cueball1 wrote:Point was, I'm a newcomer to Lemons
OK, get your car running and ask these questions in 5 months, people will help you more then.
cueball1 wrote:I do love ORP. It's a terrifically fun track to drive. A roller coaster for your car.
OK, thanks we appreciate the comments, sorry about the slams. yes the Half pipe looks like a blast.
cueball1 wrote:I thought people should know it's a tough track though and the area has limited facilities.
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You think this is a tough track! how many tracks have you driven on?
cueball1 wrote:The closest gas station with premium is 40 minutes away! I was curious if Lemons was going to arrange for a fuel truck or not.
The track will probably arrange for a fuel truck, 55 gall barrels, or maybe not. Maybe you should give the track a call, and ask them how they are going to fuel 125 cars getting an average of 12 mpg for 16 hours of racing? get them thinking ahead, since it seems you are, way ahead.
cueball1 wrote:Lodging isn't an issue for me but I wanted to give other teams/ drivers a heads up that they need to plan well ahead. It's an isolated area and there are very few hotel rooms within an hour of the track.
We may race crappy cars, held together by funky welds, with pieces from several different makes/models, but that don't mean we're dumb. We figure this stuff out. Besides your car will break, you'll need to drive to a PDX junk yard to find a new engine, and trans and you'll be up all night, using someones borrowed engine hoist and someone else's borrowed lights. (which is what happens).
cueball1 wrote:When I say there is no lighting at the track I mean just that.
Borrow a generator and get a couple of those 500W hallogen lights from HF. Or bring a couple Colman lanterns. Even if there is lighting, its probably 40' up in the air and not sufficient for working on your car at 11pm, much less 4am. So yes you need to plan ahead. Get a treadmill, pull the motor, install a DC generator, take the 12 vdc 50W lights from your car and build a light stand and have one of your crew run on the treadmill to have lighting. You'll only use it when you need it so it will be super green tech.
cueball1 wrote:I really wanted to give a heads up about the isolation. Bring every spare you can. You won't be able to drive down the road a little to pick up a fuse, belt, waterpump or other common parts.
We are not afraid. We never bring spare parts. Nope, not ever, honest. Really trust me......... no spare parts, if the car don't run thats' it, pack, give up, go home.
Just ask the guys who drove 3 hours each way to get a new engine from a PnP, the guys who drove 120 miles RT to get bearings and gaskets, the 240z guys who show up with not 1 spare engine, but 2, the teams that bring an entire junked car as spare parts.
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