Here are some of the items that over the years have
proven valuable at the salt:
To secure the ground cover tarp, use a 2 1/2" hole saw
and cut circles out of 1/4" plywood. Drive 8" spikes through
the plywood doughnuts and through the eyelets in the
tarp. This will prevent the eyelets from pulling out.
Bring a 2 1/2 gallon water fire extinguisher. Use it to
wash off the salt on your car.
I spray Mud Off (sprint car stuff) in the wheel wells and
on the rims to keep salt build up to a minimum and
make it easier to wash off.
The best anti-corrosion stuff I have found is Boeshield
T-9, made by Boeing and available at Aircraft Spruce
1.800.824.1930. Spray it on everything not painted,
especially the cad plated hardware.
Bring containers for used motor oil.
Use barricade tape to reserve pit space on the first
day for you and your friends.
And when you go to line up, take down your shade,
the wind can come up at anytime but generally when you are
a couple of mile away from the pits.
Jim Bickford
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