WEll here we are -- nearly 10.30 Saturday morning. The rain isn't falling -- although it has on and off and the track is still too wet to race. Nearly everyone is out riding up and down the track in spectator cars and push trucks hoping to dry it out -- but for whatever reason, the safety crews aren't here yet and therefore there's no racing yet. Too bad -- it's about 70F and there's a nice(!) tailwind. What more can I say?
Ah, yeah -- another nice new thing is a work schedule for volunteers. This is something that's been coming for a while - and will only make for a better race event for everyone, because now there are inspectors scheduled for every hour of the event (no more getting in line and waiting and looking and waiting for an inspector. And there's also a schedule for an inspector to be in impound. No, we're not going to measruing engines yet -- but while integrity is a great thing, holding everyone closer to the rules is better for all of us. I'm happy to report that I can't spend all day in line waiting to run now -- I'm a bike tech for such-and-such hours, and so on. ECTA continues to grow and to give the East Coast folks a good place to race safely.
There's a good turnout, just like I (and Joe, and others) reported last night. Another dozen or so bikes this morning, another 18 or more cars -- looks like long waiting lines will be the order of the day. But that's not such a bad thing -- we learn lots while chatting with the others in the staging lines, right?
Enough update. I haven't taken any photos 'cause I've been inspecting -- and it's pretty cloudy and the light is only dank at best. Later, hey?
