03-25-2021, 08:12 PM
DESPITE THE DRACONION "BING" FORECASTS, WEDNESDAY WAS DRY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT HAD RAIN WHICH QUIT EARLY THURDAY MORNING. ONCE THE TRACK DRIED, PRACTICE WENT ON ALL DAY. THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ARE FORECAST TO BE QUITE WET. A DRY PERIOD MAY OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 9AM AND 2-3 PM WITH RAIN TO FOLLOW. SATURDAY IS NOW FORECAST TO BE DRY WHICH IS A HUGE CHANGE FROM PRIOR SKY IS FALLING FORECASTS.
THE ATTENDANCE IS FAR HIGHER THAN THE FALL PANIC VIRUS RACE. THE HORRIBLE FORECASTS CLEARLY DISCOURAGED SOME POTENTIAL KARTERS AND VENDORS.
A TIP OF SMOKEY'S HAT GOES TO GARY W. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON A FELLOW APPROACHED ME LOOKING FOR A 6.1 MAC. HE AND HIS DAUGHTER HAD COME FROM FAR AWAY. THEIR MAC HAD STUCK AND HE NEEDED ANOTHER ENGINE TO GET HER BACK IN THE GAME. I HAD AN ENGINE THAT I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO SELL, BUT OFFERED HIM A DEAL IF HE HAD NO OTHER OPTION. GARY ACTUALLY OFFERED TO LET THE MAN USE ONE OF HIS ENGINES AND SIMPLY RETURN IT. WHEN THE FELLOW REALLY INSISTED ON BUYING THE ENGINE, GARY SOLD HIS FRESHLY REBUILT ENGINE FOR MUCH LESS THAN HE HAD INVESTED IN IT. THIS WAS A REALLY NICE WAY TO DEAL WITH A LONG TIME VKA MEMBER AND HOPEFULLY PUT THE YOUNG LADY NEAR THE HEAD OF THE PACK. GARY GETS A g0ld STAR FOR THIS ONE DESPITE THE FACT IT IS USUALLY FUN TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME. THERE IS NOT NEED FOR THIS AT BARNESVILLE BECAUSE HE BROUGHT SMILING (AKA GRUMPY) DAVE ALONG WITH HIM TO GET DAVE BACK IN THE GAME.
SMOKEY
THE ATTENDANCE IS FAR HIGHER THAN THE FALL PANIC VIRUS RACE. THE HORRIBLE FORECASTS CLEARLY DISCOURAGED SOME POTENTIAL KARTERS AND VENDORS.
A TIP OF SMOKEY'S HAT GOES TO GARY W. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON A FELLOW APPROACHED ME LOOKING FOR A 6.1 MAC. HE AND HIS DAUGHTER HAD COME FROM FAR AWAY. THEIR MAC HAD STUCK AND HE NEEDED ANOTHER ENGINE TO GET HER BACK IN THE GAME. I HAD AN ENGINE THAT I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO SELL, BUT OFFERED HIM A DEAL IF HE HAD NO OTHER OPTION. GARY ACTUALLY OFFERED TO LET THE MAN USE ONE OF HIS ENGINES AND SIMPLY RETURN IT. WHEN THE FELLOW REALLY INSISTED ON BUYING THE ENGINE, GARY SOLD HIS FRESHLY REBUILT ENGINE FOR MUCH LESS THAN HE HAD INVESTED IN IT. THIS WAS A REALLY NICE WAY TO DEAL WITH A LONG TIME VKA MEMBER AND HOPEFULLY PUT THE YOUNG LADY NEAR THE HEAD OF THE PACK. GARY GETS A g0ld STAR FOR THIS ONE DESPITE THE FACT IT IS USUALLY FUN TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME. THERE IS NOT NEED FOR THIS AT BARNESVILLE BECAUSE HE BROUGHT SMILING (AKA GRUMPY) DAVE ALONG WITH HIM TO GET DAVE BACK IN THE GAME.
SMOKEY