JoshH
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- Apr 2, 2007
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really? Who? Who is "someone"? List their name. And why no common sense and set them straight? But no, Id rather post some non informative hear say that I know nothing about.
Really? You HAD TO WAIT? Trucks were teched at 8:10 AM. Trucks were sent down the track by 8:45 AM. Drivers meeting was at 10:30 AM. TRUCKS WERE BEING TECHED UNTIL JUST AFTER 1PM because they were still coming in two or three at a time! ALSO, suppose 9 ( nine) track employees just flat out didnt show up yesterday. Now NADM has to cover those positions and duties. ORRRRR was it you had to wait on the sled pulling? We "paused" the racing and alternated between sledpulling and racing. Did you not get a check in sled pulling ( that you had to wait on ) ? For those that are complaining about this or that...did you personally approach an official and see what you could do to help out or point out what ever it was that made you so upset in order to better the situation? No? Its just much easier to hide on the forum and complain even though you got $. NICE!
There were a couple of guys that had concern about their ET times being messed up. That def sucked. I understand its not always easy to see your times at the end of the track, but they are up in the staging area as well. Also, AS SOON as I found an issue with the ET times (were not on the board at the end of the traps correctly) I went to the staging lanes and REMINDED EVERY DRIVER as stated in the 2010 NADM RULE BOOK..." If you stage, you have agreed to the times put on the board" and that IF IT WAS NOT CORRECT DO NOT STAGE!
Jesus guys, more hard work and time, money, and effort, and stress goes into these events than most can even IMAGINE. If you were HONEST you would be posting that most everyone had a good time and had lots of good competition. 95% of the people I talked to were VERY happy with the event and even had DOZENS wanting an event in San Antonio, Innis, and a place outside of Houston. IF you insist on being so good at running your mouth why not try and see if Ron will make you an announcer?oke:
It was posted on here, the gates open at 8 and racing starts at 9. I rolled through the gates at 8:20 and was probably the 4th or 5th truck that was teched. While I was being teched, it was announced that the staging lanes were open and we could start making passes. I assumed this was the qualifying passes for the racing, but it turns out it was just Test and Tune to pass the time until the person who could enter the information in the computer got there. The driver's meeting that was supposed to be at 10 was postponed until 10:30. Then at 11:30 the lanes were closed for 30 minutes or so while the track staff ate and the racer info was entered into the computer. Finally we were making qualifying passes and got started with eliminations. While the first round of eliminations was going on it was announced that they were going to start sled pulling with the 2.8 class while eliminations were going on. Then all of a sudden, there were no track officials around and we were left waiting while our trucks got cold. If all the delays were because of people getting there late, it isn't difficult to say "Sorry, you're too late." I know it happened because I know someone who was told that.
For the record, I NEVER blamed anyone with the NADM. If you go back and read what I said, I said the comment should be directed at the TRACK staff, not NADM staff, because I was led to believe the hold up was because there were track people who didn't show.
I'm not sure if you know who I am or not, but I am one of the guys who had a problem, and I did approach an official about it and they did do something to try to make it right. I am grateful that they did, and I told them so at the track. I still missed my opportunity to race in the finals because of a track malfunction, not because of something I did, but I did not come on here bad mouthing the NADM because it was not their fault. I have no hard feelings toward any of the NADM people; I can't say I feel the same about the track. I did not hide on a forum and complain. I never made a complaint about anything. I simply responded to a post where the racers were blamed for the delays. As a racer, I took offense and responded with what I felt was the biggest cause of the delays. If I was wrong, then I was lied to about why the schedule was pushed back yesterday.
