Too damn early ;)

[ELVA164]

June 2, 2018 was a Saturday, no?

....

[ForcedFirebird]

2:23 am and looking through a telescope after an AWESOME father's day.


...what is "time" again?

[Stanley Rockafella]

Is a mimosas a girl drink?

Pfft, of course not!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0z3gCFXHj0

[george graves]

Pfft, of course not!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0z3gCFXHj0

I now have brain cancer. Thanks.

[Stanley Rockafella]

[roguetoaster]

I now have brain cancer. Thanks.

Time to rake in that sweet GoFundMe money I suppose.

[george graves]

Good idea. We could do a two for one go-fund-me. "Help fix George's brain cancer, AND help Luke get his business back on track!"

Although, I assume the cancer would take me before that ever happened.

PS: Mr Rockafella - this one is for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeiSx5MNDvg

[Stanley Rockafella]

Wow, thank you for that Mr. Graves.
I can honestly say I've never seen that before (live a very sheltered life...for good reason).

[BillBrasky]

I have the same gripe about track days starting early. Many people have a few hour drive just to get to the track. My home track of Nelson Ledges and PittRace are only 35 minutes away, but Mid-Ohio is a 1.5 hour drive. Advanced group is always on track at 8:00am. That means a lot of times you have to be up at 4:15-4:30 because you have to drive there, unload the car and gear, then go to the mandatory meeting before you go out. I've always thought it would be a lot better to push it back an hour to ensure drivers have more time to get sleep and a proper breakfast before driving a car at 100+ MPH.

[Powling]

Where is Cars and Coffee in TO anyway? Please don't say Woodbridge.

Engineered Automotive in Vaughn...

Not Woodbridge, same same but different though.

[ELVA164]

I have the same gripe about track days starting early. Many people have a few hour drive just to get to the track. My home track of Nelson Ledges and PittRace are only 35 minutes away, but Mid-Ohio is a 1.5 hour drive. Advanced group is always on track at 8:00am. That means a lot of times you have to be up at 4:15-4:30 because you have to drive there, unload the car and gear, then go to the mandatory meeting before you go out. I've always thought it would be a lot better to push it back an hour to ensure drivers have more time to get sleep and a proper breakfast before driving a car at 100+ MPH.

Those are some awesome home tracks! The new PIRC is so much fun.

[wworm]

Signs and symptoms of SAD may include:

Having low energy
Having problems with sleeping
r3v dad busting your balls.

FTFY
2man is the most dadest of dads on this forum

[agent]

I have the same gripe about track days starting early. Many people have a few hour drive just to get to the track. My home track of Nelson Ledges and PittRace are only 35 minutes away, but Mid-Ohio is a 1.5 hour drive. Advanced group is always on track at 8:00am. That means a lot of times you have to be up at 4:15-4:30 because you have to drive there, unload the car and gear, then go to the mandatory meeting before you go out. I've always thought it would be a lot better to push it back an hour to ensure drivers have more time to get sleep and a proper breakfast before driving a car at 100+ MPH.

Or spend the night at a hotel/motel/VRBO near the track...?

[ForcedFirebird]

I have the same gripe about track days starting early. Many people have a few hour drive just to get to the track. My home track of Nelson Ledges and PittRace are only 35 minutes away, but Mid-Ohio is a 1.5 hour drive. Advanced group is always on track at 8:00am. That means a lot of times you have to be up at 4:15-4:30 because you have to drive there, unload the car and gear, then go to the mandatory meeting before you go out. I've always thought it would be a lot better to push it back an hour to ensure drivers have more time to get sleep and a proper breakfast before driving a car at 100+ MPH.

I rent a hotel, or tent it when it's cool enough. Most tracks have public showers even.


I hit Sebring (2.5hr away), Homestead (1.25hr), Daytona (5hr), and Road Atlanata (9hr). The only one worth driving to in the A.M. is Palm Beach (1hr), but the closest hotel is 30min away, so it's a wash really.


I was an official for NASA for 4yr, and there's no way you could fit everyone's session in (generally 4 groups, 4 sessions/day multiplied by 30min, plus 30min lunch) and be finished at a reasonable hour. We would be gridding cars at 7:30 for the 8am group and the last group finishes at 5:30, then trophy's/dinner etc, not many go to bed before 4 digits hit the clock. Then add time for the officials to be putting cones/banners/signs up before the event, then taking them down after. :/

[roguetoaster]

For folks that don't like the early starts endurance racing is the way to go. Drive to the track, sleep overnight, race during the day/evening and don't fully sack out until you are at home at like 2AM Monday morning.

Chump/AER/Lemons is fairly cheap considering the amount of track time per $.