So did you hold the "Cone Races" like we did one year at Wendover?
Lay down a cone in each lane and see which one got to the end of the
straight first.
Glenn Duensing
GMD Enterprises
web site: gmd4cones.com/autox
> Event acticities for Sunday were cancelled due to high winds; 35 mph with
> gusts up to 50+ mph, which prevented the cones from maintaining their
upright
> position. Most of the first run group of Heat 3 completed their final
runs
> before the event was red-flagged for standby, then cancelled due to the
> worsening weather conditions. Class competition finishing positions were
> determined using the times ending on Saturday's Heat 2 and count as Class
> series points.
>
> The Challenge positions were determined using the final Saturday class
times,
> with the Challenge bonus money being awarded based on those positions.
> However, since nobody was able to compete in the Challenge rounds due to
the
> weather conditions, all competitors will be allowed to use an additional
> event for Challenge series points purposes. Also, Mark Chiles did score a
> perfect 0.500 reaction time on his first run during the beginning of
Sunday's
> Heat 3 competition, which qualified him for $100 for the first perfect
> reaction time of the event and another $100 for the having the best
reaction
> time of Heat 3. He was allowed to receive the cash awards, as well as won
> his combined ES-HS class using Hoosier tires. Congratulations to all the
> class winners.
>
> Despite the uncontrollable weather problem, the Lubbock event featured
great
> organization and planning by the West Texas Region, an awesome concrete
site,
> and one of the best-ever Pro Solo course designs. The weather problem was
> just one of those freak happenings. Kind of like the freak 4-minute
> rainstorm burst during my final two runs on Saturday afternoon :-(
>
> Sometimes doo-doo just happens.
>
> Mark Sipe
|