FUN&ONLY! Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 Racer is getting some love! https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2020/march/annual-care-keeps-the-racer-in-peak-operating-condition 4 Quote
Klabergian Empire Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, FUN&ONLY! said: Racer is getting some love! https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2020/march/annual-care-keeps-the-racer-in-peak-operating-condition YES!!!!!!!!!! 2 Quote
IndyGuy4KI Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 It will be very exciting to see how this changes the racing after the turn around for this season. 4 Quote
Nutterie Posted April 1, 2020 Posted April 1, 2020 3 hours ago, IndyGuy4KI said: It will be very exciting to see how this changes the racing after the turn around for this season. "this season" Quote
Cedar Fair Fanboy Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 I do think their retracting Racer for the 50th year of K.I. just in time. 2 Quote
silver2005 Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 Racer has been getting subsequently better over the last few seasons with each bit of re-tracking. I expect the same this season (or whenever we get to ride it again). I know they probably won't repaint it to its original patriotic colors, but at least put some new chaser lights all the way down, too. 7 Quote
Klabergian Empire Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 13 hours ago, silver2005 said: Racer has been getting subsequently better over the last few seasons with each bit of re-tracking. I expect the same this season (or whenever we get to ride it again). I know they probably won't repaint it to its original patriotic colors, but at least put some new chaser lights all the way down, too. If I remember correctly, they did have chaser lights that went all the way to the end of the mall. I would like to see that return. 1 Quote
Rivertown Rider Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 If the Red side improves as much this year as Blue did last year, we are in for a treat. 5 Quote
super7 Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 On 4/1/2020 at 10:10 AM, IndyGuy4KI said: It will be very exciting to see how this changes the racing after the turn around for this season. The racing was awful last year fir two reasons. The blue side was much slower going to the lift hill. The entire first half of the ride there was no racing Because the red side always left the lift Hill at least a full train earlier than the blue side. Sometimes the blue side would catch the red side because the far turn around was uneven due to One side being retracted. unless they fixed the track going to the lift hill it’s still not going to race very well. It really needs a synchronized lift hill like kings dominion’s version. In the big picture that can’t be too expensive of an improvement and it makes Racer 75 at Kings Dominion an amazing ride every time 3 Quote
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