Indiana Open Wheel - View Single Post - Terre Haute Set For Sprints & Mods Sunday

Charles Nungester (Offline)
#39 4/27/15 2:34 PM

Originally Posted by Morin Racing 98:
Who would have believed the amount of dust on the first 3 laps after all the rain we got on Saturday, and the staff watering the track during the breaks..... Watching the Jackslash videos and talking to the drivers, they couldn't see anything on the start of the race. Ted Hines flip on the front straight on lap one was lucky not to involve 10 cars (ours being one of them, LOL). Must just be the old clay at the facility because it has been that way for years now....two ideas...(1) spread the feature field out before the start of the race and let them run 2 or 3 hot laps to blow the track off before they are bunched up, and (2) NEVER, NEVER start a feature race when the sun is slightly above the trees to the West. I know from experience, it is blinding. They could have waited 10 more minutes and the sun would have been gone. I know the sun had nothing to do with Ted Hines flip, but there was no exact reason to hurry-up the start last night due to the fact at that point nobody knew it would take almost an hour to complete 25 laps.

Terre Haute is a ballsy place for drivers, like one person stated earlier...for more reasons than just the speed....dust, sun, tunnel dip in turn 1, concrete wall all play factors in a race at THAT. I am glad we had the chance to race there last night, but I am even happier we survived in one piece as there were a lot of torn up race cars driven by a lot of experienced drivers.....

A lot of tracks "TOP will dry off if there is a break between races. Don't drop the green, Give em a couple hotlaps to blow it off then lineup and go.

Charles Nungester

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