Gateway Trackday 6/13 (Friday the 13th- Mwa ha ha)

[tigerblade]

Who's going to the Friday trackday before the races?  A group of us from Columbia will be there.  Will be my first on-track experience at Gateway.  Those walls are fluffy, right?!   ::)

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[RC51Racer]

Don't know about the walls being fluffy, but I know the ground (asphalt) is hard.   :'(

[motomadness]

I plan on being there.  Accuweather.com forecasts rain for that day.

[tigerblade]

 Accuweather.com forecasts rain for that day.

Wonderful.   :-/

[SliderPhoto]

I'll be there all weekend. I just got off the phone with Neville and the word is that we wont get out on the track until noon but then we'll run until dark. Hmmm, maybe we can turn the lights on and run the banking.  ;D

See ya there.

[tigerblade]

Ooo... maybe half of us could run the track in the opposite direction just to spice it up!

[tshort]

I'll be there all weekend. I just got off the phone with Neville and the word is that we wont get out on the track until noon but then we'll run until dark. Hmmm, maybe we can turn the lights on and run the banking.  ;D

See ya there.

Hey I was just at an Indy car race at the Milwaukee Mile over the weekend (after I crashed at BHF :() and it was held at night under full lighting.  An Indy car first, I believe.  was kinda weird, I guess.  Mainly, tho, we froze our butts off - and it was nearly June, for crying out loud.  Only in Wisconsin... :-/

[sdiver68]

I'll be there all weekend. I just got off the phone with Neville and the word is that we wont get out on the track until noon but then we'll run until dark. Hmmm, maybe we can turn the lights on and run the banking.  ;D

See ya there.

WERA ran an endurance race there in the dark.  From what I've heard, they skipped out on the lights bill, and that was the end of WERA at Gateway.  ???

[Jeff]

Don't know about the walls being fluffy, but I know the ground (asphalt) is hard.   :'(

Brother I hear you there...  I went down 2 years ago coming through the large carousel at the end.  I was FLYING, then sliding...  On my back, I hit a rock or a large clump of dirt or something with my arse.  

My right cheek, I must have split the muscle as I was blood black from mid thigh to the center of my back.  It was so ugly that after I took pics, I couldn't bear to put them on the internet...  I rode home (6 hours) on 3 blue ice packs.

For 6 months, I had a knot the size of a 6" subway sandwich.  Since then, it's subsided to the size of a dinner roll...  You're welcome to come on by the next time I'm outta my leathers if you wanna feel  :P

[harb990]

I just got off the phone with Neville and the word is that we wont get out on the track until noon but then we'll run until dark. Hmmm, maybe we can turn the lights on and run the banking.

Whats the deal on not running til noon - should I sleep in or what?  

[r1owner]

I plan on being there.  Accuweather.com forecasts rain for that day.

OMG, I won't put any stock into the forecast until the day before.  Otherwise the forecasters can't tell squat here in the Midwest.  I want their job.  I could be wrong all the time and still keep my job! ;)

[tigerblade]

I just got off the phone with Neville and the word is that we wont get out on the track until noon but then we'll run until dark.

Someone else who talked to him today said registration starts @ 10:30.