EPPING'S DRAINAGE PROBLEMS
The remnants of Tropical Storm Hannah made its way up the eastern seaboard passing through the IHRA North American
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 remnants of Tropical Storm Hannah made its way up the eastern seaboard passing through the IHRA North American
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."