Weather station and ET predicting ?

[Charlie Yannetti]

I've been using a Computech hand held unit for many years, and have had success.. as the competition got tougher, and tougher, I learned that the predictions needed to be more accurate..

A actually spoke with Don Higgins, at Crew Chief Pro, about both his software, and trailer based weather stations, over several seasons.. I finally pulled the trigger, and this season, my trailer will be totally Crew Chief Pro equipped.. give a call, and pick his brain, if I left anything to pick..

I can also continue to use the Computech hand held, if I happen to be racing out of someone else's trailer.. cause we know that numbers can always be different...

[Tom Goldman]

Crew Chief Pro is definitely the favorite choice of prediction programs .
There are many others , most are based on programs that have been around for years .
What seems to set Crew Chief apart is Don is constantly refining it with data gleaned from his own experiences with his own racing program .
As far as weather stations go you can't beat having a pager .
You never know when you might be trapped in the lanes for an extended time due to oil downs ,crash ,timing system malfunctions. ... The pager will keep you updated when you cant get back to the trailer.
Weather station choices vary , most are pretty good at what they do .
My choice of an Altalab station was based on a recommendation from one of the most successful racing families in the country ,The Biondo's....I've had it for over 25 years with only one problem which was my fault . ...Take a walk around the pits at a big race ,You will see tons of Altalab units atop of trailers.
Altalab repaired it and had it back to me in less than a week !

[Freddie]

thank you everyone. We are taking delivery of the new car sometime in March, and hope to begin testing sometime in May. We will be looking closely at the weather stations over the next few weeks as we get out to several races to support friends, and will be purchasing Crew Chief Pro for the ET predicting.