First autox of the season tomorrow, and I can still see snow from my house. The weather is suppose to be gorgeous. I wish my mini was done, but the subaru will have to do for now.
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April 24, 2009 9:36 a.m. sachilles Reader
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April 24, 2009 9:52 a.m. John Brown MegaDork
80* here today, could snow by sunday.
I blame Canada
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April 24, 2009 9:55 a.m. Bobzilla Reader
Our first of the season was t-storm and lightening'd out. Second one was 58 and rainy....So this weekend I head to Grissom for a TnT and it'll be 80 and sunny. FINALLY! This offseason has been way too long.
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April 24, 2009 11:18 a.m. Ian F Reader
40 degrees with frost this morning... (SE PA) ...which made for one COLD drive into work in a Spitfire at 70mph on the highway... with the top down... but supposed to be in the 70's this afternoon... and 80's this w/e... about friggen time...
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April 24, 2009 11:25 a.m. Salanis UltraDork
The local SCCA chapter is too busy for me to want to run with. First non-SCCA auto-x was last weekend.
But I was going to the track in December and January.
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April 24, 2009 12:39 p.m. InigoMontoya Reader
Phx here, summer is kind of the off season just because of the heat, but I head north and run in Flagstaff, so year round racing is excellent. Only problem is you have to take off a season to work on upgrades.
I know, probably not much pity on that one.
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April 24, 2009 1:57 p.m. Fritz_the_Cat New Reader
Yes, the off-season was too long, although out here on the West Coast of Canada we've already had four autocrosses this year. I just had a look at my motorsports calendar, and between races and autocrosses, the next 15 weekends in a row are booked with at least one event every weekend, and several with two! I feel like I have a reason to live again!
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April 24, 2009 2:03 p.m. GhiaMonster New Reader
The first FLR SCCA event is this weekend, Sat test and tune with auto-x Sunday. Looks like a good weekend for testing our Formula SAE car as well. We have been out for some cold weekend testing so far, but this should be our first weekend with some real tire temps.
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April 24, 2009 3:16 p.m. sachilles Reader
suppose to be high 70's low 80's tomorrow, and we had snow yesterday. Today is a nice and sunny 65, which is just about right for me.
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April 24, 2009 3:26 p.m. billy3esq Dork
I'm actually coming up on my off season. No, I'm not in the Southern Hemisphere, but in the summer here in hot, humid Southeast Texas I find track days to be a lot less fun.
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April 24, 2009 3:45 p.m. RexSeven HalfDork
My local SCCA chapter's opening fun-run was last Sunday. It was beautiful on the Mass. South Shore, 70*-ish, but very windy. My face was pretty wind-burned when I came home. The first points event is on May 3rd at NH Motor Speedway. I just hope my R-comps and other parts come in on time...
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April 24, 2009 4:23 p.m. SupraWes Dork
Send some of that cold our way. Been in the 90's here, I want spring back!
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April 24, 2009 8:49 p.m. confuZion3 Dork
I used to do winter auto-x events with the Philly Region in January and February at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen MD. That was freaking awesome! The best auto-x I ever went to was there, in February, while the parking lot was COVERED with a thick slab of ice.
When Ripken Stadium went away, so did winter events. The off-season became unbearably long. So to answer your question, yes, this off-season did seem like it was pretty long. Like every off-season. Ever.
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April 24, 2009 10:17 p.m. Appleseed Reader
Not having jobs will do that.
