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2019 - 2026 Wednesday Night Drags Sonoma

Cool vid.

Not sure how that is done.

Good luck at the showdown.
 
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A video of some of the runs last Wednesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQNjnkjH-8
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Cool it sure is nice to have a 360 camera especially for those close races. For me it's either a you see nothing in front of me or a bike zoom by real quick.

Congrats on the win. Epic final race of busas. I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it out there before the new motor and controller come in. From what I hear people have been able to hit 90mph with this setup.
 
HadesOmega said:
Cool it sure is nice to have a 360 camera especially for those close races. For me it's either a you see nothing in front of me or a bike zoom by real quick.

Congrats on the win. Epic final race of busas. I don't know if I'm going to be able to make it out there before the new motor and controller come in. From what I hear people have been able to hit 90mph with this setup.
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If you hit 90mph you will be flying!
 
The good news today guys is there is racing tonight.
The bad news is it's 1/8th mile. :mad
 
Results from 11-2-22.

It was the last night for the 2022 Sonoma Wednesday night drags points series. I needed to go 2 rounds more than Doug Love to win the Championship. Unfortunately, I fell short. I went out in the second round and Doug made it to the finals before losing to Sean Baldo on his MV Agusta. It was a great season of racing. There is 1 more race next week 11-9-22 but it's forecast for rain as of now and no points are at stake.

Racing was limited to 1/8 mile because of cold weather and the rain from the previous day made track conditions not ideal. We even had a rain delay right after the first runs were made. After that there was a big oil down in the right lane. I began to think maybe this is the Gods trying to tell us something. All went well after that, other than bone chilling cold and wind.

I was pretty consistent with my times and my reaction times were pretty good also. I ran 5.98 5.99 and 6.0 3 times. Good but not good enough.
 

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Sounds like frustrating racing conditions. I guess I'll have to wait till next year to test the new motor and controller combo out =/

Congrats on 2nd place that Doug is a tough customer =P and congrats on Sean for the win.
 
HadesOmega said:
Sounds like frustrating racing conditions. I guess I'll have to wait till next year to test the new motor and controller combo out =/

Congrats on 2nd place that Doug is a tough customer =P and congrats on Sean for the win.
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Weather was not fun. If it doesn't rain next Wednesday but not looking good so far. There will be the test n tune Saturday the 12th but it's pricey, $80 for all day. Here is the finals picture.
 

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Bad news, guys. No racing tomorrow. (11/9/22)
Not sure why (weather?) but my daughter asked me to put the word out early to you guys. It would be a bummer to drive all that way for nothing.
 
gixxerjeff said:
Bad news, guys. No racing tomorrow. (11/9/22)
Not sure why (weather?) but my daughter asked me to put the word out early to you guys. It would be a bummer to drive all that way for nothing.
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Thank for posting. They said because of heavy rains today they are cancelling Wednesday night races. I suspected it would happen. They knew there was a chance of rain last week, that is why they stopped the points last week and ran the King of the Track last week also. If it stays dry there will test n tune on Saturday and a last-minute Bracket drags on Sunday.
 
Battlescooters let's go!

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I get it, but might as well buy a bigger bike. But hey, whatever gets you out to the track.
 
396 said:
I get it, but might as well buy a bigger bike.
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You're talking to a guy running a Sur Ron and making it work. Merlin is the biggest advocate for the "Run what you brung" crowd we have around here.:laughing
 
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396 said:
lol. Very true. But he made his Sur Ron quick!
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Seriously!
I don't understand why Merlin isn't on their payroll. He promotes those bikes more than the manufacturer does. #admirable
 
Yep, so far there is no Wednesday night drags scheduled for 2024. Gotta love Sonoma Raceway. They know Sacramento Raceway closed down at the end of last year and now they give the drag racing crowd the middle finger. They make more money renting out the road course and so that is what they are doing. The drift section is gone now also. The Drag strip Manager is trying to get the Corporate heads to give us a few days, but he was expecting an answer by the end of January, no word and we are in the middle of February now. The writing has been on the wall for the last few years with last minute cancellations and reduced racing hours. Can only hope for now but not looking good. Only other options for 1/4 mile racing is Redding and Famoso (Bakersfield) which are both LONG drives and a hotel room away.
 
396 said:
Yep, so far there is no Wednesday night drags scheduled for 2024. Gotta love Sonoma Raceway. They know Sacramento Raceway closed down at the end of last year and now they give the drag racing crowd the middle finger. They make more money renting out the road course and so that is what they are doing. The drift section is gone now also. The Drag strip Manager is trying to get the Corporate heads to give us a few days, but he was expecting an answer by the end of January, no word and we are in the middle of February now. The writing has been on the wall for the last few years with last minute cancellations and reduced racing hours. Can only hope for now but not looking good. Only other options for 1/4 mile racing is Redding and Famoso (Bakersfield) which are both LONG drives and a hotel room away.
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I'm sorry to hear that. I looked forward to your weekly reports.
 
bobl said:
I'm sorry to hear that. I looked forward to your weekly reports.
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This is part of the reason I stopped reporting after each event last year. Sonoma would not let you take/post pictures without their approval, yet the pictures were getting taken for free. They did not support those who were supporting them, let alone the free advertisement they were getting.
 
396 said:
This is part of the reason I stopped reporting after each event last year. Sonoma would not let you take/post pictures without their approval, yet the pictures were getting taken for free. They did not support those who were supporting them, let alone the free advertisement they were getting.
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That is the suck.

They may recognize BARF by the way. Some staf has retired so don't know for sure. It might be worth asking if you could post your race reports because it was attracting others to come out. ;)
 
budman said:
That is the suck.

They may recognize BARF by the way. Some staff has retired so don't know for sure. It might be worth asking if you could post your race reports because it was attracting others to come out. ;)
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My daughter works there and runs the Wednesday drag program. Anyone that's handed the cute blonde girl their entrance fee has met her.
She is actively lobbying for them to roll back that archaic policy.
There's a lot more I can't say right now about what's going on, but it's not good.
The track loses money on the Wednesday night program....always has. Ironically, they started back in the 70's (Thursday nights?) as a public service to help get racing off the street. It was never intended to generate any income, just public goodwill.... and perhaps some local positive PR
It seems they want to kill off the program while saying "Hey, we tried. Entry numbers kept going down".....that's because entry fees will continue to go up.
All part of their plan.
 
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