World Finals 2011

[Dean Los Angeles]

Radar animation.
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/pacsouthwest_loop.php

Hourly forecast. Winds 24 gusting to 38.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.84940&lon=-114.02400&unit=0&lg=english&FcstType=graphical

[Milwaukee Midget]

The bitter irony of it all is that at these temperatures, it's got to be a big help in the HP department.

[Moxnix]

Tman, I raised the bass.  Any better? 

[Tman]

Tman, I raised the bass.  Any better? 

Even out of my one tiny speaker it is better and less nasally as the Midget said. Thumbs up

[RayTheRat]

Confusion reigns (rains.)  Pork Pie is sitting here and sez "we're all nuts!"

It's raining like hell and a although there's been a few radio transmissions saying "we're shut down" and then a coupla cars ran...I have no idea what's happening except that we have a press club meeting here...me, PP and Dan Kaplan are all discussing the relative merits of Nikons vs Canon cameras.

Here are a coupla photos:

The rain running down my windshield

and the #28 roadster with Lee Kennedy following him in the truck with his lightbar flashing.  Glen Barrett reported that his mile speed was just over 50 mph.

[Moxnix]

12 o'clock for a board meeting to decide whether to run tomorrow.

[joea]

Hey! even though I'm a car guy, I liked the idea of that rear engine bike, will it handle better at high speed because of the engine location??? Thanks for the photos 

try to throw a dart feather end first..?...

with that said, im not gonna say it wont work..

[Avanti Kid]

Joea, you bring up an important fact, thanks

[RayTheRat]

I've been trying to post this for 45 minutes...so here goes again.

It ain't gettin any better at all.  Weather Underground (wunderground.com) sez it's "overcast" (see animated file.)

Next shot is the long course starting line,

then the Old Crow lakester,

and a shot Pork Pie did of it without the port-a-potties in the background (I wasn't gonna get outta the Burb...it's wet and windy and cold...)

[Moxnix]

We'll be back in the morning.  Thanks for listening.

[Anvil*]

We'll be back in the morning.  Thanks for listening.

Thanks for the sharing.

[RayTheRat]

The SCTA board met and decided to call things off for today, but will meet again tomorrow morning about 7 ayam and have a decision about the rest of the meet by 8.  We'll know more then.

[Tman]

Thanks for the updates!

[Moxnix]

The fastest car of the meet was a sedan?

[RayTheRat]

Probably was the yellow Mitsubishi G/PS 4-door.  I think he ran first before the rain started in earnest...then there were a coupla roadsters.  After that, it was as one guy suggested to me: odds-on favorite for top speed of the meet would be Miss Budweiser.