abrewer Posted May 30, 2007 Share #1 Posted May 30, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, it did rain on the race Sunday; forcing a delay of three hours, then a stoppage 85 miles short of 500 miles.... MP35mmf2ASPH Kodak100UC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boilerdoc Posted May 30, 2007 Share #2 Posted May 30, 2007 There we go. Nice stuff. Would have been worried with my Leica stuff and the rain, Alan. How do you protect your gear? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted May 30, 2007 Share #3 Posted May 30, 2007 So they have those fancy treaded tyres, oops, tires, for pushing the cars around the paddock and then they don't drive in the wet?! Maybe they should have a fleet of Subaru WRC cars on hand for those wet days and spread dirt on the turns!!!! I would pay money to see that! btw, love the body-language in #1 , shoulders down everywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 30, 2007 Share #4 Posted May 30, 2007 I was thinking along the same lines... Didn't Schumacher win a Grand Prix in Jerez in about 2" of water, on slicks, a few years ago? Looks like a wimp-out to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted May 30, 2007 Share #5 Posted May 30, 2007 Looks like a wimp-out to me Having experienced 185mph (still 21mph to go) in a Bentley Conti GT on a dry, arrow-straight road and feeling "slightly uncomfortable" I hesitated to use the word "wimp". However, maxing out the Elan the other night after a carb rebuild (nearly 130 mph in a 35 year old plastic lightweight!!) felt focussed, yet somehow relaxing. Guess it's all relative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrewer Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted May 31, 2007 Thanks Steve, Pete and Andy! Steve, I shoot an MP and I just don't worry about it!!! (Inside joke, as Steve has a beautiful new M8 in his pocket!) Nope, these cars don't run on ovals in the rain; however, they do run road courses with the wet tires. Two reasons: the cars (on this particular track) sustain speeds over 220 mph for long periods and those hard, unforgiving concrete walls on each side of a narrow (50 feet on the straightaways) paved surface. Schum'y is welcome to come try the Speedway oval any time he wants. In the past he said it was "too dangerous"! He has won five times on the USGP road course at Indy, though, so we know he loves us! Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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