Harold Osmer is the new announcer. He comes to Bville this time - for his first-ever visit. But - he's been the track announcer at the old 605 track (he says -- it's all foreign to me). He's written books about racing, too - but again, I don't know personally. Ron Christensen, the regular announcer for SpeedWeek and WoS, ius here to help Harold get up to speed (so to speak).
As you may have read, we're on a wind hold now -- about 10-14 here at the line, and quite a bit higher at the tower. I'm going to make a low-speed pass first time, but even so -- 150 or so - I'll wait 'til they open the course. The low speed pass is at the request of the inspectors, following Nancy's crash on the bike last month. Because there's no easy way to check for a tweaked frame (for instance) - they want me to go out there and see if the bike handles all right. Of course if I'm all over the track because of the wind -- well, was it the wind or is it me or is it the bike?
So we wait. I don't have a photo of it but will get one later -- of streaming central HQ at our pit. How spiffy it looks!?
