Corvette crushing party/Byron

[Jerry Clayton]

At what point do you decide to go for the rain date? I've got two cars apart here yet--

Bullet Bob Brown has taken the day off to attend and I might have to put one of my 5:83 gears in it if I can't finish his 3:50 gear.

Jeffko will probably blow the tires off as I've foung significanr causes for his low speed lean/bog condition

Will breakfast still be planned even with the weather as it is forcast?

Jerry

[mdmull]

My take on this issue is currently:
http://weather.wgntv.com/cgi-bin/fin...ry=Byron%2C+IL

1. Chance of driving 70 miles each way & staying dry - 15%
2. Chance of actually getting any racing in - 6.5%
3. Chance of not being really cold & miserable from 6:30 AM to 12:00 PM - .0001%
4. Chance of any Chebbie beating any Cobra if we don't show - 0%

When I factor all of those percentages i come up with a chace of tomorrow being a successful outing @ 0.000975%

I never leave the house with a chance lower than 0.000976%

Also If anyone wants breakfast- a more local spot will have a 100% chance of being better than the one in Genoa. It was picked for the location on the route certainly not for the food. When a breakfast restaurant is almost empty at 7:30 AM - well you know.

Michael

[RedSnake351]

Originally Posted by mdmull

My take on this issue is currently:
... When a breakfast restaurant is almost empty at 7:30 AM - well you know....
Michael

Michael, what kind of farmer are you? You should know that the cows come first! Those farmers out in the Genoa area have breakfast while you are still dreaming and are hauling sh!t to the fields while you're hauling the red beast to the restaurant!
Ralph

[jeffko]

Sheeze Jerry, you were not supposed to post that. I had Arcenio and Chris right where I wanted them. ha ha I know. Well there goes my 60' times.

I'm a little confused, but I get the feeling that Mike does not expect the chances of racing are very good.

Good idea about the trophies Sid.

Was I the only one to go to Wolfie's "drag" seminar last year? I was wondering why he wanted to teach it one person at a time.

[Wolfie]

Mike, I don't want to be a wise guy or anything, like Ralph, Jefko,Arcie, or Richie and all the others but I think you made a miss calculation when you said
"When I factor all of those percentages I come up with a chace of tomorrow being a successful outing @ 0.000975%
I believe that the correct figure should read 0.0000975% If you would look at the jet stream and where the center of the low preasure is hovering it is pretty clear. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Or we can allways ask Blas what he thinks!

[Wolfie]

ATTENTION ALL COBRA RACERS!!!!!!!!!

We have a major problem with schedueling if the race does not go down tommorrow. The 20th does not work as that is the day of the St. Charles High School car show in which Alex has requested our partisipation. Knowing how most of the members would rather show thier cars than drive them at break neck speeds in a controlled enviornment I think we are going to have a problem. I would like to suggest reschedueling the drag strip to another time preferably when the weather would be a little warmer (disadvantage for the turbos) and help support the high school. As you know Lake Park High in Roselle was very thankfull to my daughter for getting all of the Cobras to come out. We made thier show a hit, I think we should support Alex and her school in the same way, and heck it was fun!

Just a thought from a mindless thoughtless, breathless,hairless, vettless elliotnesswhatamessImustconfessfoooooool!

[mdmull]

But you see, I've eaten there. So I'm right.

[bulletbrown]

Are we drag racing tomorrow or NOT ????

[jeffko]

I have had some math gurus here working on the probabilities. I seems Mike's estimate is a little conservative. No racing for me.

[CHRIS DAMSCH]

Go figure. All the sissies backing out before morning even comes.

I'll make my decision at 7:30am on Saturday.

[Glen]

Oh..........Oh..........ya

Me too................Oh...............

6:30.........ya.............that's it..........

[jeffko]

Although Chris does not mention that he is 15 minutes from home instead of 1 1/2" hours.

[snake oil]

Looks dismal, although cool weather helps those turbos.
That is if the track ever dries up long enough to race.

Let me see....
Drive an hour plus, sit around in an open car,
in line, in the rain, in maybe 50 degree temps,
waiting for a chance to make good on the $35.00
I paid at the gate.
Na I don't think so.

[CHRIS DAMSCH]

Snakeless Eggs anybody?

Who's up for breakfast?

[CHRIS DAMSCH]

Sounds like Wolfie is tooo chicken to race also.

What if we go to the drag strip on the 21st? Or all the girls who don't want to race on the 20th can drop their cars off at the high school and ride in a Sid seat with the racers to the drag strip and tear it up?

Just a couple of suggestions from a guy who likes to romp on his car to keep carbon from building up on his pistons............

Can we reschedule the car show to the 21st?

LETS GO RACING or showing.

[mdmull]

I'm the one most conflicted on this one & I'd REALLY like to make the Drag Day rain date the 21st. Not only whip up on some Chebbies, but blue cars TOO! & I'd go for b-fast, name a spot & time.

[pilotdad13]

I like the idea of racing this Saturday, although the weather doesn't sound promissing. Just waite til morning, look out side and see what happens, you can never tell by what the weathermen say. Wasn't Erik supposed to have run last weekend, if so what kind of times did he turn? It was a perfect weekend last week.

[CHRIS DAMSCH]

Erik ran last sunday. He said he ran a 12.5. He's back at the mechanic trying to catch up with the 11 second club.

I'm with Fred. Lets see what the weather says in the morning. This weekend is better for me also.

[CHRIS DAMSCH]

Alright, I'll jump on the bandwagon. Weather shows high of 48 with an 80% chance of rain all day.

Looks like the 20th.

See you then

[snake oil]

So Chris, it's the 20th saturday, not the 21st sunday???