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Originally Posted by SUPERDUKE (Post 97923)

How long and how many times did they work on the track at lawrenceburg?

0.5times. They wheel packed a little after hotlaps. Eldora raked the top after heats. Kokomo usually waters and rakes after heats. Haubstadt did 1.5hrs of prep durring the show the time I went and another 1.5 getting lineups correct.

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Originally Posted by Dave Rudisell (Post 97973)

Folks, Please be nice....Gas City, Bloomington, and all the rest work very hard on thier track. Its dirt and it can go either way all the time. The weather plays a HUGE roll in prepping a track, everything from humidity to clouds. Its a tricky call when to water, how much to water, when to grade, when to sheepsfoot....on and on.
Equipment is another valuable tool.....you gotta have water trucks, sheepsfoot, and tractors and much more. Keeping this equipment running and working is a chore sometimes. We at Lawrenceburg spent alot of money on new equipment this spring, we bought a 4,000 gallon water truck, a vibratory sheeps foot and built a cool drag. Last week was a hell week for all the equipment, i played water pump swap 3 times, one pump locked up, and cost us time and energy. In closing i want to say take it easy on Gas City, i know they work very hard on the track and if it was'nt perfect it was'nt because of effort. Yes this weekend our track was good, but it could go the other way very easily. I applaud our track crew for doing such a great job and working on it everyday and night. Tim Johnson, Mel Johnson, Dave Reese and Myself, along with other guys who help some also.
Thanks for reading, Dave Rudisell

I thought you guys were perfect. Now IM dissapointed :) :)

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester (Post 97991)

I thought you guys were perfect. Now IM dissapointed :) :)

Rudy has said I am perfect: Perfectly screwed up in the head!:doh:

Anyone who bitches about track prep should be given free reign to do as they please with the track the night of racing and then have to face the lynch mob when they screw it up. The track prep really begins days before race night and the weather absolutely plays a significant roll in how the track will be. I've worked at enough dirt tracks and seen enough others to know that sometimes you can only do so much with what you're given.

IT WAS A LONG WINTER TO WAIT ON RACING
NOW AFTER 1 WEEKEND OF GOOD RACING
ALL WE HEAR IS ********
LETS ALL BE HAPPY THAT ITS GETTING WARM
ENJOY IT , SUMMER WILL BE OVER BEFORE SOON:applaud:

Well yeah, Gas City kinda sucked during the heats, everyone playing huggy pole who had a transfer spot... but there were guys trying to run the top and making good of it after a couple of laps of falling back... namely Darland, Jones, and Clauson. Now THAT was cool to watch! :thumb

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Originally Posted by DICNJAN (Post 98002)

IT WAS A LONG WINTER TO WAIT ON RACING
NOW AFTER 1 WEEKEND OF GOOD RACING
ALL WE HEAR IS ********
LETS ALL BE HAPPY THAT ITS GETTING WARM
ENJOY IT , SUMMER WILL BE OVER BEFORE SOON:applaud:

I hate it when its hot. Drys the tracks out too much! Creates Thunder Storms and BO.

Just kiddin, Nice points

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Originally Posted by Dyno Don (Post 97907)

Why do not the promoters of I69 Speedway go to Bloomington or Lawrencebug and learn how to prepare a track for a nights worth of racing.

Friday night was a joke. Two hours of track prep. and maybe an hour or so of racing is not my idea of a fun evening.

Gas City will get one more chance when I go there for Midget Week, if they screw up then, I am done with them. There are too many other tracks that get track prep. right to put up with I69 Dust City.

:thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester (Post 97990)

Wow, you must really keep track of that stuff. Wish I had that much time on my hands to do that.:confused:

Yeah it gave me and my father some time to chat and built anxiety for qualifying.

Sorry your jealous. I had a great time at all of them