Talladega Paddock info

This will be my first trip to Talladega. Is there 30/50 amp power and is it a sandy or paved paddock? Anything else I need to know?

 

Yes. Paved. Nice showers in the Silo.

Grom.

 

keep in mind, there are only about 20 spots with "RV power". If you dont get there early, you aint gettin' none. If youre able to get there Friday night and set up, it would BEHOOVE you greatly, get there Saturday morning, and more than likely you'll be S.O.L.

 

I will be rolling in around 11pm Friday Night

 

Gate closes at 10 pm CST

 

Maybe he meant 11 EST

 

try to save me a spot if you can. i'll plan on being there early.

 

Just hop over it.

 

Will do :up:

 

That will work but your rig will still be at the gate till morning :tut:

 

Not a good idea......

 

It's been a couple years for me, but you used to be able to pay for power to a non-RV spot. The only problem is you'll need a very long power cord. I paid for power only to find that my 50' cord was not going to be long enough. :down:

 

Almost completely off topic...

It sure would suck for some of these track owners that 'lock you in' over night if someone had a medical emergency and couldnt get out or couldnt get help in in time and suffered because of it. Seems like a huge liability to me.

 

Ive wondered that too. There is a phone# you can call at the gate, but if its real late no idea on what kind of response you'd get. If I didnt get an answer pretty quick and it was a real emergency, that gate would not slow me down much.

 

Yeah, we'd find out real quick if those padlocks really are bulletproof

 

I've thought about that before too. Dave lives right by Tally so it might be too bad, but the Jennings gate Czaress might be another story.

But I've always got lock cutters with me and if that isn't enough I've got a 4x4 with 1000ft/lbs of torque. If it was a real emergency I'd get through the damn gate.

 

Absolutely...

But us A type 'get shit done' guys arent the only ones at the track any more. Just thinking they've set themselves up for some pretty big lawsuit opportunities.

 

You never know what you're going to get at Tally. You might get power at first, but then the breaker trips every 10 minutes, you might have your power double-sold so your pit neighbor is tapping into "your power", causing the breakers to trip. You can guarantee that if it rains, you'll want a canoe. It will flood the whole area like a lake, bring rafts and floaties, haha. You might be better off with an RV, they let them park on the slightly higher ground near the power plugs.

Seriously though, it's an awesome small track that is fun as any of the expensive tracks, but don't expect anything, it's a cheap track and it delivers more per dollar than most other tracks, but it's a minimalist track. I would never consider a trip to Tally without a generator.

 

All this :up:

 

BTW,
Wish I join you guys this time. Tear it up Roy! I won't be making it to this round unfortunately.