Friday at Pomona

Chuck Norton · 02-06-2009, 06:55 PM

It's something of a stretch to come up with an interesting description of today's conditions at the Fairplex. The closest i can come would be to suggest that you turn on your home A/C, stand in the shower, open the cold water faucet, stand in the stream and look up.

Actually, the rain today was not unrelenting. It was just that it came and went with little warning. There were a few times when the track dryers were actually fired up but I was left with the impression that the arrival of each new set of rain cells was somehow connected to some sort of atmospheric disturbance created by the dryers. By noon, I didn't care if they ran without me or not. I left the track and headed home.

I've now observed that NHRA.com has announced that tomorrow's program will carry on with pro qualifying on the original schedule. The Yahoo.com and the MSNBC.com weather forecasts for my zip code (91722), located less than ten miles west of the track suggest that the next likely clear day will be Tuesday. There may be windows of opportunity for the Pros to run on Saturday or Sunday but precious little time is likely to be available for the portions of the show that matter to us. It's going to be a crapshoot and I'm keeping my calendar cleared through the middle of the week.

c

02-06-2009, 06:55 PM	#1
Chuck Norton Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Covina, CA Posts: 474 Likes: 108 Liked 89 Times in 19 Posts	Friday at Pomona It's something of a stretch to come up with an interesting description of today's conditions at the Fairplex. The closest i can come would be to suggest that you turn on your home A/C, stand in the shower, open the cold water faucet, stand in the stream and look up. Actually, the rain today was not unrelenting. It was just that it came and went with little warning. There were a few times when the track dryers were actually fired up but I was left with the impression that the arrival of each new set of rain cells was somehow connected to some sort of atmospheric disturbance created by the dryers. By noon, I didn't care if they ran without me or not. I left the track and headed home. I've now observed that NHRA.com has announced that tomorrow's program will carry on with pro qualifying on the original schedule. The Yahoo.com and the MSNBC.com weather forecasts for my zip code (91722), located less than ten miles west of the track suggest that the next likely clear day will be Tuesday. There may be windows of opportunity for the Pros to run on Saturday or Sunday but precious little time is likely to be available for the portions of the show that matter to us. It's going to be a crapshoot and I'm keeping my calendar cleared through the middle of the week. c