2016 Petit Le Mans

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

About that... It has rained across north ATL every day for the last month. It has been a normal, annoying, hot, Georgia summer here. It won't stop raining enough for me to mow the lawn or wash the truck. I keep hearing the drought talk, but I ain't seeing it where I live or work. I tell ya, the g̶r̶a̶s̶s̶ weeds are thriving.

My poor truck is the same way, crossing my fingers for Sunday but knowing my luck I'll get started and here comes the rain. 93 degrees and humid at 1115 am is just nuts so not getting washed today. And of course we get all the calls about why are my trees and shrubs brown/dead and tired looking.

[scottypinthemix]

We had our annual get together last week where the purpose is to start the logistics planning for petit.
It turns into beer and talking about decades of petit/sebring/daytona 24 stories.
So now it's time to start making check lists and spending 6 weeks thinking i forgot about something.

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[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

My poor truck is the same way, crossing my fingers for Sunday but knowing my luck I'll get started and here comes the rain. 93 degrees and humid at 1115 am is just nuts so not getting washed today. And of course we get all the calls about why are my trees and shrubs brown/dead and tired looking.

Meanwhile, my short bus and soccer mom cars get the 8 buck drivethru wash whenever it really needs it because I don't give a flying ....

whiners

Originally Posted by scottypinthemix

We had our annual get together last week where the purpose is to start the logistics planning for petit.
It turns into beer and talking about decades of petit/sebring/daytona 24 stories.
So now it's time to start making check lists and spending 6 weeks thinking i forgot about something.

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I've already forgotten something, but broadrun will have some extras!

[broadrun96]

And Sunday was 95 and HUMID before the rains came so no wash again, this keeps up I'll end up at the track with a freshly washed truck like a fool.

Haven't quite started on the list yet but I'm sure this weekend will probably have a little thought toward checking everything. Luckily no replacements needed after the Mitty.

[broadrun96]

Looks like no ribs for Petit, hundred bucks even for a small utility trailer apparently. They'd be good but hundred bucks good? Nope, that they aren't. Have thought maybe a brisket the week before to warm on the grill, will have to read up and test it once maybe. But then a good excuse to make another brisket to me. Hope tickets come soon to confirm my Tuesday entry. And then get to my planning and checking the gear.

Hoping Joeb is staying above water this week and hasn't been washed away yet out there.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Looks like no ribs for Petit, hundred bucks even for a small utility trailer apparently. They'd be good but hundred bucks good? Nope, that they aren't. Have thought maybe a brisket the week before to warm on the grill, will have to read up and test it once maybe. But then a good excuse to make another brisket to me. Hope tickets come soon to confirm my Tuesday entry. And then get to my planning and checking the gear.

Hoping Joeb is staying above water this week and hasn't been washed away yet out there.

Thanks man it is completely nuts here. It is hard to know for sure but right now the best guess is somewhere between 50 and 70000 homes have been flooded. We were lucky enough not to be part of that. And flooding is continuing in surrounding areas.

[Coach Ep]

Looks like you're going thru the Mega Petit Joeb, hang on in there!

[Matt]

This thread is great.

I wanna get to Petit sometime.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Matt

This thread is great.

I wanna get to Petit sometime.

We try to entertain ourselves, if nothing else.

You should certainly come, just be aware of ants, clay dust, followed very closely by clay mud, storms, heat, cold and us.

I don't know how it really compares, but would like to think Road ATL is a large, faster Lime Rock. LR a place I need to get to!

[Matt]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

We try to entertain ourselves, if nothing else.

You should certainly come, just be aware of ants, clay dust, followed very closely by clay mud, storms, heat, cold and us.

I don't know how it really compares, but would like to think Road ATL is a large, faster Lime Rock. LR a place I need to get to!

My thing at sportscar races is camping in a vehicle.

Daytona is done by flying down on the Thursday, renting a minivan, buying a cheap air mattress, and camping out before packing everything up and flying home Monday.

Gotta love cars, climate controlled, solid tents!

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Matt

My thing at sportscar races is camping in a vehicle.

Daytona is done by flying down on the Thursday, renting a minivan, buying a cheap air mattress, and camping out before packing everything up and flying home Monday.

Gotta love cars, climate controlled, solid tents!

Thanks to JHamilton, I drive 40 mins and sleep in this (mud included and mud NOT thanks to JHamilton):


Thanks to broadrun, we get a spot close enough to where you walk 30 ft to the right of pictured camper to the fence at T4. He also cooks wonderful pastries in a dutch oven, which is what the camper smells like after night 2.

Thanks to joeb and his dyke building skills , we had only a "mildly moist" canopy standing area. Unfortunately, he's getting more practice as we speak

I brought the dull shovel and good tunes.

Can we go now?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Thanks to JHamilton, I drive 40 mins and sleep in this (mud included and mud NOT thanks to JHamilton):


Thanks to broadrun, we get a spot close enough to where you walk 30 ft to the right of pictured camper to the fence at T4. He also cooks wonderful pastries in a dutch oven, which is what the camper smells like after night 2.

Thanks to joeb and his dyke building skills , we had only a "mildly moist" canopy standing area. Unfortunately, he's getting more practice as we speak

I brought the dull shovel and good tunes.

Can we go now?

Hey don't knock that shovel, it saved us. That pic made me want to be there. I just spent 2 days completely gutting houses. So if you are counting at home, 2 down 50,000 plus to go.

Today there were multiple trucks rolling through the neighborhood I was in handing out free refreshments to people gutting houses. Smoothie King was giving away free smoothies, a bank was giving away ice cream, and the red cross had water and food. My 6 yr old son has been out of school for a week due to flooding, so I had him come with me. He enjoyed smashing walls, but the flooding became real to him when we had to pick up this family's ruined toys and other possessions.

[fieldodreams79]

That's rough certainly something he'll remember forever.

Kudos to you, joeb, the smoothie makers and bankers for pitching in. Hearing stuff like that gives me some hope that we all aren't doomed.

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by joeb

Today there were multiple trucks rolling through the neighborhood I was in handing out free refreshments to people gutting houses. Smoothie King was giving away free smoothies, a bank was giving away ice cream, and the red cross had water and food. My 6 yr old son has been out of school for a week due to flooding, so I had him come with me. He enjoyed smashing walls, but the flooding became real to him when we had to pick up this family's ruined toys and other possessions.

He will remember that forever and that's a good thing. I remember being 8 or 9 and going on a trip to the SC coast to do disaster relief after Hugo. The power of nature is humbling for people of all ages.

[fieldodreams79]

To bring us back on topic, the schedule looks to be getting worse as the years go on:

http://www.roadatlanta.com/images/20...016_PUBLIC.pdf

No Friday race after quali, which i think is new. No big series sessions on Wednesday; not new, but still a bummer.

Mazdas and Beetles the only support races outside of the struggling Conti series.

It's all so awful.

[scottypinthemix]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

To bring us back on topic, the schedule looks to be getting worse as the years go on:

http://www.roadatlanta.com/images/20...016_PUBLIC.pdf

No Friday race after quali, which i think is new. No big series sessions on Wednesday; not new, but still a bummer.

Mazdas and Beetles the only support races outside of the struggling Conti series.

It's all so awful.

that's not great, but if I could change anything, it would be getting the shower trucks at the track like Sebring.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by scottypinthemix

that's not great, but if I could change anything, it would be getting the shower trucks at the track like Sebring.

That's would be nice. The shower in T4 is fit for farm animals, hence why JHamilton has brought a camp shower with him. Unfortunately we got natural showered last year.

[JHamilton]

These are much better now!

[broadrun96]

Nice, reskin/paint your old ones? Will go well with the Vette yellow bags, but guess I need Ford blue ones instead of the AM green ones.

[joeb]

Nice looking boards! And the showers at T4 last year were great, I don't know what all the complaints are about.....or maybe waiting 30 minutes for an ice water shower sucked, I just can't remember.

Anyways, one month from today and we will be trackside.

[canamman]

Who, of the group, has the most corn hole wins?
Or is it one of those drinking games where no one remembers
the next morning?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by canamman

Who, of the group, has the most corn hole wins?
Or is it one of those drinking games where no one remembers
the next morning?

We actually didn't play last year due to the rain, and I can't remember 2 years ago. That is a general statement, not just a reference to PLM.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by joeb

Anyways, one month from today and we will be trackside.

Was just thinking that myself, 4 weeks from tuesday and vacation time

As opposed to this weekend's Road Atlanta Thought about going up just to check on the grass but yard work took over the day yesterday so I'll have to wait a couple weeks for the fall historics. No entry list yet but expect the same as the Mitty, minus the Shadows.

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Nice, reskin/paint your old ones? Will go well with the Vette yellow bags, but guess I need Ford blue ones instead of the AM green ones.

Thanks! Yeah, it's a combination of paint and decals. Hopefully we get to use them! I need new bags too as my others went weird.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

These are much better now!

I seen 'em. Any LED lights?

Originally Posted by joeb

Nice looking boards! And the showers at T4 last year were great, I don't know what all the complaints are about.....or maybe waiting 30 minutes for an ice water shower sucked, I just can't remember.

It's the latter. Thought you hit the ones down by the paddock?

Anyways, one month from today and we will be trackside.

Yeah. Hopefully it's cooler....looking forward to it.