CRAWDAD Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 6 Lanes of drag racing!!!!!! Norwalk, Ohio (April 1, 2010) – Six-wide drag racing is coming to Summit Motorsports Park for the 2010 racing season. The announcement comes after completion of a major track renovation that added four new lanes and moved the spectator stands on the Budweiser (east) side back 200 feet. "We’re very excited to be bringing six-wide drag racing to Norwalk, Ohio," said Bill Bader, Jr., president of the facility. "Our fans will really enjoy the spectacle of 48,000 horsepower as each sextet of nitro cars heads down the track." Bader added that many technical changes were required, including the addition of two Christmas trees and four additional scoreboards. "All together, it took about six miles of wiring," he said. "Six-wide racing will be seen as unconventional by many fans, but it has several advantages including expanding eliminations to include 18 cars instead of the traditional 16," continued Bader. There is a new ladder for six-wide racing that consists of three sextets. In Sextet A, the number one qualifier would face the number 18 qualifier. "This also has many benefits in sportsman racing," said Bader. "By moving through eliminations six cars at a time, our large sportsman races like the K&N Halloween Classic, our Mickey Mart Rewards Season Opener, the Ten Grand Nationals presented by American Race Cars, or our No Box Bonanza presented by BTE, can now easily accomodate as many as 3,000 sportsman racers in a weekend." Moving the Budweiser stands back 200 feet took up much of the pit area used by pro teams, but Bader was not concerned. "We have plenty of parking for the pro teams across the street." In a special test session held today at the track, there were a few bugs with the new operation but it went smoothly. Nearly 20,000 fans showed up for the session which was exempted from NHRA's testing policy for pro teams. Weather was uncharacteristically warm for April 1 in Ohio, with clear skies and temperatures in the 60s. It is estimated that ESPN2's coverage of six-wide racing will require 14 additional cameras, two helicopters and 30 more crew members. http://summitmotorsportspark.com/main-news1/six-wide-racing-coming-to-summit-motorsports-park/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagner Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 6 Lanes of drag racing!!!!!! http://summitmotorsportspark.com/main-news1/six-wide-racing-coming-to-summit-motorsports-park/ Look at the date... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAWDAD Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Look at the date... so you are saying it is an april fools joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagner Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 so you are saying it is an april fools joke I am saying there is no way they could have that done in time for the start of the season.... that and some dumbass on here would think it is real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAWDAD Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 could have been working on it over the winter! Hey, I might be the dumbass that believes it....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 FAKE! Look at that picture. Looks like my little sister photochopped it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAOLE Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 FAKE! Look at that picture. Looks like my little sister photochopped it The pic is named "April fools" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattsv8 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 bill bater does a huge april fools every year. a few years back it was john force interview where he was going to buy summit motorsports park. was still norwalk raceway park. then was going to be called john force raceway park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Moving the Budweiser stands back 200 feet took up much of the pit area used by pro teams, but Bader was not concerned. "We have plenty of parking for the pro teams across the street." Theres your sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolrayz Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 could have been working on it over the winter! Hey, I might be the dumbass that believes it....lol SUCKER!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTO1 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 They even sent out after the fact e-mails to people on their distribution list to point out the April fools joke in case it had been missed. Guess you're not on it. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 http://summitmotorsportspark.com/main-news1/six-wide-racing-coming-to-summit-motorsports-park/seatingbowl-april-fool-900-wide.jpg LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGRE Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 im sure this isnt the 1st time Crawdad has received -rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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