03-26-2021, 10:36 PM
PER MY NEW NICKNAME "SMOKEY THE RAINMAKER" THE PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER BETWEEN 9AM AND 2PM DID NOT MATERIALIZE. EVERY TIME THE LOUD SPEAKER MESSAGE WAS TRACK PERSONNEL REPORT TO THE TOWER TO DRY OUT THE TRACK, THE RAIN WOULD INTENSIFY FROM A DRIZZLE/SPRINKEL TO A PRETTY SOLID DOWNPOUR TO SOAK THE TRACK AGAIN. BARNESVILLLE WAS TRAPPED IN A LINE OF SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEAST. 20 MILES TO EITHER SIDE HAD SUNSHINE AND HIGH SEVENTIES. FIRST HEATS WERE STARTED AND ALL BUT FOUR WERE RUN BEFORE THE RAIN CAME BACK FOR ANOTHER PROLONGED PERIOD. ABOUT 6:30 PM THE RAIN HAD CLEARED UP. A VOTE WAS TAKEN TO RUN THE REST OF THE FIRST HEATS AND RUN THE SECOND HEATS UNDER THE LIGHTS IF NECESSARY. WHEN I COMPLETED MY SECOND HEAT IN 60+ I LEFT AT 8:30 PM. THE FINAL FOUR OR FIVE SECOND HEATS WERE PROBABLY COMPLETED BEFORE THE FINAL RACERS GOT TO RETURN TO THEIR HOTELS.
REMARKABLY I FINISHED BOTH 60+ HEATS WITHOUT EQUIPMENT FAILURE. MY OPPONENT WAS PAPA NEGAL SO THERE IS NO REASON TO LIST THE ORDER OF FINISH.
SMOKEY
REMARKABLY I FINISHED BOTH 60+ HEATS WITHOUT EQUIPMENT FAILURE. MY OPPONENT WAS PAPA NEGAL SO THERE IS NO REASON TO LIST THE ORDER OF FINISH.
SMOKEY