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02-11-2009, 08:40 PM
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If I get some tires I will be, or if I man up and just throw my M/T's on it. and Mikey will be once he gets his 9" and a tune especially at woodburn, We can run our cutouts open and not have to deal with PIR people.
02-11-2009, 10:20 PM
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I prefer the Woodburn track but it's so damn far from Vancouver. I don't know about recent years, but back in 2000-2002, Woodburn had much better track prep than PIR. PIR would only lay down VHT for about the first 70'. What that meant was if you were running a street tire, you'd hook good out of the hole, and then hit second gear and just about go sideways from spinning. Not sure if PIR ever fixed that or not though.
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02-12-2009, 07:13 PM
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Mikey - PIR put in a new concrete launch pad 3 years ago and completely repaved the entire track 2 years ago. Since the repave the traction is much better. Because PIR is a combination track, they can only spray VHT for 130 feet from the start line. That is where the road coarse comes into the straight. If they spray beyond that, the road coarse cars end up in the walls because they don't have enough slip for drifting and such. In comparison since Jonathon Adams left Woodburn to be the NHRA Division 6 director, Woodburn track prep has been shitty. Alot of the regular ET racers that I know that run at both have said that PIR track prep has improved and is better in there opinion over the last few years. Also Woodburn doesn't run all night. Jim (track owner) is too cheap to buy and install track lighting, so when it gets dark they shut off. Usually doesn't run past 10 pm.
02-12-2009, 08:17 PM
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ps guys.. woodburn seems way better seems like alot more serious guys go there with actual "CARS" and you dont get alotta weird stuff like at PIR i saw a couple of stock toyota avolons goin last summer at PIR idk sortta weird stuff i guess its too close to portland lol there is just random cars and ppl that seem to be just dickin around lol its funny.. plus the tuner crowd is pretty damn cocky..but hey its nice to see them get put in there place. 
02-12-2009, 08:40 PM
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02-12-2009, 08:54 PM
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humm saturday might work i got some ..cough..cough valintines stuff goin on lol but i will see what i can do for sure i could sunday tho.. does your gf get pissed when you do that when shes in the car? lol my girl does she gets all mad but i can tell she likes it she just wont admit it just because it isnt a bmw lol
02-12-2009, 09:04 PM
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damn it i forgot...i gotta do the same thing...the only reason y i said saturday is cuz its not supposed to rain...according to the forecast sunday is supposed to be raining. I guess we'll see what it looks like then.
02-13-2009, 05:26 PM
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ps guys.. woodburn seems way better seems like alot more serious guys go there with actual "CARS" and you dont get alotta weird stuff like at PIR i saw a couple of stock toyota avolons goin last summer at PIR idk sortta weird stuff i guess its too close to portland lol there is just random cars and ppl that seem to be just dickin around lol its funny.. plus the tuner crowd is pretty damn cocky..but hey its nice to see them get put in there place.
Many of those same serious racers run at PIR. PIR runs their regular ET series on Wednesday nights and Woodburn runs their regular ET series on Sundays. That way the two tracks can both benefit from the local racers. Friday nights and Saturday nights are "Street Legal" nights. Street Legal nights was created to get street racing to the track, so yes you are going to see those that are not so serious about racing and alot of "Tuner" people.
02-13-2009, 06:13 PM
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ps guys.. woodburn seems way better seems like alot more serious guys go there with actual "CARS" and you dont get alotta weird stuff like at PIR i saw a couple of stock toyota avolons goin last summer at PIR idk sortta weird stuff i guess its too close to portland lol there is just random cars and ppl that seem to be just dickin around lol its funny.. plus the tuner crowd is pretty damn cocky..but hey its nice to see them get put in there place.
02-13-2009, 06:53 PM
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Isn't PIR 1/8th mile?
Maybe that's why you think your car is fast? 11s in the 1/8th is really pretty slow.
