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Why I like autocrossing in the Summer...

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...because it doesn't do this:

(Pretty sure this is a photo by Mako)
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Looks like a fairly typical Washington state summer day (haha)
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Dan Barnes wrote:Looks like a fairly typical Washington state summer day (haha)
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Oh man. It's comments like that that remind me I don't miss the Pacific NW *that* much!
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But then..........
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Ashley Armstrong wrote:
Dan Barnes wrote:Looks like a fairly typical Washington state summer day (haha)
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Oh man. It's comments like that that remind me I don't miss the Pacific NW *that* much!
I agree about the winters in the NW (Vancouver) having spent a complete one there myself but the following summer was probably one of the nicest summers I ever had.....hardly rained at all and was not too hot ... just about perfect.

But those winters.....I swore that, despite being above freezing, it still felt like -20 C (yes, that is a minus sign) on the Prairies where it was dry....as opposed to wet.

But, I did like Vancouver - a beautiful city...not all of it...but not bad at all. 2010 winter Olympics are going to be there and at Whistler/Blackcomb (about 1 1/2 hours north).

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Another Flip Side Makofoto:
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But THERE were some pretty neat driving experiences in that deluge! Remember the lane change were our wake was knocking over cones! :twisted:
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Mako Koiwai wrote:Another Flip Side Makofoto:
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This was the last time we ran on the asphalt at Norton and it was in APRIL. I remember it 'cause it was the first practice I ever ran. Motorsport event '04. 2 hour work group FTMFL :x
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Norton. 2003. 2nd SCNAX Cup. Day 1: 108. Day 2: 105. }:)

On Day 1 I drank 4 liters of water and 4-5 liters of Gatorade and still got heat stroke. :barf:
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Curt Luther wrote:
Mako Koiwai wrote:Another Flip Side Makofoto:
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This was the last time we ran on the asphalt at Norton and it was in APRIL. I remember it 'cause it was the first practice I ever ran. Motorsport event '04. 2 hour work group FTMFL :x
That was my first autocross event as well. I remember my shoes melting to the asphalt and I think I remember the asphalt temp being over 150 degrees.

And I came back for more!!!! Maybe my wife is right - this is a sickness!
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Ah running in the wet.....I remember that day in Fontana (February 20th, 2005)
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Shot thru my car window ... which is why those shots were a bit fuzzier then usual. 8-)
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Ken Lord wrote:That was my first autocross event as well. I remember my shoes melting to the asphalt and I think I remember the asphalt temp being over 150 degrees.
And can you imagine how INSANE Wendover will be this August?!?! UGH!
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