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kusileksledpull said:
I felt that they ran the pull as well as they could, considering the number of trucks and weather. Tech this year went good i feel like i got treated the same as anyone else there. Now to our trucks, the little truck ran as good as expected, finished 3 and only 3feet behind 1st cant get much closer. The big truck ran very well friday had the lead for by 20 ft for almost the whole class tell the very end. Saturday we goofed up made a few major changes and didnt work in my favor. So thanks again to everyone who made it happen.
I would also like to say even though it was not fair how they didnt compact the track for the first 10-15 trucks, i dont feel it changed the out come considering i was the 8 puller and still qualifed 1st.
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Glad to see you made it Wes. You had me wondering after talking to you on Thursday!!
 
kusileksledpull said:
I felt that they ran the pull as well as they could, considering the number of trucks and weather. Tech this year went good i feel like i got treated the same as anyone else there. Now to our trucks, the little truck ran as good as expected, finished 3 and only 3feet behind 1st cant get much closer. The big truck ran very well friday had the lead for by 20 ft for almost the whole class tell the very end. Saturday we goofed up made a few major changes and didnt work in my favor. So thanks again to everyone who made it happen.
I would also like to say even though it was not fair how they didnt compact the track for the first 10-15 trucks, i dont feel it changed the out come considering i was the 8 puller and still qualifed 1st.
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I don't think the qualifiers saw the track change as much as it was so wet.

The issue seemed to show up on the finals. Of course it isn't anything new at these events, look at the past years and it usually is a similar outcome.
It wasn't the track maintenance that was the issue. It is just the nature of a fresh track when you run classes of 20+ trucks over it. The fresh track just gets packed in.

Still a great show! Glad the trucks ran well for ya, you definately had your share of bad luck.
 
zstroken said:
Very well said. I went to school in Vigo county, and believe me, there are many of the folks who have lots of power in the community, that like to keep Terre Haute the small town way.

Saturday after the truck pull was ridiculous, the burnouts, the smoke, etc, etc.

I have a notion next year to sit at the intersection, and just take the keys of every idiot who smokes their tires/blows the smoke.
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Did you stay till sunday? When we loaded up and left after the drags, all the parking lots were covered in burnout marks through out the whole town.
 
RobH said:
Did you stay till sunday? When we loaded up and left after the drags, all the parking lots were covered in burnout marks through out the whole town.
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No I had seen enough of you running around on the golf cart by Friday!
Did you drag race the truck?


Actually we left town Saturday, but came back in to pick up my truck on Sunday.
 
I heard their was a fire on the Dyno . . .

Is their any truth to this ?

If their was is their a video ?
 
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kusileksledpull said:
I felt that they ran the pull as well as they could, considering the number of trucks and weather. Tech this year went good i feel like i got treated the same as anyone else there. Now to our trucks, the little truck ran as good as expected, finished 3 and only 3feet behind 1st cant get much closer. The big truck ran very well friday had the lead for by 20 ft for almost the whole class tell the very end. Saturday we goofed up made a few major changes and didnt work in my favor. So thanks again to everyone who made it happen.
I would also like to say even though it was not fair how they didnt compact the track for the first 10-15 trucks, i dont feel it changed the out come considering i was the 8 puller and still qualifed 1st.
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Thanks for the sweet party in the infield. There had to have been 300 people there.:Cheer:
 
NeilLB7 said:
Before I get flamed...I love diesel trucks and have owned them for many years. I currently own two and a diesel mower. I like diesel. And I love the shows like Scheids.

I'm an employee of Vigo County Government (highway engineer) and I live here. I've attended all of the Scheid shows. And each year the "hot rodding" on the public streets and lots gets worse and worse. I know members of the County Council...one of whom is a fairgrounds board member and was taking money at the gate entrance.

They don't like the negative image of drag racing, tons of black smoke all day long and "rowdy" people driving like maniacs on US41 and public streets. Most of the John Q Public could care less about truck pulls and diesel pickups. They will be the ones who shut it down. The fair board doesn't HAVE to rent the space out to a diesel show. It can sit there as far as they are concerned. The sprint car races, the fair, 4H and even drag racing doesn't have the problems the diesel show has.

Those are just the facts. I'm 100% positive that somebody (maybe many) in the public will complain to both the county and the fair board. The way its going, its only a matter of time before it gets shut off at the Vigo County fairgrounds. Simple real world facts that will have to be faced at the end of the day.

There aren't enough cops to stop it all. In a county of 100,000 people...they've got tons of other complaints to take care of as well and 1500 miles of other roads to patrol. When it happens...all the people who drive normally and enjoy the sport on the track will suffer.

I love a powerful diesel truck that belches smoke and pulls a sled. But I'm positive that this stuff on the street doesn't go unnoticed. And believe me...people around like to beeyotch about everything that bothers them.

Scheid can't stop it, the cops can't control it, the fair board can't make people use sense and be respectful when they visit. But they CAN just stop supporting it. No show...no problems. And believe me...the government here would have no problem solving a problem by simply making it go away.
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Well put but we have one thing going for us...thats $$$ that is brought to Terre Haute in those 3 days! How much $$$ is brought to Terre Haute in those 3 days...a lot! People will forget about the smoke and so on in a few days and all will be ok. Money makes people look the other way for sure! (Look at O. J.:hehe:) The owners of stores, gas stations, motels are liken the buisness that is brought to the town...Id be sayn smoke and burn rubber all ya wan't, just show me the money!!! Remember that makin money isn't easy, it comes with a trade off!
 
brushpuller said:
Well put but we have one thing going for us...thats $$$ that is brought to Terre Haute in those 3 days! How much $$$ is brought to Terre Haute in those 3 days...a lot! People will forget about the smoke and so on in a few days and all will be ok. Money makes people look the other way for sure! (Look at O. J.:hehe:) The owners of stores, gas stations, motels are liken the buisness that is brought to the town...Id be sayn smoke and burn rubber all ya wan't, just show me the money!!! Remember that makin money isn't easy, it comes with a trade off!
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that is true...kinda. but that is a very piss poor way to look at the problem.and the way you come off stating that I am loseing respect for for.
 
smokinrod said:
that is true...kinda. but that is a very piss poor way to look at the problem.and the way you come off stating that I am loseing respect for for.
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I don't mean to loose any respect...just lookn at this another way! I wasn't out there smokn and rodding around! Iv alway been a person to look at things from all sides... I looked at this on a positive! Looks to me the buisness owners in Terre Haute come out good, we all had a great time, no boby was hurt....yeah their was trucks smokin and raisen hell...but the world isn't perfict! The problem is the sport... when we leave one of theis events, it could be scheid, TS, nascar, U.S. nationals what ever, we are all jacket up and our trucks,cars are as bad as the ones we just watched! Now most of use can control that urge to show every body that it is that mean. But some cant resist the urge( human nature for some) and that is were we get the bad stuff goin on down the street. And what to do... realistically not much, those people are goin to do what they wan't...unfortunately!!! So, back to my point, lets look at the positive side of a great weekend!
 
Acctually they took somebody out thursday night by Medivac from the fair grounds.
Just my opinion, that it was overall great event except for the 400 atv's and drunk poeple blowing past my trailer wide open with 6-10 people on 1 bike the entire weekend screaming and acting like idiots. Seems nobody has any respect for the people around them or there very expensive hot rods when they sling rocks and dirt towards them. Just my$.02, but the alcohol should be band
 
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I wouldnt have a problem with the alchohol being banned but if that isnt I dont think they should be allowing quads especially sport quads i got tired of people running 60 down that road but they were acting like odiots in trucks golf carts ATVs whatever but I did want to have a talk with the azz holes doing doughnuts on the south side of the fairgrounds tearing up the grass that and all the people running around is going to make it for no more TS and no more SDX
 
I saw a guy last year hoot and hollar to a good looking gal on a golf cart. The guy with her spun the cart around got out and knocked him out for a long time!! Why he did it I don't know. That guy had no clue what had happened. I was trying to help him up and when he came out of it he thought I hit him with my truck and kept asking me why I hit him with my truck. There are some folks out there that need to learn how to handle their booze. Or at least take it somewhere where the rest of the diesel community doesn't get the frame work on them as well.
 
I saw a guy last year hoot and hollar to a good looking gal on a golf cart. The guy with her spun the cart around got out and knocked him out for a long time!! Why he did it I don't know. That guy had no clue what had happened. I was trying to help him up and when he came out of it he thought I hit him with my truck and kept asking me why I hit him with my truck. There are some folks out there that need to learn how to handle their booze. Or at least take it somewhere where the rest of the diesel community doesn't get the frame work on them as well. But its one of those things. We either get used to it or don't go to the event. Which sucks but there are just to many people to control at some of these event. Because the only way it is going to stop is if there aren't non sactioned events. Which of course most of us don't want. I have yet to see ANYTHING like that occur at an NADM event.
 
i have to agree with alot of the Idiot PPL debates that are going on...it doesnt matter about the amoutn of revenue thats brought in in a community... the tree huggers are like vultures... EVERYWHERE.....and alot of people dont have respect for the ones around them....I have one badass runnin truck that belches smoke and will roast all 4 rear tires at any given moment.. but when it comes to the public in general...black smoke and burnout marks is like walking up to them and smaking them right in the face, ya just dont do it...Diesels already have a bad enough name as it is... and it just keeps getting worse because no one knows how to respect the communities around them...
 
brushpuller said:
Well put but we have one thing going for us...thats $$$ that is brought to Terre Haute in those 3 days! How much $$$ is brought to Terre Haute in those 3 days...a lot! People will forget about the smoke and so on in a few days and all will be ok. Money makes people look the other way for sure! (Look at O. J.:hehe:) The owners of stores, gas stations, motels are liken the buisness that is brought to the town...Id be sayn smoke and burn rubber all ya wan't, just show me the money!!! Remember that makin money isn't easy, it comes with a trade off!
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Lady at the tractor supply said it brings in 3million in revenue for the weekend.
 
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