Foam Blocks??

[bart]

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[bart]

yea im with wez on this..
but as we all know there is a serious amount of lack of tracks in this country...
mondello don't even like drifting there..
and that's Ireland only track..
all the other tracks are car parks etc...
we all (amateur drivers) would like to be up there with the top....
its just a cunt when ya hit the wall...
i know the guys at the top can make mistakes as well...
but the foam things for amateur drivers would be ideal.....
then wall rubbing for the pros....
they get alot more track time than any the amateur and non seed pro..
i know its hard for prodrift to do this..
and in my opinion they are after doing a great job this year....
but they can only work on what they have

[Cefiro Panch]

Wasnt there already a thread on this, and in the end it came back to the fact that with out the danger of clipping the wall it took the excitement out of the sport for the spectators!

And with out spectators any sport will die!!

[Jay Rockett]

Wasnt there already a thread on this, and in the end it came back to the fact that with out the danger of clipping the wall it took the excitement out of the sport for the spectators!

And with out spectators any sport will die!!

There isnt that much of a crowd for the Amateurs and Non-Seeded though really is there??

And most of the Prodrift banners and other sponsor banners dont go up untill Sunday when the Pro's are out, and thats when you get the spectators!

So it mightnt be such a bad idea to have the foam blocks out for the Saturday (and as said previously these blocks could be sponsored and so they'd pay for themselves) and then for the Sunday take away the blocks for the Pro's..?

I too damaged my car this year but i wouldnt let it stop me going back out, if i was afraid of the wall/barrier, i'd stay away and sacrifice my scoring rather than my car.. But thats me and fortunately i was lucky enough to be able fix the car, not always everyones case!

[nixon001]

You ever looked into the back of the truck before it gets unloaded????

[PeterT]

You ever looked into the back of the truck before it gets unloaded????

I was just thinking that, i imagine its full to the brim!

[DeaneMsport_180sx]

I was just thinking that, i imagine its full to the brim!

ya you actually cant fit another thing into the back of the prodrift truck so if they had to bring big foam barriers too then they would have to get another truck

there are a lot more costs than just buying them

and where would they store them between events??

i dont like the idea of foam blocks the wall is exciting
i know its a balls when you hit the wall but if you are afraid of damaging your car leave it at home haha

[insejn]

yeah this has been talked about before, i think the main thing was;


that in jap land its ok to have them out and leave them there

but in ireland if it rains on them and they get wet the water is just soaked up and after a few days the smell off them would unbareable, like just imagine if the had to bring them back to cork.

not sayin its a bad idea, i think it would be great.

its rains just as much if not more in japan

[s13-ste]

its rains just as much if not more in japan

but they are left at the track all the time in japan, we have NO tracks here where the foam could be used

[paddymcgrath]

Although I can sympathise with the drivers on this, I'd be of the opinion that if your not comfortable running a track with no run off, reinforced with something solid then don't run.

Nobody is putting a gun to your head to compete and those that have wrote cars off surely knew the risks involved.

It's not tiddlywinks, it's motorsport and when shit goes wrong, it usually happens quite spectacularly.

To quote a certain driver 'Grow some balls and rub the wall.'