[Teutonic Speedra...]

There's nothing like going to my first track event of the year in Summit Point, WV only to be leaving in heavy rain with 50mph winds... They are talking 6+ inches of rain around here, but hopefully it will be better the closer to WV I get! Tomorrow is a high of 46F, but Tuesday should be 52F. I don't have rain tires, so if it's raining tomorrow I'll be sitting out.

Anyone else in the Northeast heading to the track?

[pknowles]

The club I'm a part of (Autocrossers Inc.) had an autocross in Aberdeen, MD on Sunday. It was medium to heavy rain in the morning and got a little lighter around 2:30pm. The forecast said 34 to 46 degrees F with heavy rain and high wind. I just drove the car up on street tires, because I didn't want to deal with loading and unloading the trailer in that kind of weather, plus I was banking on the fact that it was a little to cold for my full tread RA1's to work anyway; at least that was my excuse to be lazy. The cheap $15 PVC rain suit held up well, but after 3 hours my old tennis shoes were soaked and cold along with my hands. That made it a miserable rest of the day. Non rubber, waterproof boots get you 5-6 hours before they are soaked through, so I'm going to buy full rubber boots for days like this. I should have grabbed my ski gloves for my hands.

I couldn't believe that we had 93 people come out to race in those conditions.