JUst was wondering who would be interested in A NEW IMPORT RACE AT CAPITAL RACEWAY. I know in the past that it has not been all that great, Would like to talk to Kim at Capital and see if we can make it a good one for next year?? Any thought or suggestions??? Import Vs Domestic or just a all out import race ? I know it is not going to be untill next year but I think if we get some good ideas and ways to improve the turn out I think we can make it better for every year to come

 

after the last time i went to capitol i dont think i would ever want to go back. that track is dangerous

 

im with you, my car will never see crapitol.

vnt

 

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Not to mention the amount of theft and vandalization that goes on there .

Phil

 

That is what really stinks about capital is that there could so much potential but the track owner dont care, they just want to collect the money and not reinvest in the track for improvement I just wish they would because it would be cool to have another event like the one at MIR

 

That tracks sucks sooo much ***

 

i would like to see one there. yeah the track sucks but it would be great for all the racers in the area. i have never had no trouble with theft. the thing is when thay have it no one knows. shitty track would keep all the big dogs out thought....i like to have the thought in the back of my head that i might have a chance to win. t4 and sfwd are going to be sick. if you not going into the 9s its going to be tough to win.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dome &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would like to see one there. yeah the track sucks but it would be great for all the racers in the area. i have never had no trouble with theft. the thing is when thay have it no one knows. shitty track would keep all the big dogs out thought....i like to have the thought in the back of my head that i might have a chance to win. t4 and sfwd are going to be sick. if you not going into the 9s its going to be tough to win.</TD></TR></TABLE>

2.0L GSR, 645HP, 458TQ @ 28LBS
TOPMOUNT , GT4067 , FAST EMS
10s club
1.7 60'

last time i was at capitol i had 150whp less than you and i couldnt keep the car in one lane. scared the **** out of me and i left after 2 pass's. went to MIR the next day and had no problems at all....what so ever. is there even enough room at capitol for an event?

 

That is my thought as well!! The track is not as good as most but it would be cool to have a good event with good size turn out there, but the only problem is that most people that dont live locally will only go there once and never come back. It just amazes me that the owners dont relaize what they are missing out on

 

they make enough on test and tune in 1 month to redo the whole track. joe it was nice to meet you for a breef second this weekend. im still have minor problems with the car. i have way way to much crank case pressure. on the dyno its great but as soon as the car has a load on it just sucks. i like the track cause it 20min from me thats all. mir is 30min from you. hard having a family. i think theres enough room for something decent.

 

yea man good meeting you too.....hope to see you at more of the races. i welded a few bungs on my valvecover and it helped a ton with crank case problems. ever get the numbers straightened out? did you have your car at the track?

 

yeah 11.6 sucks. i went up to howard at ar fab and he help out alot. he got things strighten out. we were on the dyno till about 1am. thanks howard. still got to get some minor thins strighten out. i think the crank case is huge.

 

Theres a reason its nicknamed Crapital. Most people don't go there becuase the same crap happens every week, bunch of crappy cars that can't get threw tech anywhere else so thwy run thier and breack and oil down the track so you get 2-3 runs in 6 hours of being there. They have to come up with some big money for payouts to get a decent competive turnout.

 

actually if you guys ever went there on saturday mornings, the track is pretty good. weve cut a few 1.3's up there. but yes a fri night deal is usually worthless to try.

 

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I agree with that ,saturday is the day to go you can usaully test & tune until like 3-4pm and they actually prep the track.

They should have A event there, in the past they always had the events scheduled the sameday as another bigger import event so the turn out always sucked and payouts where cut in half because of that. They need some better planning and the turn out would be alot better.


Modified by dragline at 11:43 AM 11/9/2005

 

Joe come on now.. I have ran 9.7's at capitol, yeah it is a hand full but the track is right out side of d.c. and if you can get down that track you can get down anywhere . Saturdays are by far better prepped though

 

maybe i went on an off night or something.....or maybe there was something down on the track.....but my car was ALL OVER the place and i tried both lanes. it was also just a friday night. i actually made a comment to fred that night...."how in the hell does jason go fast here"

 

Well if we can get enough people that would be interested in giving the track another try I would be willing to talk to Kim and try to plan a event on a day that would be good!! I know that the track does have some flaws but hey have cars that go in the 7.00 on Friday night when they run the 10 inch tire class. But I think that if we can get a good turn out there then we could make in a annual event

 

Is is worth trying to set something up for next year towards the end of the season?? Maybe end of Oct. or befgining of Nov

 

one begining and one late. if the 1st one does well set one up at the end of the season. btw how did your car run a mir.

 

I am going to try to get in contact with Kim and see what if any option we could do!! What car are you talking about???

 

atleast its open when mir is closed

 

I am with everyone else. I wouldnt even run on foot down Capital.