IHRA schedule

[Greg Hill]

Whoever scheduled Memphis August 17-19 is an idiot. They will have no cars. Memphis is one of the hottest and most humid places in the country that time of year. I was really looking forward to going back to Memphis this year and will probably go for the big Sportsman race in October but never in August. Can you say 100 degrees and 75% humidity.

[Ed Wright]

Maybe they've never been there in August? :-)

[jmcarter]

They apparently figured out South Carolina in July isn't such a good idea because they moved Carolina Dragway to May (BTW its a great little track). Too bad about Memphis though, that place is just plain brutal in August and their car counts will suffer greatly because of it.

[wupracing]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Maybe they've never been there in August? :-)

It is not just IHRA the track had something to do with the dates to.
If you think car count will be down that should make yall want to go even more gives you a better chance plus they are going to pay the same with 100 cars or 10 cars in your class.

[Ed Wright]

The heat won't keep me away. I'm from Oklahoma. Same weather here. Funny thing, while at Indy this year the local weather guys kept talking about how many days they had seen over 90 deg. LOL around here most every summer day is over 90. We count days over 100. Not everybody is from here.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

The heat won't keep me away. I'm from Oklahoma. Same weather here. Funny thing, while at Indy this year the local weather guys kept talking about how many days they had seen over 90 deg. LOL around here most every summer day is over 90. We count days over 100. Not everybody is from here.

Sounds like my neck of the woods (er desert), too Ed...lol

[Adger Smith]

We have been to Memphis when it is so hot the only place to stand to keep your feet from frying is under the crossover in the staging lanes. We are very acclimated to hot down here, right Ed? I dyno tested an engine last july30 with 95 deg carb air temp and 69% humidity. I think the DA was about 3500 Ft. Got a great tune up for our summer weather. That track was always good in the heat. Park in the grass it is a little cooler.....

[Michael Beard]

Seriously, guys? I've been to Canada when it was 98 degrees and 98% humidity. Guess what, if it's hot at the track, it's going to be hot at home. Me, I'm going racing. Many S/SS racers have their motorhome/toterhome rigs with A/C to hide in between rounds anyway. And maybe everyone has forgotten the holy grail of S/SS racing, the US Class Nationals was 107 degrees, and if you drank a bottle of water it fell out your feet. As far as I remember, it was still the greatest race ever.

I think the number of excuses for not going to a race are starting to rival the "reasons why I lost". Good grief.

[KEN BUGAJ]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

Whoever scheduled Memphis August 17-19 is an idiot. They will have no cars. Memphis is one of the hottest and most humid places in the country that time of year. I was really looking forward to going back to Memphis this year and will probably go for the big Sportsman race in October but never in August. Can you say 100 degrees and 75% humidity.

You need to go to Bristol in July,,,lol
4500 ft corrected and high 90's

[dragracer2011]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

Whoever scheduled Memphis August 17-19 is an idiot. They will have no cars. Memphis is one of the hottest and most humid places in the country that time of year. I was really looking forward to going back to Memphis this year and will probably go for the big Sportsman race in October but never in August. Can you say 100 degrees and 75% humidity.

I would say the forecast is looking pretty good to me