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kinda gives you an uneasy feeling in the gut , running up into three , when you cant see until you get half way around the corner(and I do mean nothing)especially when its dusty

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They dont have to wait for the sun to go down hell they have visiors on top of them cars....gonna be 2 miles from home and im not going....

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How about putting a large bill board on the turn three wall?

They could sell advertising, make a little profit and keep the show going.

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Originally Posted by racefan20:
Think about it Don. Anderson has stands in the way, the fairgrounds has buildings in the way and gas city has trees in the way. THAT has a long stretch of nothing blocking the sun at that low angle SOoooo thats why when the sun gets very low in the sky it disrupts their vision.

I can see your point, but my question was, in all the years I have been going to THAT this is the only promoter that has done this as I can recall.

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Actually Don, I can remember many times where they would have a 15-20 min break right after qualifying or even in the middle of qualifying to let the sun go down (when it was central time). They would annouce it over the PA that they were taking some extra time before the heat races to allow the sun to set.

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Jason is correct -

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Originally Posted by Wallsracing:
They dont have to wait for the sun to go down hell they have visiors on top of them cars....gonna be 2 miles from home and im not going....

Whats the matter, bicycle broke?:3:

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Originally Posted by sprinthead:
Actually Don, I can remember many times where they would have a 15-20 min break right after qualifying or even in the middle of qualifying to let the sun go down (when it was central time). They would annouce it over the PA that they were taking some extra time before the heat races to allow the sun to set.

I must be getting old and senile. I have been going to THAT since when they ran on Sunday afternoon with no lights.

I guess when they had a break after lights were installed I must have thought it was for another reason. Sorry but I guess I missed the sundown shutdown.

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Don, that may be true - I never worked there when there weren't lights, but I do remember several times when we held things up because of the sun - It was never built in to the plan - but it did happen

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lawrenceburg is blinding going into 3 when the sun is low in the west. they haven't shut it down yet.

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Originally Posted by cecil98:
lawrenceburg is blinding going into 3 when the sun is low in the west. they haven't shut it down yet.

I've see a few times they delayed a push out due to the sun at the Burg, Used to be much worse on the old track, Now the wall within a couple minutes will shade almost half the straightaway.