Autocross for March 17th CANCELLED

[Mmagus]

Hi there everyone,

The AX chairs have been keeping an eye on the weather reports and due to the conditions that it predicts, we are cancelling the autocross for this weekend. We figure its better to do so now, and not be charged for the use of the lot, than to have a poor showing at the event and loose money for the club.

We hope this causes you no inconvenience.

See you all soon!

Mark
Lead AX Chair

[c4s4pcs]

Sounds good to me - I wasn't sure which tires to run to AX in the rain, then drive home to the snow...

[Don Middleton]

Mark, Jerry, Gordon...probably the best choice...we can make it up later in the year...

[martinreinhardt]

Wow this comes as a surprise, as it is the first time as far I can remember or since 2001, that we are canceling an event before even seeing the rain !

In the past we use to make the call the day of after the drivers meeting or before 9am, so we wouldn't get charged by the stadium. Nobody got charged and no points were assigned, but after 9am we got charged for the "Rain Out" event and everybody was awarded 5 points. Also when there were enough drivers wanting stay and drive in the rain for the rest of the day, it was run a fun event.

Oh well, the good thing about this is we can all sleep in this weekend

[ttweed]

Wow this comes as a surprise, as it is the first time as far I can remember or since 2001, that we are canceling an event before even seeing the rain !

In the past we use to make the call the day of after the drivers meeting or before 9am, so we wouldn't get charged by the stadium.

This is indeed kind of an unprecedented move, considering the vagaries of NW weather fronts, but it is a pretty strong storm, and the forecast is for 70% chance of rain on Sat. Nevertheless, I have seen fronts like this stall and not arrive as fast as expected in S. Cal. Oh well, I was just going out to the garage to change tires when I checked my email and found the announcement, so at least I know I don't have to waste time doing that now. I had invited another Nissan Leaf owner to come down and run his EV with us on Sat., so I'll have to let him know now.

TT

[Bill Behun]

Yup - the storm fronts always seem to come in later than predicted. Oh well.

WAIT - now I don't have an excuse to avoid doing the TAXES or the HOUSEWORK!!

Don't tell Gail it has been cancelled!

[Dave Diamond]

A couple of years ago the December "other car" was held in the rain, and it was the only time I was faster than my son Jeff . It rained all day, but the worst part was the corner working without a raincoat!

[Gary Burch]

Wow this comes as a surprise, as it is the first time as far I can remember or since 2001, that we are canceling an event before even seeing the rain !

In the past we use to make the call the day of after the drivers meeting or before 9am, so we wouldn't get charged by the stadium. Nobody got charged and no points were assigned, but after 9am we got charged for the "Rain Out" event and everybody was awarded 5 points. Also when there were enough drivers wanting stay and drive in the rain for the rest of the day, it was run a fun event.

Oh well, the good thing about this is we can all sleep in this weekend

We did this once and we spent the nice clear Sunday autocross day defending the weather men and justifying our call. It was all Dan's fault, I said it then and I say it now...

Hope it works out for you guys

[Greg Phillips]

Still Dry

Greg

[c4s4pcs]

As predicted till after 11:00?

"Tonight: Rain likely, mainly after 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 54. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Some of the storms could produce small hail and heavy rain. High near 60. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to between 20 and 25 mph. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%."

From:
http://forecast.weather.gov/

[Kim Crosser]

Time to break out that "other car" for the AX...

[ttweed]

Pretty wet outside when I woke up this morning. Looks like vindication for the NWS forecast and the AX chairs' call to cancel the event.
I'm glad I'm not standing in the lot at the Q trying to tech cars right now.

TT

[stevemckay]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, WELL ONCE AGAIN OUR FEARLESS LEADERS HAVE MADE THE CORRECT CALL!!!!!! BY MAKING THE CALL EARLY IN THE WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO SAVE POTTIE,ICE, AND LUNCH TRUCK MONEY. AND REGISTRATION CAN SAVE THEIR INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT EVENT.WE GET FEW ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS AS IT IS TO PICK UP THE TRACK I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY WOULD STAY IN THE RAIN.JUST MY $.02

[Gary Burch]

I think we could'a run...

[JERRY B]

Sure We could'a of Run

But according to the Prime Directive "ALL EVENTS MUST AT LEAST BREAK EVEN"
We Would have to cut the Track down due to a shortage of corner workers
Many corner workers would catch a sickness
And It would of been a 5 point Event