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Re: Powder Puffs 'r Us

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Subject: Re: Powder Puffs 'r Us
From: "Pat Griffith" <slowse-r@hmp.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 00:13:54 -0400
> To use the CP example and looking at the results from this year's Nat's...
> what you guys are trying to convince me of here is that the conditions
> between Heat 2 and Heat 5 were worth 2.5 to 3 seconds.  I wasn't there,
but
> didn't hear of any rain occurring in Topeka during this time.

The temperatures between the two heats were very different.  I drove 2nd
heat (very cool) Tues-Wed and worked 5th heat (very warm).  While the air
temps earlier on were cooler and probably good for horsepower, that didn't
mean a thing to the people who couldn't get heat into their tires. A few
drivers in championship hunts even in Stock and SP (i.e., non-slicks) tried
to get co-drivers the second day so they could keep their tires warm.

Pat
'93 Sentra SE-R, DSP/Tracktoy
'96 Camaro Z-28, FS <-- mine for three minutes a week but thank god it's not
a real racecar 'cause those things scare me
http://www.hmp.net/slowse-r


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