Anyone besides me refuse to race during the summer months? I can deal with the heat if I am working, but it takes the fun out of racing to me. Sitting in the staging lanes wearing a fire suit is no fun at all, not to mention my car slows 2 to 3 tenths in the heat. We went to the ORSCA race this weekend and it made me glad I wasn't having to deal with having a car there.
This time of year it's much more fun to jump in the car after work and go riding around or just to go to the store. Think I'll wait until about October to go back to the track. CHIP

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I'm with you.Although I haven't had my car at the track in a long while,I'm pretty much over any racing in the summer heat.

dont have much of a choice here..... cant race in the snow.

But I dont understand when I go racing with my family in San Antonio why they dont have their points races over the winter cooler months.

154* track temp here a few weeks ago
When the thermo goes over 90* I try to stay put, heat index easily over 100 due to the humidity. Cars way down on power with those temps and tracks like running on crisco...

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But I dont understand when I go racing with my family in San Antonio why they dont have their points races over the winter cooler months.

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same crap goes on here. I sit out most of the summer due to heat/rain. Bradenton is closed all of July and most of Aug then when the nicer air starts to roll in they have NO bracket racing all of Oct most of Nov! Just stupid

Racing in the Fall is the best , the Springs not bad, but racing in the Summer is my least favorite. Especially in a car with a black vinyl roof and black interior. I moved down a class so I don`t have to wear a fire jacket anymore, in the summer I wear shorts and pull on a pair of sweatpants just before I get in the car for a run and take them right off as soon as I get out. Racing in the Summer can be draining but when you race for Points like I do you learn to deal with it. I also have a small fan in the car that helps a little.

If we don't race during the summer months, we don't race at all. Ice is relatively sllippery even with the power we produce.

I agree with you. I raced hard core for 7 years...every week regardless of weather. The past two seasons I got past the "have to go" feeling and only go out when the weather is comfortable. It is a lot more fun for me this way.

I don't mind the heat so much.........it's using up my engine,
knowing it's not going to go "Best Ever" that day.

E.T. chasers, please raise your hand.

The last three races I was half-heartedly going to attempt were rained out and yes the heat is a killer...Immokalee is down to 1-quick32 race a month and PBIR is trying a .90 event on August 22 which I plan on attending....other than that it will most likely be the Atlanta Divisional in September when thing get wound up for me...

Rickster

Yeah... tough at bracket events where there are constant interruptions and you are all suited up. $220 chassis insp...$250 physical...being able to run in the 9's....ah well...take your clothes off, pull down that net and run 10.01....priceless at 90F!

Like most of the guys up north here we really dont have
that long of a season so you do what ya got to if you
want to race.... but do things to help make it better
like a small fan in the car. I very seldom run in the
fall... thats when I go hunting. This year has been
a cool summer but has rained more(up here anyways)

If we did not race in the summer we would need plows mounted on our cars, see attached picture

Around here it is summer at the end of May all the way to the middle or end of September so if ya don't like the heat you miss a lot of racing. Summer months around here is when Championships are won because the fair weather racers stay home and the hardcore guys keep going. We tend to race alot more at night around here. To answer the question no I don't like it but accept it as a necessity.

Thats the beauty of being in the south. You can race all year with the exception of part of November and part of December and it is plenty warm enough most of the time. Thats what makes the mid 90s and massive humidity so hard to want to race in. Nevermind the really hot days.

It isn't much fun to pull into the pits when the temperture is 114, like it was last Saturday. Track temps get to over 140 and the corrected density altitue is over 5000 feet at our track that is 1250 feet above sea level. We race at night during the summer, but it is still HOT. Our car counts go down because a lot of racers that are way down in the points race give up when the weather is too hot. We have quite a few racers that won't show up in the summer because they can come out when the weather is better. I won't complain because I just want to race. We are very fortunate because we can race 12 months a year. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

Raul

Last three times out were almost unbearable for me. I actually felt light headed in the car. 100 degrees plus with heat indexes between 105 and 110. I am taking some time to work on the trailer and sit out a few weeks. I will pick and choose thru August hoping to catch a 90 degree day and then it will be on in September.

last time i raced in the summer i almost passed out comming down the return road ,that was on my 3rd run. then had to sit in my truck with the ac on and was really sick(sucks gettin old) but since then ive been workin out a little to biuld my cardio,i might give it another shot once or twice this summer, i really dont mind the heat long as it dont drain me,but if it bothers me im over summer runnin.

I NEVER race in the summer especially because I`m an et chaser and it ain`t happening in the heat that`s for sure. I understand points chasers and class racers need to be there all year long if they want to be competitive but other than that, it crazy....hell, I barely go to watch in the summer.