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Originally posted by J T:
I spent my Sunday the 15th at Quaker City Raceway, for an all day test and tune sponsored by the Hollywood Nights.

I have not been to that track since the new ownership. I was racing my newest race car the year before it closed, and then the transition happened.

The car ran a 9.45 at 145 MPH.

Since then I have replaced the SBC with a BBC that runs in the 8's at PRP.

This day at QCR the car blew the tires off twice. So for my shake down runs for 2014, while PRP is closed for track repair, I was not able to determine anything, and will need to go back to my home track, once it reopens.

Coming back to QCR for some good test & tuning was a lose of time and money for me. I had one friend that had the same problem.

So it seemed to me that if you had a high horse power car you were not getting hooked up at this track on this day.

I know they raced on this track the day before, so I have a hard time believing the traction was this bad.

So I would suggest if you wanted to join into a track rental for the purposes of doing test and tune, you need to make sure the track is prepped for full racing.

For QPR people that read this, I hope in the future that track surface preparation is better than it was yesterday the 15th, when people spend good money to come to your race, expecting a fully prepped track.

If you are telling me that is as good as it gets, then I will not be back to race at your track.

Jack Tortorete

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Originally posted by green1:
Are you sure your car is setup right for the added horsepower? Sometimes you need to figure out for sure what the problem is before placing the blame.
They had small tire car dip into the low 5s just a week ago so maybe you should ask the club what kind of track prep the paid for, they may not of paid for track prep thinking day after a race it would be fine.

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Originally posted by prest911:
well did your car club pay for the sticky stuff?because the night prior to this event i had the best 60 foot ever.1.066 in my pos dragster!and i have been to other tracks on test and tune nights and have had the same issues..bring your car out on a race day.it will be much better.and also all those street cars and street tires dont help traction either..just saying.bill prest jr #911 dragster..POS..

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i don't have to listen to some winey kids telling me how the car screwed them from winning.

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looks like i'll be heading out saturday morning at sun up. gps says 3 hours. might have to stop for a nap about half way.