LIVE from Farmington

[Emily Stott]

I was checking Weather.com all morning on Satruday. When they called the race it was showing 20% chance of showers on Sunday. It was also showing that the rain was about to quit in about 45 minutes to an hour after they called it, and that there should be a 6-8 hour window of no rain...

There really wasn't any effort made. I feel like they should have at least waited a few more hours to see if they were going to have a window.





Amen Lee!

[Jeffl52]

The race actually should have been called on Thursday with the forecast that was predicted at that time. This day and age of racing many folks won't chance traveling with the cost of fuel with a forecast like that. It sucks for those of you that did take the chance and went last weekend, but I'd rather hear some of ya'll complaing about how they should have ran the race last weekend then the owner taking a beating at the gate and deciding he no longer wants to have a divisional race. Hopefully it all turns out great and there is a great turn-out next weekend so we can open IHRA' s eyes and have more races in the southeast. Just my .02..

Jeff Longhany

[Michael Beard]

I agree with both ends on this one. If you're going to call it on a forecast, then commit to it and call it on the forecast on Thursday. You KNOW that between the forecast and having Atlanta the same weekend, car counts are going to be bad even if you can get it in. On the flip side, if you're going to commit to trying to run the race, then commit to try to run the race -- wait it out, run what you can when you can, and finish it Sunday. Everybody that made the tow knew that we were going to encounter at least a little rain at some point, but we were all committed to getting the race in. It's a lose-lose. I understand that officials and tracks alike have a very tough job, and no matter what decision is made, it will never suit everybody. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Well, it was a win for me, as I high-tailed it home, dropped the car & trailer, and made it to Ohio by Saturday night to spend the remainder of the weekend with my wife, whom I hadn't seen since the beginning of April! (She got a job in Columbus, OH and is staying with her aunt while we house-hunt up there, but I can't go be with her until I sell my house here in central NC. If anyone's interested in moving into the heart of drag racing for cheap, PM me!)

[herbjr]

We had the radar up in our trailer, there rain was at exit 174 and it was clear behind. My only complaint was we were told 45 minutes before they called it when we got there was "we are going to do everything we can to race, even if its one time run and go racing on Sunday". The bottom line is if they call it Thursday and it doesnt rain no one would complain with the cost of towing these days. Think about it, if you transfer the entry to a double race you get to race twice in one weekend for a 50.00 penalty. Its cheaper than the gas even if you live 50 miles away if you were going to that race anyway.

[LNorton]

I asked about transferring the entry while I was still there. Since I teched in early, I get punished if I cannot come back. If I had held on to the tech card and not teched in early to save time, then there wouldn't be a transfer fee if I came back. So, in the future, I will be holding onto my tech card until stock is called to the lanes on Saturday morning...

[THE LEGEND]

Jeff,
Won't happen.
Chip

[LNorton]

Weather isn't looking the best. Will they attempt to run this race on Sunday or Monday if it rains?

[Michael Beard]

Farmington, Take 2. Looks much like the last time we were here: foggy, misty, but not as bad as before, and a TONS better forecast for the afternoon. Projecting a 10am start.

[Michael Beard]

Sun's out, but still verrry humid. Had a little downtime during Hot Rod for some weepers up on top end, as we had some significant storms blow through last night.

At the end of Q1 for Stock, weather was 79.7 F, 61%, 29.08 Baro, 2936' DA. Vapor Pressure .62.... Bleagh!

Terry Taylor continues to demoralize the field, cranking out a 1.36 60', 6.80 @ 98 in J/CM. Someone go scrape Myron off the floor/ceiling, whichever the case may be!

I ran the Turismo at the Spring Fling 20's at Bristol last week, and discovered that the car would not fall out of a tree up on the mountain. Replaced cap and rotor, carb gasket, added a pint of ATF, and ran .15 faster than ET predictions off of Bristol's runs. I was .40 slower than Numidia to 1000' at Bristol! Sheesh.

The overnight rain also leading to some bald spots developing toward the end of Super Stock. Gotta say, the stick-shift combo in Steven Johnsosn's SS/CM sounds absolutely brutal!

[LNorton]

33 cars on the sheet for stock in the first session. Not bad considering the other events going on. Just called us up for the second hit.