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Topic: Thunderhill weather watch

What will we really see?
Love to see clear skies, of course!

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

Sounds COLD......Fridays test day might be quite interesting.....

I think it would take HOURS to cover up all the electricals in the 928.....

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

am I the only one who loves to race in the rain?

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

icemang17 wrote:

Sounds COLD......Fridays test day might be quite interesting.....

I think it would take HOURS to cover up all the electricals in the 928.....

I am not to worried about the weather this time around. Our wipers work and so do our headlight wipers along with the defroster,heater,seat heater on passengers side,back seat heaters,rear window defroster,sunroof,old school cell phone,the mega sound deadening windows and the mirror heaters. Some how we even got the factory security system to start working and controlling the windows. The only down side is the car will be way more comfy than sitting in the pits watching everybody go by freezing our asses off.


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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

laz wrote:

am I the only one who loves to race in the rain?

As a Seattle based team driving an SUV with M+S rated rubber, we're kinda hoping for a little precip.  wink

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laz wrote:

am I the only one who loves to race in the rain?

love it? I practically hope for it most of the events! It's awesome because it totally puts a wet blanket on those nutters who show up with shaved barely-legal rubber that's so biased to summer dry traction it's silly!

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We've got some aggressive all seasons, a fwd car, and some drivers who grew up in rainy places.

On the other hand, we've got a couple drivers who are a bit too aggressive and count on fwd to save them. I see extreme slip angles in our future...

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

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am I the only one who loves to race in the rain?

We got an open convertible, so we'll need to steal one of my wife's towels. On the plus side the rust holes will keep us well drained.

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icemang17 wrote:

Sounds COLD......

OMG IT WILL BE IN THE MID 50's.  HOW CAN HUMAN BEINGS POSSIBLY SURVIVE IN SUCH TEMPERATURES.   

You may have to put on some kind of long sleeve shirt.

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

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am I the only one who loves to race in the rain?

Hell no!  That's when the lightweight/low power cars just need to stay out of the way of the heavyweight wrecking balls that will go sliding off in the corners...

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

BoB wrote:
icemang17 wrote:

Sounds COLD......

OMG IT WILL BE IN THE MID 50's.  HOW CAN HUMAN BEINGS POSSIBLY SURVIVE IN SUCH TEMPERATURES.   

You may have to put on some kind of long sleeve shirt.

Oh yes, this is horribly cold, in CA we put out a general weather warning when it gets below 65 degrees, I mean, like, omygod, I have to know to wear long pants and long sleeves!   How can I maintain my tan in this kind of weather?

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Also, a kick ass book:  The Art of Racing in the Rain.  http://www.garthstein.com/arr/

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That book was a total let down. By reading it I thought I was going to learn some hot tips on racing in the rain, but instead I learned that dogs can think. wtf.

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laz wrote:

am I the only one who loves to race in the rain?

Hell no!  That's when the lightweight/low power cars just need to stay out of the way of the heavyweight wrecking balls that will go sliding off in the corners...

Erm, based on your team's driving at Buttonwillow, methinks the heavyweight wrecking balls might want deflector shields- and maybe a camera with a computer that will predict the carom of the Stimulus Civic...

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

I wouldn't mind a bit o' sunshine myself. If you were at Portland PIR over Halloween, it's brutal on the RWD cars. Porsche 928, Mustangs, Camaros & old Datsuns all in the mud doing "the spin out."
...damnit, I knew we shoulda held out for an old Rabbit or Jetta

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TheeRockerInDockers wrote:

I wouldn't mind a bit o' sunshine myself. If you were at Portland PIR over Halloween, it's brutal on the RWD cars. Porsche 928, Mustangs, Camaros & old Datsuns all in the mud doing "the spin out."
...damnit, I knew we shoulda held out for an old Rabbit or Jetta

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

It looks like very nice weather, by Arse Freeze standards. More of an Arse Cool-A-Palooza this time.

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

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OverStimulated wrote:
laz wrote:

am I the only one who loves to race in the rain?

Hell no!  That's when the lightweight/low power cars just need to stay out of the way of the heavyweight wrecking balls that will go sliding off in the corners...

Erm, based on your team's driving at Buttonwillow, methinks the heavyweight wrecking balls might want deflector shields- and maybe a camera with a computer that will predict the carom of the Stimulus Civic...

Too true!  We're back with our original drivers (mostly), and a "Drivers In Training" theme to mock ourselves at Buttonwillow.  Let us know at the end if we did any better...  Of course, with our MacGyver'd suspension changes we made this time, we practically have our excuses pre-written!!  big_smile

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

timdeckert wrote:
TheeRockerInDockers wrote:

I wouldn't mind a bit o' sunshine myself. If you were at Portland PIR over Halloween, it's brutal on the RWD cars. Porsche 928, Mustangs, Camaros & old Datsuns all in the mud doing "the spin out."
...damnit, I knew we shoulda held out for an old Rabbit or Jetta

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Ha! I didn't want to drag you guys down into poor company. PS... We're prolly gonna be staying in the fantastic Wal-Mart Parking lot Thursday evening.

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icemang17 wrote:

Sounds COLD......

OMG IT WILL BE IN THE MID 50's.  HOW CAN HUMAN BEINGS POSSIBLY SURVIVE IN SUCH TEMPERATURES.   

You may have to put on some kind of long sleeve shirt.

See the problem is our "theme" outfit is a T shirt.....it might be a tad bit "brisk".....but I can endure for the sake of the "team"

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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

The forecast is getting decidedly more soggy. And Azenis RT615s are not exactly known for their wet weather performance.

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Forecast is 'Iffy' at best.

Let's plan on clears skies, whatta ya say? http://www.teamzx2.com/images/smilies/thingnana.gif


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Re: Thunderhill weather watch

the REAL arse-freeze-a-palooza was Nelson Ledges. there was a point sometime friday night where I thought my balls had frozen off!

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TheeRockerInDockers wrote:

Ha! I didn't want to drag you guys down into poor company. PS... We're prolly gonna be staying in the fantastic Wal-Mart Parking lot Thursday evening.

I will be attempting to keep you company as well. Most likely I will end up on the shoulder of I-5 waiting for daylight so I can see what that scary noise was before everything went dark. Brownie (the World's Greatest Crappy Old RV) tends to have different ideas about what "Camping" is than I do.

I still have gaping holes in the roof, so I'll be doing the drive Thursday with tarps, buckets and bungees still up top for the rain. Grab any ones that escape from me, will ya?

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the REAL arse-freeze-a-palooza was Nelson Ledges. there was a point sometime friday night where I thought my balls had frozen off!

*shakes a fist at his dad for ganking the heater from the tent in the middle of the night to use in the box truck*

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