Anyone have any news on the Maxton deal ? Things have been so slow in the shop my car is still not done.....The best I can hope for now is maybe some testing in Sept & Oct, then what ? I'm really thinking I should sell out..and get back into nostalgia drag racing......
they are looking into hopefully the wilmington air force base in ohio for next year.. at the may maxton meet they had a representitive from there at the track with us an she seemed very positive about us going there. keep your fingers crossed!
If that's good for you, I'm happy for you...But I can't make that kind of tow...Looks like someone might be getting a deal on land speed stuff.....?
Jim, don't sell out... Maxton may not be available to us 5 times a year in 2012,,,, but who knows...
"maybe" we may get 1 or 2 events in 2012,,, maybe none,, but never say we are gone forever... Things change and when the money drys up for training they are doing there,,, we "may" have a chance to get our track back.
We are all being nice and good in this 2011 transition year and when all is said and done we are good for the economy there..
Don't sell out.. hang in there... your LSR car can "also drag race" if need be.. just a rear gear change and some bigger slicks,,, I drag race my 33 Vicky LSR Car...it's fun, just over to soon..only 10 seconds,, 1/4 mile is okay but "The Mile" is what I like..
Charles
There is still Loring and with any luck perhaps there will be more than one event next year.
I going to finish and run the car, should fire off in a week....Not selling yet, but I just have bad feelings about Maxton ....I came out of racing retirement for this build and it's been tuff starting over.....Don't know wether to scratch my watch ,or wind my A$$......
Charles- possible or not for anymore Maxton meets, just you writing it somehow brightened my day. Thanks.
Charles makes a good point many of these training programs are short lived. I am kinda in the same spot, started a car for Maxton with a hope of going to bonneville. Hoping at this point to get to Maxton for september. Did a google on Wilmington 50 miles more to drive than Maxton. BTW loring is 2400 miles one way.
The long tow is what will kill me. I got payed drag racing, not much, but it made the long hauls possible..Maine is a 24 hour pull, Texas is 21, Bonneville 2 days, Ohio 12, and Maxton 4......Several families allways go, we like to bring young kids, give them jobs to do and teach them.....The guys that race with me are some of the best. We make just about every thing. Our experience goes back way back, my friend Fred Bell raced with Al Thompson, "ALs Speed Shop" back when his injected Nitro cars were beating the blown Nitro cars....So losing Maxton may put an end to all this....Our plans now is try to make Sept a lic and tune day and maybe try and run a little Nitro in Oct. then see what happens.....Jim
How far would this Ohio event be (if it comes into play) from Maxton? Any ideas??? It may make it difficult for the Jack Scratch team to make it since I (the primary driver) is a NC school teacher who has difficuties getting Mondays and Fridays off for travel! Thanks for any input! :cheers:
Looks like 9 hours or so....God bless the school teachers.......
Maxton is a 2.5 hour drive for me,, Wilmington Air Park is 6 hours maybe max 0f 6.5..
Leave 6:30am Friday be parked, unloaded and ready for tech before 2:00 on Friday... Leave track by 2:30/3:00pm on Sunday be home by 9:30pm.... still 2 nights in a hotel just, only differance is leave a few hours early on Friday morning and arrive home a few hours later on Sunday night.
Count me in if that is our new location !!!
Charles
Possum, Thats Wilmington, OHIO not NC. I wish it was Wilmington, NC thats 48 miles from my door. :-D
Wilmington is half the trip to Maxton for me. If that's where the ECTA ends up, I will show up more often. Gotta watch the travel expenses on a "retired" budget.
Thanks for the info..
Bootlegger Jim - Thanks for the blessings we sure can use them. Seems like teachers are getting bashed around at every turn!
Wilmington Ohio North Carolina or Mars. Where ever they go. I will go. I just have to change the budget and Schedual. What ever it takes.
Quote from: racer x on June 05, 2011, 02:50:22 AM
Wilmington Ohio North Carolina or Mars. Where ever they go. I will go. I just have to change the budget and Schedual. What ever it takes.
Eric me TOO... us 250 guys have to stick together !!!!
(I know 250 cc's and 250 Cu. In... but still 250 )
Charles
Wilmington Ohio appears to be a shorter haul than Maxton for us. Maxton is 900 miles one way for us.About
16 hours depending on when we hit 95.
I guess that I will have to get to Salterpath from Morehead now, but I is not able to keep my fingers shut.
I truely don't know how you teachers can do your job while having to be baby sitters to a bunch of apathic gang-bangers with little or no family support system and more administrators than you have school supplies. Thanks for doing what you can.
I was using Wilmington ,Ohio. And I agree it doesnt matter where we run just as long as we run
Sorry Possum. Yep Sweet Pea and Me will follow to where ever when ever we can. Yep the education system in this country is in the dumps, so what does NC do? No raises for the last 4 years and lay off a bunch of them, smart eh? back to the task at hand, I got a car to finish for the school teacher.
I can see where this move could make it less appealing to some people but for me it cuts our drive to less then half of Maxton. I like that. I like that there could be another option if we can't run at Maxton anymore. I am sorry for those who will "lose" on this move but there was one guy who should have kept his mouth shut at the drivers meeting last month. Your comments were not appropriate or funny like you seemed to think they were. Maybe you are on here, maybe not. You may not care but plenty of people do.
So let's hope this works out well and everyone goes fast there. :cheers:
I agree Java, it's 3 hrs. from my house to Maxton and I know that a lot o folks travel a long ways to race. As much as I hate for us to loss Maxton all together or part time I think It would be quite Ok to travel a bit to race as alot of you folks have made the sacrifice for the cause. Kudos to all.
Relaxed Phit - Thanks for the support of the teachers. Most people never truly understand what the word teacher means!
That's why this 1 loves this landspeed racing thing - it's a wonderful escape!!!! As has been said - we are all afraid of change but change can be good.
I really was sad to miss the May meet, but since I'm usually the "guy who should have kept his mouth shut", even with the morphine drip I feel safe to say it wasn't me this time. When they took me off that morphine, I asked were they going to put rest back in a bottle? They said "no" so I asked for a to-go cup. They didn't think that was funny either.
Ken - Glad you're up and flyin' again. Folks not in the know - Ken is one of the Good Guys.
As far as location - I'm only 2 hours from Maxon and therefore have gotten a "free ride" for the past several years. Easy tow. If we move to Ohio (or wherever) I'll follow - but I'm retired. Still, it will be a bit more of a sacrifice but worth it. As stated, some of us will gain and some will lose but we'll still get to race with the ECTA so it'll be good.
Dan
Quote from: Dan Stokes on June 27, 2011, 07:32:11 AM
Ken - Glad you're up and flyin' again. Folks not in the know - Ken is one of the Good Guys.
. . . . Dan
Yes I can confirm that Ken is up again. As far as 'flying again' . . . well, the jury is still out on that one. :-D
I had the privilege of once again helping Relaxedphit in shutdown this weekend. Being able to do it in Ken's company is always worthwhile.
Although,( for the record, ) he was the one who mentioned 'kitty litter' on Sunday. It wasn't me that jinx it . . . . (Translation . .we had an oil down Sunday afternoon)
Art
Keith,
Any new info on a location?
Does Wilmington still show promise?