Tom,
That certainly happened when I was crewing for Clark Cagle and Belmont
Sanchez in the eeeaaaarrrrly 60's. The we added some nitro and the air and
wet salt was not any longer a problem....just ran out of engines. Isn't the
water closer to the surface in the PM??? Cold is good!!!
Skip
At 02:04 PM 4/21/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>When we ran both ways in the morning after a previous day's qualifying,
> very often, the average record speed was higher than the qualifying
>run. One in particular that I remember was Bob Joenick's (sp)D/G
>roadster. He was never able to qualify again against his own record.
>
>Tom, Re3dding CA - #216 D/GCC
>
>Dave Dahlgren wrote:
>> Personally I would rather have the 1 hour if it is in the late
afternoon.. It
>> 'seems'like the salt is better then than the morning anyway.. I always think
>> think of the early am runs as 'uphill' as the salt is cold and damp.
>> Dave
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