Excitement -- A Quarter Mile at a Time!

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Notes from Ed

     Updated January 27, 2008    

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    Opening day should have been Saturday, January 16.  It was one of those most frustrating days when we thought we had a shot at getting the track dry and salvaging the test session scheduled for 1:00 PM.  Tim and Lamar worked with the broom and vacuum truck until it appeared that the sun was going to come out and finish the job.  About the time we began to feel good about out chances, the rain returned and the temperature dropped to the low 40's. 

    I had just finished telling the drivers who called that I was pretty optimistic about getting in the event when we were forced to cancel.  It was another of those cases when a lot of gas could have been saved had we made the right call on the weather.  Our decision was influenced by the need of so many folks to get in some passes before the season starts in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, as well as several other points series in other sanctioning bodies.  I wish we could guess right ALL of the time.

    Thanks for your understanding about this.  Everybody we talked to seemed to understand that we gave it our best shot.  Thanks to Tim, Lamar, Larry and Wesley who did manage to move a lot of water off the track.  Next weekend just HAS to be better!  

Later,

Ed