Back in 2003 / 2004 when Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, and I .... oh wait, that was Carl Scragg, Gary Burch and I ... were AX Chairs we usually did not run AX events at the Q in the rain. One BIG concern was safety. Another was insurance issues (either with Qualcomm or PCA National ... I can't remember).
There was, however, an AX we ran in the Northeast Corner one year (yeah ...
North-east corner) that got rained on. Many experienced AX Volunteers said to the AX Chairs "Keep it going! It's a very safe track design and people are having a good time."
So; we took a vote of
everyone there at the event ... and everyone who decided to stay agreed to continue as a no-points event. We had just enough people remaining in the run groups to have Corner Workers, and we wrapped it up around 3:30 or 4:00. It
was fun. The only bummer: Corner Workers got
SOAKED and were pretty-darned
miserable.
If the powers that be decide to run the event tomorrow, I'd suggest all those hardy lads and lasses who want to brave the elements bring full rain-gear and rubber boots for corner-working; some warm fleece jackets under the rain gear... you get the picture. Standing out in it for 3 run sessions in the rain should be well planned for.
Or you could sit on a warm, dry, cozy couch sipping Mimosa's and watching Netflix with a fire going.
(I'm just sayin')
Dan Chambers"It's
just a "well prepared" street car ... or a very, very well-mannered track car."
1983 SC #91 3.6L, "Black Pearl" Livery
1987 944 (gone but not forgotten)