Quote Originally Posted by TRAYSTi
Thanks, Today was rough on the guys. They were nominated to go first while the track was wet. Then soon after the track was dry and the others went and performed better. Seems a little unfair. But its a long race and tomorrow is another day.

Not only that... there was mud, grass and debris all over the track. Huge puddles of standing water, some more than six inches deep at the apex of the turns that Luke would have to either go through or around. The drama was huge with air raid sirens going off for the tornados spotted in the area. Note... our guys were within MILES of 19 people who were killed from a tornado that had come down just hours before!!

To make matters WORSE... Doug & Luke made it through the snow blasts that were blistering across I-80, just before the State Police Shut the interstate highway down for safety issues!!! So they made it in just enough time. Reports have it that SOME were not so lucky!!!

Here is the link for their weather...
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/8...rom=36hour_map

Looks like they will be able to take advantage of the high altitude and cold air. The normally aspirated cars will have a 13.8-14.7% power loss at the engine due to the weather and altitude. Yeah, my pilot experience pays off in power-to-altitude calculations!

We shall see... knowing Doug, he is still in shorts & sandals... HARDCORE Racing is what we should call these guys!