What, dont have your race face at
"oh dark thirty"?, just start taking
alkaseltzer, tylenol and fluids at 0200
when you go to bed, I might just bring
some needles and bags of IV fluids
for those over zealous "diuretic" partakers
I know we wont likely pass up a chance to
make a return run same day!!
last year we set a record
earlier in the week at 191.5 throwing rod
on return run, lost record to another team next
morning
who upped it all the way to 191.8, we
busted ass and made another motor,
qualified late thurs at 193.9 in the second
mile, was offered the opportunity make backup
run thurs, opted to run in am, in am our nitrous bottle
popped off in Jon's front seat (warming it with heater on),
borrowed bottle, made return run, 192 in first mile, out of
nitrous after getting into second mile, bottle must not
have been full, LESSON learned, run when your ready
Joe :)
Dave Dahlgren wrote:
> I agree with you completely, just trying to take some advantage of the weather
> and personally really hate the dawn mission thing for a return run.. It is
> better when all are wide awake...and still have their 'race face' on from the
> qualifying run. I am willing to bet the anytime you are ready thing could work
> as well as anything else. Most people can turn the car around in an hour or so
> and it seems like less of an issue than hanging out for the entire day with
> nothing to do. I can not imagine what someone could do in the staging lanes
>that
> would put them in another class or make the car illegal as the car has to be
> teched right after the return run.
> Dave Dahlgren
>
> Dan Warner wrote:
> >
> > What if the return runs were scheduled at 5:00 PM or so
> > depending on how many cars and then just put them in impound so they can be
> > teched the next day and we all can leave at a normal time?
> >
>*****************************************************************************
> > ***************
> > We have at times experimented with same day return runs. The original
>problem
> > was with the timing but, I think that has been resolved. At the World Finals
> > in '99 we also experimented with return runs at any time the entrant was
> > ready.
> >
> > Same day return runs maybe implemented at Speedweek. It all depends on the
> > number of qualifiers in impound, the number of qualifiers left in staging
>and
> > of course the weather. The logistics can be worked out. We must also
>consider
> > fairness be given to all entrants in order that they have every opportunity
>to
> > qualify for a record.
> >
> > Dan Warner
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