 1156

            #110
            Tell me why the Woo shouldn't adopt the same rule after seeing Lanigan's car at Bubba Raceway Park today?
            On a side note...if my company's logo is under that cover I'd be a BIT upset
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            • Necrosis
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2014
              • 379

              #111
              Originally posted by Tireguy17 View Post
              Tell me why the Woo shouldn't adopt the same rule after seeing Lanigan's car at Bubba Raceway Park today?On a side note...if my company's logo is under that cover I'd be a BIT upset
              Well call Troy Baird and ask him if he's mad. Either way, he'll change whatever car his sticker is on every two weeks, lol.

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

                #112
                Originally posted by Tireguy17 View Post
                Tell me why the Woo shouldn't adopt the same rule after seeing Lanigan's car at Bubba Raceway Park today?
                On a side note...if my company's logo is under that cover I'd be a BIT upset
                Because it's Lanigans car. And if he wants to cover it up, that's his business. Long as it ain't covered up on the racetrack, who cares? Find things that actually matter, because a car cover sure as he!! ain't it.
                Up in the air who my next “favorite” driver is. Really losing hope on Bloomer getting anywhere back to “normal”.

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                • drtrkr244
                  Banned
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 1024

                  #113
                  Originally posted by Barbecueboy View Post
                  Actually , in talking to a touring Floridian that has intimate local knowledge of east bay a couple years ago, the tides do actually play a part in the tracks moisture situation.

                  This year seems to be a combination of things going on down there,but in years past there has been a direct correlation to track moisture and high tides according to guys that race there a lot.


                  But here is the real question...........how great is the strawberry shortcake this year?

                  Somebody please send out a picture of some..........dglen, are you hearing me ,lol
                  Yeah bbc, Im aware about how the tide affects the moisture in the track. But this year, the harder tire and different compound was causing havoc with the drivers and crew chiefs. usually, it only takes a good crew chief one race to make dramatic improvements to their chassis, but many are still scratching their heads after all week!

                  As far as the strawberry shortcake, I went Wednesday nite, and there was NO ONE selling it. No vendor or the track! so I drove 3.5 hrs for nothing......oh, well...the racin was still good!

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                  • IZZOJR16
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2007
                    • 2176

                    #114
                    Originally posted by Tireguy17 View Post
                    Tell me why the Woo shouldn't adopt the same rule after seeing Lanigan's car at Bubba Raceway Park today? On a side note...if my company's logo is under that cover I'd be a BIT upset
                    excellent point. i didnt even think about that.

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                    • IZZOJR16
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2007
                      • 2176

                      #115
                      LOVE THIS RULE. awesome job lucas oil!!!

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                      • Highside Hustler25
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2009
                        • 12922

                        #116
                        Originally posted by Tireguy17 View Post
                        Tell me why the Woo shouldn't adopt the same rule after seeing Lanigan's car at Bubba Raceway Park today?
                        On a side note...if my company's logo is under that cover I'd be a BIT upset
                        WoO has the same rule in place from what I've read. Not sure why it is not being enforced.
                        8/13/16

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