Truck RACE thread --- Atlanta

donthaveanickname said:
I guess NASCAR got what they wanted, it raced like a plate track but there wasn't that much passing, especially in the last 20 laps it was mostly a single file train in the top lane .
I appreciate the fact that this ended with a 30-lap green run, doesn't happen often in the truck series.
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I dont think it raced like a plate race. The bottom groove is to tight and bogs the motor down thats why they had to get back to the top. They need a little more HP for the trucks and it will race better. Xfinity might be quite a bit better
 
I actually think a tire that wears out would of helped this race a lot
 
Charlie Spencer said:
The kid is cursed. She doesn't need a crew chief, she needs a witch doctor.
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I hate to say this because I like her, but she's kinda like Danica. You have bad luck because you're back there racing around people that given the equipment you have you probably shouldn't be around.
 
donthaveanickname said:
They're pretty much full-throttle throughout the lap and the pavement is brand new so it would take some time until any tire wear comes into play.
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If they brought a different tire than the extremely hard one they did it would have worn
 
I had not seen a view of the tunnel without the hauler blocking it until now and this pic clearly shows that there were caution and 11'5" height signs posted on both sides of the entrance to the tunnel. Most of the haulers are between 13' and 13'4" depending on the size tires that are on it and if they have a safety rail laid down on top for spectating on the roof. I don't know how much experience the driver had but they definitely entered the tunnel to fast to cause that much damage. It is hard for me to believe the driver could have had very much experience because it is not hard to tell if a tunnel or underpass is that low and doesn't have enough clearance...especially at the speed they should have been traveling. If the driver saw the signs, then they should have known there was not even close to being enough clearance and if there were no signs then they should have stopped and made sure they had enough clearance before entering the tunnel. My guess is the driver is not employed with that race team anymore and I would also have to question the race teams transportation management as to why the driver didn't have the knowledge that there are a lot of low clearance tunnels at a lot of the race tracks they go to. There just isn't any logical excuse for this to have happened. If this would have happened on the highway instead of on private property the DOT would have been at that race teams shop looking at their safety records. I bet their insurance company will be.:(
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Nitro Dude said:
I had not seen a view of the tunnel without the hauler blocking it until now and this pic clearly shows that there were caution and 11'5" height signs posted on both sides of the entrance to the tunnel. Most of the haulers are between 13' and 13'4" depending on the size tires that are on it and if they have a safety rail laid down on top for spectating on the roof. I don't know how much experience the driver had but they definitely entered the tunnel to fast to cause that much damage. It is hard for me to believe the driver could have had very much experience because it is not hard to tell if a tunnel or underpass is that low and doesn't have enough clearance...especially at the speed they should have been traveling. If the driver saw the signs, then they should have known there was not even close to being enough clearance and if there were no signs then they should have stopped and made sure they had enough clearance before entering the tunnel. My guess is the driver is not employed with that race team anymore and I would also have to question the race teams transportation management as to why the driver didn't have the knowledge that there are a lot of low clearance tunnels at a lot of the race tracks they go to. There just isn't any logical excuse for this to have happened. If this would have happened on the highway instead of on private property the DOT would have been at that race teams shop looking at their safety records. I bet their insurance company will be.:(
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I wonder if the hauler driver worked for Chad Finley two years ago.
 
donthaveanickname said:
I wonder if the hauler driver worked for Chad Finley two years ago.
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The first thing I think of is if the driver did that stupid of a move at the track then how many stupid moves did they do on the highway on the way to the track that could have ended up much worse then this.
 
donthaveanickname said:
I wonder if the hauler driver worked for Chad Finley two years ago.
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About 10 years ago we were racing in Brainerd MN and there was a guy that came to the track to work on the air conditioner in our trailer. He gave the owner of the team an estimate to install a new one, but it was going to be a different model then the one that was in it. On the Featherlite trailers back then there was a drop down in the front of the trailer over the lounge where the air conditioning unit was attached. I told the guy to make sure it didn't go higher then flush with the roof, and he said no problem it would probably be lower than the old one. We were busy racing all day and I didn't pay a lot of attention to what the guy was doing, and we ended up winning that race so with all of what was going on I didn't really get a chance to look at his work until Monday morning. I go up on top of the trailer and the air conditioning unit is about 6" above the roof. I come down and aired up the airbags on the truck and trailer and measured the height to the top of the air conditioning unit and it was 14'1'' so now I'm 7" over the legal height limit. I called the guy and told him he had just taken a half a million-dollar trailer and made it obsolete and that he had to fix the problem. So, he agreed to fix the problem if I brought it to his shop. I drove the rental car to his shop first to make sure there were no underpasses lower than 14'4" and there were not so I was ok there. But I couldn't go out the front gate I came in because of an entrance sign that was only 13'9", so I had the track unlock the back gate and I went out that way. He had to order the new unit, so I ended up staying in Brainerd for an extra week before heading to our next race in Indy 2 weeks later. Now I think I need a drink after reliving that fiasco. :dpepsi::)
 
Maybe it should be mandatory that everyone applying for a CDL has to watch this video. :)
 
StandOnIt said:
I have watched a ton of these, and most of the trucks that hit low clearances are local trucks and not long hauls.
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Actually, the majority are not even CDL drivers. More motorhomes, camping trailers and U-Haul rentals are destroyed than anything else. But I can give them a little more sympathy because they are not professional drivers, and they are not used to driving taller vehicles.
 
Rental box truck drivers are the most dangerous vehicles on the road according to insurance companies. No CDL or training required and most of the time it is the first time driver behind the wheel. Worse than a housewife in an suv with three kids texting lol.
 
StandOnIt said:
Rental box truck drivers are the most dangerous vehicles on the road according to insurance companies. No CDL or training required and most of the time it is the first time driver behind the wheel. Worse than a housewife in an suv with three kids texting lol.
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I absolutely agree.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Actually, the majority are not even CDL drivers. More motorhomes, camping trailers and U-Haul rentals are destroyed than anything else. But I can give them a little more sympathy because they are not professional drivers, and they are not used to driving taller vehicles.
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In Davenport, Iowa we have a "truck eating" bridge. Signs, flashing lights and height indicators and they still hit the bridge at least once a year.
 
I live on Long Island where we have parkways which were built in the 30s with many of the overpasses being 10 foot and less. Parkways are clearly posted no trucks, low bridges, they have flashing lights and all but trucks get on and hit the bridges quite often. It's rarely locals, you see a lot of rental trucks and out of state big Riggs.
 
The town I work in has the opposite hazard - the train tracks are on berms above the crossing road grade. Like the tunnels, there are plenty of signs but a couple of times a year, knuckleheads get grounded like a Gen7 with four flats.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Actually, the majority are not even CDL drivers. More motorhomes, camping trailers and U-Haul rentals are destroyed than anything else. But I can give them a little more sympathy because they are not professional drivers, and they are not used to driving taller vehicles.
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I am going to disagree with you on the motor homes and camping trailers. Where I grew up we had a low viaduct on a state route, I am thinking its 11'10". About 3 or 4 times a year a truck would hit it. Always made our small town newspaper...still does. I can't recall one time that it was hit by a camping trailer or motor home. Our 5th wheel is 13'5" which does present some navigational challenges, but I think unlike a lot of truck drivers we are pulling our personal property and are quite cautious.
 
DIDIT said:
I am going to disagree with you on the motor homes and camping trailers. Where I grew up we had a low viaduct on a state route, I am thinking its 11'10". About 3 or 4 times a year a truck would hit it. Always made our small town newspaper...still does. I can't recall one time that it was hit by a camping trailer or motor home. Our 5th wheel is 13'5" which does present some navigational challenges, but I think unlike a lot of truck drivers we are pulling our personal property and are quite cautious.
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I didn't see any statistics... I was just going off of what I have seen while traveling all over the United Sates for the past 40 + years. I'm sure there are a lot of people that has seen different things then I did. Right place at the right time I guess. I even saw a truck driver skim the top row of chickens off of his flat bed once :)
 
Daytripper said:
I live on Long Island where we have parkways which were built in the 30s with many of the overpasses being 10 foot and less. Parkways are clearly posted no trucks, low bridges, they have flashing lights and all but trucks get on and hit the bridges quite often. It's rarely locals, you see a lot of rental trucks and out of state big Riggs.
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Well there's the problem. Don't you know the flashing lights mean haul ass before it turns solid and/or red?!? :swords::swords::swords::swords::XXROFL::XXROFL::XXROFL::XXROFL::youliketh:wub::sarcasm:
 
hmmm298 said:
Well there's the problem. Don't you know the flashing lights mean haul ass before it turns solid and/or red?!? :swords::swords::swords::swords::XXROFL::XXROFL::XXROFL::XXROFL::youliketh:wub::sarcasm:
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And hey maybe that driver will get a job driving the car. He still faired as well as half the field this weekend at Atlanta, AND on the bright side, his truck now has a sunroof. :headbang::headbang::owquitit:
 
hmmm298 said:
And hey maybe that driver will get a job driving the car. He still faired as well as half the field this weekend at Atlanta, AND on the bright side, his truck now has a sunroof.
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We've all been told repeatedly most of the drivers should be replaced by their hauler drivers. As to the sunroof, it's about time NASCAR revived the convertible series. How about requiring open tops in the electric series?
 
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