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Offline azgearhed

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El Mirage conditions
« on: April 22, 2013, 01:43:31 PM »
Any news on the dirt conditions-I heard from a guy it wasn't lookin very good (no rain)
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AA/CBFALT Record 227.954 El Mirage June 2016
AA/CBGC Record 267.878 Speed Week 2018
AA/CBGALT Record 236.458 El Mirage Nov 2016
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Offline Dynoroom

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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2013, 06:08:30 PM »
Just a note....

If it doesn't rain the dirt doesn't change.   :-o

Sorry for being a smart arse.
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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2013, 09:16:46 PM »
Just a note....

If it doesn't rain the dirt doesn't change.   :-o

Sorry for being a smart arse.

Yep it becomes mud when it rains

Not sorry for being a smart arse.
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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2013, 10:23:26 AM »
Expected some intelligent insight on the subject- Guess I'm asking the wrong people
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AA/CBGALT Record 255.382 Speed Week 2013
AA/CBGC Record 226.104 El Mirage Sept 2015
AA/CBFALT Record 227.954 El Mirage June 2016
AA/CBGC Record 267.878 Speed Week 2018
AA/CBGALT Record 236.458 El Mirage Nov 2016
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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2013, 11:29:15 AM »
Az, actually our smartass answers keep the question on the top until someone like Tiny sees it and responds to how the lakebed is looking....  :wink:

and yes, no intelligent answers found here but it is on top waiting for one
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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2013, 12:19:00 PM »
Im probably going to the meet next month and will be heading over Friday night. Is there some place nearby like a rest stop or something that I can stop and sleep for the night in my car. I dont want to be trying to setup a tent and such at the lakebed at midnight or later.

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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2013, 04:59:50 PM »
Just makin conversation-I only have three passes at Elmo so I don't know much about it yet, just that its like driving through a plowed field. I'll be there either way. :cheers:
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AA/CBGC Record 226.104 El Mirage Sept 2015
AA/CBFALT Record 227.954 El Mirage June 2016
AA/CBGC Record 267.878 Speed Week 2018
AA/CBGALT Record 236.458 El Mirage Nov 2016
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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2013, 06:31:00 PM »
Im probably going to the meet next month and will be heading over Friday night. Is there some place nearby like a rest stop or something that I can stop and sleep for the night in my car. I dont want to be trying to setup a tent and such at the lakebed at midnight or later.

As far as i know there is no rest stop near elmo but if you get there after dark you can pull in and park next to the lake bed.
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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2013, 11:01:57 AM »
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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2013, 08:21:08 PM »
So-How does Elmo look for May 18th?
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AA/CBGC Record 251.802 Speed Week 2012
AA/CBGALT Record 255.382 Speed Week 2013
AA/CBGC Record 226.104 El Mirage Sept 2015
AA/CBFALT Record 227.954 El Mirage June 2016
AA/CBGC Record 267.878 Speed Week 2018
AA/CBGALT Record 236.458 El Mirage Nov 2016
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Offline Frankie7799

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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2013, 10:51:06 PM »
Nathan the link is great its too bad nobody nearby has updated what things are like currently.

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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2013, 01:06:36 AM »
The lakebed is what it is when you get there. If you live too far away, personal choice, you either come or you don't.

It is the same ground for all entries. Sometimes good, sometimes bad - come out and enjoy being with fellow LSR racers. If the lakebed is not so much, there will be stories told, and drinks involved.

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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2013, 08:31:53 AM »
     Well said Dan.

     I haven't gotten to El Mo - yet - but  have been attending all forms of motorsports events as far away as the salt for over 60 years.  At some it was storming everywhere but on the course itself, others were great car or M/C shows if a bit cold or damp, always a brain to pick or tech to learn even if I can't bend the elbow the way I used to.

    If you can't enjoy the journey you'll never fully appreciate what a meet can offer.  Go every chance you can, otherwise it's an opportunity forever lost.

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Re: El Mirage conditions
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2013, 11:35:47 PM »
The lakebed is what it is when you get there. If you live too far away, personal choice, you either come or you don't.

It is the same ground for all entries. Sometimes good, sometimes bad - come out and enjoy being with fellow LSR racers. If the lakebed is not so much, there will be stories told, and drinks involved.

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Well said Dan. I havent been to El Mirage yet and if I do make it next month, im going to make the best of it. Rain, shine, good course or not im looking foward to getting my first taste of LSR.