DAYTONA GEEZER REPORT "RACE DAY 1"

[Blaine Young]

RACE DAY 1 DAWNED DRIZZLY AND WET.  MID MORNING BEFORE ANY PRACTICE COULD TAKE PLACE I TOOK A LOONG WALK FROM REMOTE PARKING TO A LOOONG WALK THROUGH THE PITS.  I FOUND THREE REAL (OK VINTAGE) KARTS WITH NO SIDEPODS, SPOILERS, ETC.  THERE WAS ONE LONELY MC91B.  THE REST WERE YAMAHA OR SOME SPAGETTI I COULDN'T IDENTIFY.  WHILE I WAS IN THE PITS (AND MANAGED TO LIMIT MY EXPENDITURES TO AN XL SEAT AND A PUSH POLE), THE FIRST PRACTICE ROUND GOT STARTED.  SADLY THE MC91B WHICH RAN FINE AT HOME AND IN THE PITS REALLY DISLIKED THE SUPER STEEP BANKING AND WOULD QUIT ON THE TRACK.  NOON HAD A BREAK FOR CHURCH AND LUNCH.  ABOUT 12:45 THE RAINS CAME BACK.  IN KEEPING WITH THE MISERABLE FORECAST, THEY KEPT THE TRACK SOAKED ALL AFTERNOON AND THE THREE 12 LAP HEATS PLANNED NEVER HAPPENED.  

THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW IS WORSE.  THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO START RACING AT 8:30 AM.  THE ISSUE REMAINS SERIOUSLY IN DOUBT.

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