"Live" from Z-Max 2014

[Michael Beard]

I thought the Stocker alarms went off really early this morning, but then I realized it was just thunder in the overnight hours. Got a good bit of rain last night. The jet dryer is out on the track now, and I'm sure other equipment was out earlier that you couldn't hear. 50% chance of rain all day long, but yesterday's 80% forecast allowed us to race all day as the storms stayed mainly south of us. Yet another example of how you can't let forecasts rule over you.

Funny that the press release last night said they cut off qualifying due to rain. They actually pulled the plug due to lightning in the area. It was a couple hours before we got any rain. It was all around us though!

We discovered the track has showers, much like Bristol. It was a welcome scraping off of the day's sweat! It's a shame this facility doesn't get more use.