Racing in the cold

[stkjock]

anyone have any experience running in 35* temps??

how's the traction? or am I screwed and should bother driving 115 miles each way to run?


thanks

 

[don_w]

I've run in high 30s, and it can be dicey. A lot of it depends on how much heat gets in the track. If it's sunny, it helps. But a bunch of clouds is not your friend. Also, track prep is important... even more than usual.

 

[stkjock]

hmmmm

partly cloudy for the morning and mostly cloudy in the afternoon, 33* at 10 am going to 38 by 2 or so is the forecast......

guess I'm just screwed!

Thanks Don

 

[coair73x]

nice to see they are running when it is cold. I have been waiting for weeks to run. Here in Dallas/Ft Worth the tracks have been closing because of cold weather. I am keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow that they will run the test and tune at the 1/8 mile Denton. The 1/4 track looks closed until late Feb.

 

[stkjock]

yeah I was hoping to go Sat, but the track is a long drive and not sure I want to go and have shitty conditions, I was hoping to get a 11 sec slip but if traction is crap it aint happening

 

[ArtQ]

Last week the track was a bit slick and they didn't go out of their way to keep the prep good for the street lanes. I'm assuming your talking Atco. They had a fair amount of slick cars running... and running... and oh yeah, send out the street cars.... Out of 4 runs I didn't get a decent launch. The conditions were much better last weekend as well. If you can slide in with the slick cars you may have a shot at a decent launch, saw a few guys get away with that. Next weekend may be better, weather wise.

 

[stkjock]

Thanks Rench, yah I am talking Atco, I actually PMd you on a different board about Atco. Its now 730 and the weather say 21* at Atco, I think I'm gonna pass and hope for next Sat to have better conditions

 

[fin1]

I don't bother wasting my time unless is over 50*. Anything lower and the track is just too cold to hold any heat and traction becomes a big challenge when the track temp drops too low, even with the sun out. Plus is no fun just sitting around in the cold between runs.

 

[stkjock]

I've run in the 40s with good success, but never tried in the 30s and just stayed home

 

[Hitman]

Yeah the last time I went the track temp. was 30 degrees. I usually 60' in the 1.7+ range. The best I could do was a 2.09 and went 12.48 @113. I can only imagine if I got my 1.7 back that it will go 11's.

 

[stkjock]

turned out to be good day

 

[ArtQ]

I didn't see any Atco reports but I heard Cecil had decent hook.

Next weekend looks pretty good so far. Now the decision:

Atco or Cecil?

 

[stkjock]

I had a few reports from guys on a different board I mod on tell me conditions were good @ Atco on Sat.