PS If you replaced my Freep name with yours, I'd be the first on your ping list....
Posted on 03/22/2012 1:29:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
This week, it's Springtime racing in Southern California and the Auto Club 400 and the Nationwide Royal Purple 300.
Grab a drink and a towel and let's hang with the movie stars and lay around by the pool.
Prayers for all our active duty and reserve troops, retirees and their families and this nation in these turbulent times.
It looks like you might be right. Monday’s not looking to good either. Special Weather Statement out of California:
..PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM...CURRENTLY OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA...WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BE WEAKER AND NOT AS WET OR AS COLD AS THE PREVIOUS STORM.
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS BEFORE THE RAIN ARRIVES.
LIGHT RAIN IS FORECAST TO BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING OVER ORANGE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO 5500 FEET IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL TURN TO SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING.
PRELIMINARY RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ORANGE COUNTY..............0.50 TO 0.75 INCHES SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS........0.75 TO 1.50 INCHES
INLAND EMPIRE..............0.33 TO 0.75 INCHES SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS......1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS......0.50 TO 1.00 INCHES APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS..0.10 TO 0.40 INCHES COACHELLA VALLEY...........0.05 TO 0.20 INCHES
SAN DIEGO COASTS/VALLEYS...0.33 TO 0.50 INCHES SAN DIEGO COUNTY MTN.......0.50 TO 0.67 INCHES SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS...0.05 TO 0.20 INCHES
PRELIMINARY SNOW TOTALS: 5000 TO 6000 FEET..........LESS THAN 2 INCHES 6000 TO 8000 FEET..........3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET............10 TO 15 INCHES
PRECAUTIONS: PEOPLE TRAVELING TO THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. CARRY CHAINS...EXTRA CLOTHING...AND WATER. THIS WEATHER WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR UNPREPARED CAMPERS AND HIKERS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
I am not convinced the car broke and caused the problem.
Has anyone heard what broke?
The race was not in progress it was caution flag and the dryers were out to dry the rain off the track.
I believe he was going too fast for the caution and lost control.
I have never heard it published what broke. Looked for it on Google and it just says it broke.
A tie rod end or something in the steering could have broken , but the possibility is small of that, he said he ahd a vibration it is possible I suppose that the engne blew and spilled oil under the wheels. I just have not heard what broke if anything did.
First!!!
I posted this 12 seconds after you pinged us...
Thanks. I thought it was a caution but wasn’t sure.
With the lengthy delay caused by the crash and fire, the
race didn’t end until 1:15 AM Eastern time.
While giving commentary at Bristol last weekend, Darrell Waltrip stated that both the remnants of Montoya’s car and the remains of the jet dryer should be in NASCAR’s museum.
I noticed those empty seats at Bristol, too.
Can’t imagine why.....the news media says the economy is booming, thanks to our beloved president (do I have to add the sarc tag?).
PS If you replaced my Freep name with yours, I'd be the first on your ping list....
Still having wet dreams Vox???
thanks but I’ll wait for Norm’s response...
Ya see this one?
Dakar will start in Lima, Peru, in 2013
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news;_ylt=ApFO0EL8qjPPLnqjHFXFW_Lov7YF?slug=ap-dakarrally-peru
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Uhh , isn’t Dakar on the African continent? I think it’s why they called it the Dakar Rally.
Due to security threats and since 2009 , it no longer is run on the EUropean continent where it used to run between Paris and Dakar before they moved it to South America.
This one ends in Santiago Chile. They start at opposite ends and have started in Argentina before too..
I’ll be there ...got tix and pit passes...boo yah!!!...:oP
My kid flies to Baja Saturday to ride a motorcycle from near the border to the tip. He is renting a bike from Malcom Smith motorsports for this ride.
Will you tell Glock that I bought another camera in my quest for the perfect one.
That would do it.
I looked for an article and found none,. Thanks for the info.
Illegal c-posts on the 48. The again, I suppose it could be considered a cumulative punishment. Although Knaus has been suspened and fined before.
In any case, I thought it was overkill...
Illegal c-posts on the 48. The again, I suppose it could be considered a cumulative punishment. Although Knaus has been suspened and fined before.
In any case, I thought it was overkill...
Wow, there are some scairy roads through the Andes. Farm animals in the road, rockfall and lots of things that can ruin your day.
Someone reported that Dale Jr now has Montoya's car setting in a field on his 200 acres near Mooresville, NC. According to the story someone on Montoya's team called Jr and ask if he wanted the car to add to his "collection" of about 30 cars that had interesting stories behind them.
In an interview Jr said all the cars had been given to him, he didn't buy them. When ask if Montoya's car had the best story behind it Jr said "well maybe not the best, but certainly it was in the top 3 or 4". When ask about also adding the jet dryer to his collection Jr said "well it is one of a kind, but I think I will stick to race cars".
Jr also has the big orange Union 76 ball that was at Talladaga for years. It is mounted on a pole on his land.
I think NASCAR.com, Jayski's or one of the once a week NASCAR threads here on FR had a link to some photos of Jr's home and land not too long ago (about a week or 2 ago?). In one of those photos it showed a couple of wreaked cars parked near each other in a field. I got the impression that the "collection" of 30 or so cars was scattered around and not parked side by side in one location.
Last fall I made several trips back and forth to a deer camp. It is a 140 mile round trip on 4 lane with 60 & 65 mph speed limits.
In the past I got 18.5 mpg in my pickup using gasoline with 10% ethanol. Using gasoline that contained no ethanol I got 20.5 mpg. An increase of 11%
Again thank you for the information you shared with me last summer.
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