North Dallas Hooptie - Who's in?? (Page 3 of 6)

Current prognostication is 60% chance of snow Friday with a high of 33, 10% chance of rain Saturday with a high of 39, and 60% chance of rain Sunday with a balmy high of 60.

YMMV, WAC, STCWN, etc.

Toni

Heh, see-through sheets nailed it. I went through several sheets that were dirty until I settled on a holey set. Ick.

It looks like my team's at the Baymont, then campin'. Neato. I should be able to find warmth for at least Thursday night.

I'm more worried about getting my RV there than I am racing in this crap.  I trust the worst red-mist wanna be pro Lemons racers more than I trust 80% of the liscenced drivers in Alabama and Arkansas when the weather goes bad.

But you know what they say; a bad weekend racing still beats a good weekend working.

Well maybe not so much they as much as me. But they should say it, because its true.

The weather monkeys have new options: Friday 70% chance of snow, high of 32, low of 27, then Saturday 30% chance of precipitation hovering around freezing, and an amazing Sunday with a 50% chance of showers on the 40-50 degree range. Heaven!

TTFN
Toni

Cmon Big Bird, don't rub it in!

Winter here in Phoenix is a real bitch. Today I decided to take the motorcycle with a windshield on my commute, if it gets real cold, later this week, I might switch to the full face helmet

Call me soft, but I feel this race should be postponed.

It's not the dangers of the event, it's the dangers of getting to and from the event.

At Buttonwillow when they called the race early a couple of years ago, it was the packing and loading in the highest heat with the track's demand we exit the track on Sunday by a certain hour that was the deadliest, not so much the racing in in an oven while wearing a quilt.

Lemons has the ability to email and call each and every registered participant with the licensing and registration process.

Sounds as if It's the prudent thing to do.

Ending an event early because of weather only turns the masses loose onto public roads AFTER it's too bad to drive in a controlled environment.

*Note-- I haven't looked at the weather report myself (maybe it's not so bad and I'm reading a bunch of hyperbole) and I'm sure Roland Accu-weather is advising HQ as to his recommendations

I agree 100%. This is going to be a horribly miserable race, and for the life of me I cant figure out why HQ keeps scheduling ECR for winter races. Even late fall is a better option than early spring. Im sitting here (on the south side of DFW watching it snow.

From NWS:

Friday Snow likely. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 28. Wind chill values between 7 and 17. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Friday Night A chance of freezing rain and sleet. Cloudy, with a low around 26. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday A chance of freezing rain before noon, then a chance of rain or freezing rain. Cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday Night A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 33. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 51. East southeast wind around 5 mph.

Since the weather is going to be really bad, I have a feeling most will be going to a hotel, and may not even be able to get to the track saturday morning.

I plan on camping there Friday and Saturday night. Froze my ass off at last year's race, so better prepared this time around. Are there any campfire pits at ECR?

I'm not looking forward to it.

As much as I love to drive SUVs in anger, I really wouldn't be upset if this was called.

FWIW, when I spoke to Jay about this earlier this week, he offered that he thinks this should be an April race from here on out. I suspect that the hope was that last year was the outlier. I hope that he remembers that when doing scheduling for 2016.