Live from Gainesville

Robbie Welch · 02-17-2012, 10:46 AM

We made the short haul from Williston (where we stayed) to Gainesville yesterday and made it through registration and tech. The T&T was rained out by a short rain shower then it cleared up for the rest of the evenning. Today (Friday) its over cast and spitting rain hopefully it will clear up but it looks pretty bad right now. There's still alot of cars here already. I don't have much of an internet connection so pic's may have to wait.

Keith 944 · 02-17-2012, 11:14 AM

good luck my friend, third time is the charm

Robbie Welch · 02-17-2012, 06:09 PM

Thanks Keith, I need all the luck I can get. Well S/ST got their first time shot. Its a little slow I went 10.96. A few stockers got to run before the sprinkles started again. The rain is coming down pretty steady now ,not sure if they'll be able to dry the track again. They just told all the cars in the lanes to go back to the pits. We're invited to a low country boil tonight, put on by our racing friends James, Steve, Dennis and Shawn
.Looking forward to some good food.

Glenn Hayes · 02-17-2012, 07:01 PM

So, from what you have written, it does'nt sound like the track was dry very long at all today.
I'm 2 hours south of Gainesville and it's been raining and drizzle most of the day here.
What do you see for tomorrow?

Robbie Welch · 02-18-2012, 08:32 AM

The track kept getting drizzled on, they got it dry around 3pm then after s/st and a couple stockers it rained enough to stop things for the day. The weather channel is saying it should be better today and worse Sunday thats about all I know. I tried to up load some photos way to slow. Its 7am and there on the track with the sweeper. I hope they'll give us 1 shoot then 1st round????????

Robbie Welch · 02-19-2012, 09:43 AM

Well another 1st round RU, this has been a rough racing trip. They got 1st round done on most classes yesterday. Still no rain this morning but the weather channel said it coming. One SC dragster did get in to the wall yesterday evening the cars done but the drive is OK. We'll be heading north taking a couple days to get there, sounds like a lot of weather on the east coast.

Robbie Welch · 02-25-2012, 09:19 AM

Well, we made it home Thursday. It's good to be back home, we had a good time on the road. The racing didn't go a hoped but we got to see old freinds and met some new . Here's a few more photo's from Gainsville.

Robbie Welch · 02-25-2012, 09:27 AM

A few more.

This is the low country boil put on by James, Steve, Shawn, & Dennis thanks for the great food we had a blast.

SST · 02-25-2012, 01:28 PM

Robbie, thanks for posting the pictures.

02-17-2012, 10:46 AM	#1
Robbie Welch Live Reporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Golden Beach Maryland Posts: 1,234 Likes: 55 Liked 262 Times in 124 Posts	Live from Gainesville We made the short haul from Williston (where we stayed) to Gainesville yesterday and made it through registration and tech. The T&T was rained out by a short rain shower then it cleared up for the rest of the evenning. Today (Friday) its over cast and spitting rain hopefully it will clear up but it looks pretty bad right now. There's still alot of cars here already. I don't have much of an internet connection so pic's may have to wait.

02-17-2012, 11:14 AM	#2
Keith 944 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dela-where? Posts: 2,195 Likes: 1,163 Liked 1,885 Times in 578 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville good luck my friend, third time is the charm __________________ KEITH MAYERS 2-1/2 X somebody Still many X nobody

02-17-2012, 06:09 PM	#3
Robbie Welch Live Reporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Golden Beach Maryland Posts: 1,234 Likes: 55 Liked 262 Times in 124 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville Thanks Keith, I need all the luck I can get. Well S/ST got their first time shot. Its a little slow I went 10.96. A few stockers got to run before the sprinkles started again. The rain is coming down pretty steady now ,not sure if they'll be able to dry the track again. They just told all the cars in the lanes to go back to the pits. We're invited to a low country boil tonight, put on by our racing friends James, Steve, Dennis and Shawn .Looking forward to some good food.

02-17-2012, 07:01 PM	#4
Glenn Hayes Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Weeki Wachee, Florida Posts: 348 Likes: 416 Liked 18 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville So, from what you have written, it does'nt sound like the track was dry very long at all today. I'm 2 hours south of Gainesville and it's been raining and drizzle most of the day here. What do you see for tomorrow? __________________ "Real Race Cars Have Tailgates"

02-18-2012, 08:32 AM	#5
Robbie Welch Live Reporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Golden Beach Maryland Posts: 1,234 Likes: 55 Liked 262 Times in 124 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville The track kept getting drizzled on, they got it dry around 3pm then after s/st and a couple stockers it rained enough to stop things for the day. The weather channel is saying it should be better today and worse Sunday thats about all I know. I tried to up load some photos way to slow. Its 7am and there on the track with the sweeper. I hope they'll give us 1 shoot then 1st round????????

02-19-2012, 09:43 AM	#6
Robbie Welch Live Reporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Golden Beach Maryland Posts: 1,234 Likes: 55 Liked 262 Times in 124 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville Well another 1st round RU, this has been a rough racing trip. They got 1st round done on most classes yesterday. Still no rain this morning but the weather channel said it coming. One SC dragster did get in to the wall yesterday evening the cars done but the drive is OK. We'll be heading north taking a couple days to get there, sounds like a lot of weather on the east coast.

02-25-2012, 09:19 AM	#7
Robbie Welch Live Reporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Golden Beach Maryland Posts: 1,234 Likes: 55 Liked 262 Times in 124 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville Well, we made it home Thursday. It's good to be back home, we had a good time on the road. The racing didn't go a hoped but we got to see old freinds and met some new . Here's a few more photo's from Gainsville.

02-25-2012, 09:27 AM	#8
Robbie Welch Live Reporter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Golden Beach Maryland Posts: 1,234 Likes: 55 Liked 262 Times in 124 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville A few more. This is the low country boil put on by James, Steve, Shawn, & Dennis thanks for the great food we had a blast.

02-25-2012, 01:28 PM	#9
SST Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 37 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Live from Gainesville Robbie, thanks for posting the pictures.