by "Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
Published 06/21/2017 at 17:57
by "Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
Published 06/21/2017 at 17:57
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That’s from right now. It’s the current temp at Thunderhill track. I’ll be on that track in the middle of July where you can tack ten more degrees on.... In long sleeves.... In a helmet... In gloves.... With the top down with no shade and the heat on blast — trying to keep the Corvette from overheating.
However, it won’t be the heat that kills me. Not directly. What will kill me is a turn named The Cyclone. You see, I’ll be relearning the track and learning the car and blinded by sweat in my eyes and trying to stay focused despite the heat. I’ll be fine on Saturday.
Sunday is the day I will go off the track.
After nearly dying on Saturday from the heat I’ll be back on Sunday still heat drunk and dizzy from the day before, and that’s when they cone off The Cyclone and run the bypass. So when I get to that turn I’m going to have to think, and think clearly, and choose wisely.
I struggle with such things at the best of times. This is gonna be a shit show.
UPDATE: I was calling it the corkscrew as I’m used to Laguna Seca. Turbocharged Squirrel hit me with the cluebat.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/21/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 1
We’ll miss you.
"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
06/21/2017 at 18:02, STARS: 3
Yikes! Time to invest in a cooling suit?
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
06/21/2017 at 18:07, STARS: 3
It is a warriors death.
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
06/21/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 2
That sounds miserable! Not even the “I’m on a track” fun part of it is going to outweigh the misery. On the bright side, if you need to lose any weight (like I do), this will help!
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
06/21/2017 at 18:15, STARS: 3
*pulls out empty pockets*
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
06/21/2017 at 18:17, STARS: 1
Can they also just dig a bigger hole and bury the whole thing with you in it, so that they don’t have to mess around with extracting whatever is left of you from whatever is left of the car? Think of it as a Viking funeral, but with racecars.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
06/21/2017 at 18:17, STARS: 3
I’m pretty sure my death is going to involve raisin oatmeal and rubber bands.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
06/21/2017 at 18:29, STARS: 1
Wait, the corkscrew can be bypassed?
"vondon302" (vondon302)
06/21/2017 at 18:57, STARS: 1
WITNESS HIM!
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
06/21/2017 at 18:57, STARS: 0
Just about the 1:00 mark.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
(Not me btw -- random and very good find, and with the group I’m running with.)
"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
06/21/2017 at 19:12, STARS: 1
As you’re top-down, it won’t be so bad when you’re in motion. Stopped is when you’ll be wishing you were dead.
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
06/21/2017 at 19:21, STARS: 0
When signing up getting a reserved, covered space was only a few extra dollars.
Hands down easiest decision in my life. Sitting in the grid will be hell though. I might just start my runs a few minutes late to avoid sitting there.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
06/21/2017 at 19:25, STARS: 0
I’m confused. I know Laguna pretty well from TV and Video Games and I didn’t recognize any of that.
"Little Black Coupe Turned Silver" (littleblackcoupe)
06/21/2017 at 19:33, STARS: 1
I never sit in gird. I’ll start getting in my car at “last call for grid” so then I can just roll up and go on track. If I miss a minute so be it.
"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal)
06/21/2017 at 19:37, STARS: 0
Thunderhill, sir. Not my usual stomping ground of Laguna Seca and the mistake is entirely mine. The turn is called The Cyclone. My apologies.
I think this more than underscores my point that I’m going to get it wrong. I can’t get it right and I’m sitting in an office with air conditioning.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
06/21/2017 at 19:38, STARS: 1
Well that blind crest they are diverted over would catch me out every single time regardless of my conditions.