Too Loud to Race at Portland National Open

#16 08-24-2008, 11:27 PM

Here in Wanganui New Zealand they have a grand prix hydroplane event once a year on the river here , on one side of the river is a big hill with houses on it and its like thunder when they run the big GP hydros . Nobody seems to complain and on the odd time that they do the event is so populer that the local council tends to just ignore the complaints .

Not my video but it shows what I mean YouTube - Grand Prix Hydroplane

#17 08-25-2008, 02:20 PM

The city of Portland is now in a cash bind after losing the CART race and the ractrack is right in the middle of it. The CART race was the primary fundraiser for the Portland Rose Festival. Anybody who has ever been to the Rose Festival knows there's a lot of free stuff to do during that week and now there's a little bit of panic going on over how to continue and who's going to foot the bill. Who knows, maybe there is a future for the race track, including drag racing. Or since the track is in the land of the loons, it'll just fade away.

#18 08-25-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Okeefe

Most "super" category cars that I know of DO run mufflers.

You must not know very many!?!? I don't know more than a handful of Super category cars that still run mufflers... and I know more than most Maters.

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Personally, If I had a .90 car and had to slow it down ANYWAY, you can bet I would have mufflers on it!

Mufflers kill horsepower which means less MPH. No self respecting Super category racer is going to give up any mph unless forced to do so.

#19 08-25-2008, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher L Williams

Agreed. However, our super comp car has mufflers, but mostly because we live in a neighborhood that isn't that fond of our chosen hobby -- loading and unloading the car from the trailer is less stressful.

Our local tracks all call out DB numbers but I've never seen anyone checking anything.

Chris,

Your car has mufflers because that's the way it came when you bought it... LOL

#20 08-25-2008, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg Stanley

Your car has mufflers because that's the way it came when you bought it...

And I haven't changed it out, despite the possible MPH gains, because I live in a neighborhood that HATES the car. (check your PMs)

#21 08-25-2008, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher L Williams

And I haven't changed it out, despite the possible MPH gains, because I live in a neighborhood that HATES the car. (check your PMs)

Chris... just messing with you a bit!

Nasty neighbors suck!! Especially if you try and be civil about your activities.

Sometimes the nasty ones take your attempts to be cooperative as a sign of weakness. From there they try and bully you and call the cops on a whim. When that crap happens I just do my best to keep my activities to a minimum and give them a polite F/U by making friendly with the cops when they do show up.

I've found most cops are sympathetic if you're not being abusive. The cops usually realize they've got a PITA neighbor that isn't going to be happy no matter what lengths you go to be neighborly.

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