[TPR] Grasshoppers on the road course & ORR Flags

[Bob Radefeld]

I've yet to run the Pony Express but MD should remember the first year I raced with him @ SORC. I only made one preliminary run about 1/2 way up the north leg to get an idea of what kind of grip the Pantera had on the tricky chip & seal surface of the road. When I got back to the hunting trailer I decided to clean up the car for the upcoming parade & car show that afternoon & DAMN, there were so may grasshoppers in my grill I couldn't believe I was getting any airflow through my radiator at all. Took me a good hour to just clean the grill. Made me wonder if I might overheat the car on the north leg the next day? Luckily, I didn't but I did make sure I had what was needed to clean the grill @ the halfway point before running the south leg of the race. Odd thing was, most all of those those buggers were right on the road surface so you hardly ever got one on your windshield - go figure?? I spent the better part of a day once I got home just cleaning  them out of the radiator fins - a real PIA!

 Great contribution of the flags to SSCC Asa! I'm in total agreement with everyone else concerning flying the green flags @ all the course worker stations. I think Bud inadvertently slowed down several times @ SSCC this year due to seeing some of those "non" course worker flags - a real bummer!!

Bob   
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