EPPING'S DRAINAGE PROBLEMS

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The remnants of Tropical Storm Hannah made its way up the eastern seaboard passing through the IHRA North American

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Pro Stock racer Robert Patrick doesn't have the Fred Astaire look on his face. The defending Pro Stock world champion was one of several Pro Stock teams facing relocation due to flooded pits.

Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, NH., dumping as much as four inches of rain on the facility Saturday evening.

 

IHRA officials were able to get in several hours of racing on Saturday before the rains fell, ending the day's activities.

Race teams arrived at NED on Saturday and were greeted with flooded pits. Water in the Pro Stock pits was so deep several of the teams required relocating on Sunday morning.

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The remnants of Tropical Storm Hannah made its way up the eastern seaboard passing through the IHRA North American

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Pro Stock racer Robert Patrick doesn't have the Fred Astaire look on his face. The defending Pro Stock world champion was one of several Pro Stock teams facing relocation due to flooded pits.

Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, NH., dumping as much as four inches of rain on the facility Saturday evening.

 

IHRA officials were able to get in several hours of racing on Saturday before the rains fell, ending the day's activities.

Race teams arrived at NED on Saturday and were greeted with flooded pits. Water in the Pro Stock pits was so deep several of the teams required relocating on Sunday morning.

The first round of professional eliminations are slated for Noon, but could likely kick off at 1 PM. Sportsman racing is scheduled for 10 AM provided teams can get into the staging lanes.

Larry Sullivan at DragRaceCentral.com reported, "The track is drying nicely and is almost ready for racing, but there's a big lake in the west-side VIP parking lot and white-water rapids running across the staging lanes on the east side where the drainage from the lake emerges from a drain pipe that runs under the dragstrip.

The running water cuts the staging lanes off from most of the pits and will be a problem until the water level in the lake drops far enough to reduce the torrent to a trickle." 

 

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The lake of rainwater on the west side of the track has created a myriad of problems in the pits due to draining.

 

 

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The aforementioned lake has caused this river flowing through the staging lanes.

 

 

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To get ice cream, one must swim to the concession stand. One positive thing about this lake is that it provides a barrier for racers to complain to the tower staff.

 

 

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Some teams unloaded Sunday morning, others were forced to relocate.

 

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