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Not sure who's seen the event or SSRE FB page, but the event has been rescheduled to July 11th. Here's the post off the SlipStream FB page:
There's some pictures, but clearly it wouldn't be safe for anybody to hit the dip on the straight at 100+
This is not an April Fools joke (we wish it was):
As some of you know we were hit with an unusually strong winter this year, and until this weekend Pocono Raceway was still under snow. We were asked to make a trip to Pocono this morning to finalize our layout for RO2RO. Unfortunately what we found was upsetting. There is large dip in the asphalt (frost heaving) at the center of the track.
We were met with the Operations Chief and Chief Engineer to discuss. Unanimously, there is no way possible to race in those conditions. Many cars would be traveling at 120MPH+ when crossing the dip and hitting it as those speeds could result in loss of control and injury. For this reason we have made the difficult decision of postponing RO2RO. The new date is Friday July 11.
All previous registrations will carry over to the new event. With the extra time we will also work on accommodating more spectators. This is not the news we wanted to deliver, but we believe it is the responsible call.
Thank you,
SlipStream Racing Events
As some of you know we were hit with an unusually strong winter this year, and until this weekend Pocono Raceway was still under snow. We were asked to make a trip to Pocono this morning to finalize our layout for RO2RO. Unfortunately what we found was upsetting. There is large dip in the asphalt (frost heaving) at the center of the track.
We were met with the Operations Chief and Chief Engineer to discuss. Unanimously, there is no way possible to race in those conditions. Many cars would be traveling at 120MPH+ when crossing the dip and hitting it as those speeds could result in loss of control and injury. For this reason we have made the difficult decision of postponing RO2RO. The new date is Friday July 11.
All previous registrations will carry over to the new event. With the extra time we will also work on accommodating more spectators. This is not the news we wanted to deliver, but we believe it is the responsible call.
Thank you,
SlipStream Racing Events
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I saw that and honestly thought it really was an April Fool's joke. I understand and definitely want to be safe, but I'm a little annoyed. No one thought to check the track condition except for 3 days before 500+ people were going to be there? I spent a lot of money making sure I had my car done before this race, not to mention made a lot of different arrangements to attend. Oh well, win some you lose some. I'll be even more prepared for the next roll race on the East Coast
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