LOL Larry. Yey, every year I ask myself, "What the
hell am I doing here? I'm a 57 year old man!" Then
the first car fires up and all my questions are
answered.
rick
--- Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
>
> As for being hot, I had a really terrible episode at
> the US race last summer. Air temp was about 95
> degrees F and the track temp was about 20 degrees
> over
> that. In the pits we stand all day on the tarmac,
> not
> the comfee corner posts of OZ. :-P I got dehydrated
> this past year and all-but collapsed. I ended up
> setting out much of race day. Fortunately, I was
> working the pit-in flag station on COMS and flags.
> Thought you'd like that.
>
> ==================
>
> Ah, Rick, that brought back some memories.
>
> I had a race back in the early 90's where the track
> temp was 135 F; I don't
> recall the air temp. I was driving a formula style
> car which is like
> sliding into a cigar tube. The car was black and
> the firesuit is like
> wearing a snowmobile suit -- hot as hell. I
> remember the last lap as being
> a question of wondering if I could last without
> passing out. Scared the
> heck out of me.
>
> I guess I didn't consider that the workers were
> experiencing nearly the same
> conditions. I just recall pulling into pit lane
> after the checker, getting
> pulled out of the car and being so thankful that a
> worker poured cold water
> down my suit. I couldn't take the checkered flag
> for the victory lap and my
> mechanic had to drive the car back to the paddock.
>
> Can you believe that every once in a while I miss
> that?
>
> Larry Daniels
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