Northeast blizzard

Bob Lasko · 01-26-2015, 05:40 PM

Well it looks like the Snow Gods are at it again. Expecting about 2 Feet of the white stuff. Can't wait for the winter to be over and back to racing.
Bob Lasko

Tony Corley · 01-26-2015, 05:44 PM

I sure do like living in the south, lol. Track 5 miles from home was running yesterday. Good luck and stay warm!

davidhuff · 01-26-2015, 05:55 PM

I can not wait to get to Pomona,CA!

supergas4 · 01-26-2015, 06:08 PM

Sunny 75 in Waco(Whako)Texas

Robert Simpson · 01-26-2015, 06:08 PM

The south has some advantages. Raced Gainesville sat. Was a high of 62, adj alt 950' with a 10-20 MPH tail wind! It was a day that made you look good that is for sure. But like anything down here, if you don't like the weather just wait 15min it will change! Nothing beats racing during the summer nights and you have to use a squeegy to get the humidity off the window so you can race... LOL... Or literally seeing a wall of rain just past the finish line while standing on the starting line in the blazzing sun...

Frank Castros · 01-26-2015, 08:56 PM

Bobby,

I guess moving to Charleston was a good idea!

Good luck, be careful and stay warm.

Dave Casey · 01-26-2015, 09:40 PM

Enjoyed a day of snowmobiling yesterday with my daughter Kelly and here husband Jeff. Weekend before last, Patty and I hit the trails . Love the winter wonderland, scenery you can't imagine and great people you meet. Get out there and enjoy winter. I may not be this happy plowing and moving snow for the next 2 days, but it isn't any worse than changing a trans in 90 degree weather.

oldskool · 01-27-2015, 12:03 AM

I remember racing in the summer of '78, at a track in Tyler, Texas, called I-20 Dragway. Some days it was well over 100 degrees. I remember us making a time trial, then sitting in the crew cab with the AC on, til time for the next pass. Sometimes we'd hear over the local radio, that it was still 100 degrees or more at 6pm. How many of you guys remember the 5-amber tree ? You can see one in the 1st pic below.

One night that summer, at an IHRA points race, we kept doing everything we could to cool TJ's '68 Bird between rounds. We used ice and garden sprayers, and pushed it all the way from the pits to the front of the staging lanes, every round. But it was worth all the trouble and sweat. TJ won the race from the bump spot in a 16 car field, and got a little ink in the "Drag Review" !

John Kissel · 01-27-2015, 12:44 AM

Still waiting on more than just an annyoing amout of snow. From last night at this time till right now, we maybe got 3" of what would be good snowblower stuff, if there was enough of it to use the machine in, instead of the leafblower. Compared to 4 years ago, we got nothin'. As far as racing when it is 95*,after living in Fla. for 23 years I would rather sweat than shivver anyday. John Kissel

SGE1340 · 01-27-2015, 09:28 AM

X 2 Dave Casey

01-26-2015, 05:40 PM	#1
Bob Lasko Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wilton,CT Posts: 630 Likes: 0 Liked 186 Times in 55 Posts	Northeast blizzard Well it looks like the Snow Gods are at it again. Expecting about 2 Feet of the white stuff. Can't wait for the winter to be over and back to racing. Bob Lasko Last edited by Bob Lasko; 01-26-2015 at 06:56 PM.

01-26-2015, 05:44 PM	#2
Tony Corley Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 264 Likes: 42 Liked 61 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard I sure do like living in the south, lol. Track 5 miles from home was running yesterday. Good luck and stay warm!

01-26-2015, 05:55 PM	#3
davidhuff Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 928 Likes: 1 Liked 120 Times in 42 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard I can not wait to get to Pomona,CA!

01-26-2015, 06:08 PM	#4
supergas4 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 159 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard Sunny 75 in Waco(Whako)Texas

01-26-2015, 06:08 PM	#5
Robert Simpson Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 808 Likes: 7 Liked 20 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard The south has some advantages. Raced Gainesville sat. Was a high of 62, adj alt 950' with a 10-20 MPH tail wind! It was a day that made you look good that is for sure. But like anything down here, if you don't like the weather just wait 15min it will change! Nothing beats racing during the summer nights and you have to use a squeegy to get the humidity off the window so you can race... LOL... Or literally seeing a wall of rain just past the finish line while standing on the starting line in the blazzing sun...

01-26-2015, 08:56 PM	#6
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,987 Likes: 2,617 Liked 2,741 Times in 967 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard Bobby, I guess moving to Charleston was a good idea! Good luck, be careful and stay warm.

01-26-2015, 09:40 PM	#7
Dave Casey VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hampden, MA Posts: 1,202 Likes: 233 Liked 797 Times in 165 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard Enjoyed a day of snowmobiling yesterday with my daughter Kelly and here husband Jeff. Weekend before last, Patty and I hit the trails . Love the winter wonderland, scenery you can't imagine and great people you meet. Get out there and enjoy winter. I may not be this happy plowing and moving snow for the next 2 days, but it isn't any worse than changing a trans in 90 degree weather. __________________ Dave Casey 1330 STK

01-27-2015, 12:03 AM	#8
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 747 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard I remember racing in the summer of '78, at a track in Tyler, Texas, called I-20 Dragway. Some days it was well over 100 degrees. I remember us making a time trial, then sitting in the crew cab with the AC on, til time for the next pass. Sometimes we'd hear over the local radio, that it was still 100 degrees or more at 6pm. How many of you guys remember the 5-amber tree ? You can see one in the 1st pic below. One night that summer, at an IHRA points race, we kept doing everything we could to cool TJ's '68 Bird between rounds. We used ice and garden sprayers, and pushed it all the way from the pits to the front of the staging lanes, every round. But it was worth all the trouble and sweat. TJ won the race from the bump spot in a 16 car field, and got a little ink in the "Drag Review" ! Attached Thumbnails Last edited by oldskool; 01-27-2015 at 12:09 AM.

01-27-2015, 12:44 AM	#9
John Kissel Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Colt's Neck, n.j. Posts: 349 Likes: 766 Liked 230 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard Still waiting on more than just an annyoing amout of snow. From last night at this time till right now, we maybe got 3" of what would be good snowblower stuff, if there was enough of it to use the machine in, instead of the leafblower. Compared to 4 years ago, we got nothin'. As far as racing when it is 95*,after living in Fla. for 23 years I would rather sweat than shivver anyday. John Kissel

01-27-2015, 09:28 AM	#10
SGE1340 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: dennysville, maine Posts: 28 Likes: 1 Liked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Northeast blizzard X 2 Dave Casey