I'm so annoyed. Our first events are this weekend. 60s leading up to it, 40s on Sat and 30s with snow for Sunday. We are probably going to cancel the Sunday event, because even if it doesn't snow I can't see people standing in 30 degree weather (overcast with wind chill in the 20s) for any length of time to shag cones.
I gotta run our rookie school on Saturday and I was so hopeful it would be 50s-60s. At least they are saying sunny and mid 40s as the high, but still.
Somehow winter rallycross guys survive standing in 20* for 2 hours to shag cones. You're even on pavement!
At ice races it can get colder than that. People stand and watch.
Well, maybe for a short time.
But then, our heats are only 20 minutes long.
RedGT wrote: Somehow winter rallycross guys survive standing in 20* for 2 hours to shag cones. You're even on pavement!
I've done one at 0*... Burned a lot of gas that night, as I only shut the Jeep down when we went for a dinner run. No way in hell was I getting back into a cold car after standing out in the cold for an hour 
RedGT wrote: Somehow winter rallycross guys survive standing in 20* for 2 hours to shag cones. You're even on pavement!
The cones get mighty berking hard below 50°F... 
Duke wrote:RedGT wrote: Somehow winter rallycross guys survive standing in 20* for 2 hours to shag cones. You're even on pavement!The cones get mighty berking hard below 50°F...
Once it gets below 30* or so, they have an annoying tendency to just break into a bunch of pieces when you hit them 
Rubber ones don't. At least if that is what ours are made of. we went through the shattered cone thing.
iceracer wrote: Rubber ones don't. At least if that is what ours are made of. we went through the shattered cone thing.
Yeah, I dunno what the material is for these ones. It's supposedly silicone or something. Interestingly, from what a few guys in the region say, the older cones hold up fine in the cold, newer batches of the same cones get brittle.
Chance of snow on Sunday? When I read that I panicked and checked the weekend weather again!
There looks to be a rally cross this Sunday in Wauseon, OH and I was going to check it out. Looks to be high of 41 and partly cloudy. Whew!
paranoid_android74 wrote: There looks to be a rally cross this Sunday in Wauseon, OH and I was going to check it out. Looks to be high of 41 and partly cloudy. Whew!
It's cancelled, the track is under water. We are still going forward with the WOR rallycross on Saturday in Greenfield, OH. Should be cold and sloppy.
RedGT wrote: Somehow winter rallycross guys survive standing in 20* for 2 hours to shag cones. You're even on pavement!
Yeah, those people are nuts. Plus they have cars and tires that are setup to run in 20 degree weather, whereas autocrossers are not buying winter tires for their autocross cars and then you have the noted issue with cones exploding on contact.
When we bought new cones there just wasn't a good choice for options and I'm pretty sure the current cones we have will not hold up to winter blasting.
Yep Wauseon rally cross got pushed back a couple weeks. I was thinking of dropping by to help with tear down on the way home, but that's not happening now.
Apparently our cones don't break into pieces, they just get really really hard and damage your bodywork.
In reply to Harvey:
Which club are we talking about?
Wow, thank you for the info gents!
EvanB wrote:paranoid_android74 wrote: There looks to be a rally cross this Sunday in Wauseon, OH and I was going to check it out. Looks to be high of 41 and partly cloudy. Whew!It's cancelled, the track is under water. We are still going forward with the WOR rallycross on Saturday in Greenfield, OH. Should be cold and sloppy.
Dang greenfeild ohio is a long trip just to spectate. Thought maybe i had found something to do this weekend.
Wait.... cancel an auto-x because it's chilly? We had our season opener drag-cross the last couple years with snow flying in April. MAn... what kind of pansy operation are y'all running there? 
My thoughts exactly- there went my plans for Sunday!
dropstep wrote: Dang greenfeild ohio is a long trip just to spectate. Thought maybe i had found something to do this weekend.
Don't autocross's rotate the corner workers by run group ?
We had our first event last year in about mid 30 temps with snow showers - not fun. I picked out and was working in the timing truck, but even that was still damn cold. Also, turns out auto x rubber isn't so great in those conditions - lots of spins.
Woody wrote: In reply to Harvey: Which club are we talking about?
Fcscc.com
I put my snow shovel back out on the front porch so hopefully we won't get much snow. It's worked so far.
I'd consider autocrossing this weekend simply because it's going to snow.
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