The heat

[kidrock]

I think any promoter that cancels using heat as a reason isn't so much concerned about fans or drivers safety as they are about people not coming to sit in the stands.

And that is the reason some promoters cancel because, of the threat they wont get the fans in the stands and although some people will go there is a lot of that won't. If your the one that has to make the payout it might make you think twice. Promoters nowadays are putting their neck on the line to have these races and some are barley making it week to week. Some are getting only 50 to 60 cars on a weekly show and 250 to 500 fans a week so, there is not much room in the budget to take the risk.

[Madcat]

I remember when Eldora Dream's were nasty humid and hot. They bring in the cool mister fans for under the grandstands. Few years ago everyone was running way too hot and the racers couldn't interview for fear of their motors breaking down due to the heat. Overflows spewing all over the place.

Lately we haven't even had to use our AC in our toy hauler at the Dream, been perfect to sleep with the windows open.

[AllenK]

I work in a plant around hot asphalt and oil lines,and with not much ventilation. We have to wear long sleeves too. You go outside and stand in the blacktop parking lot to cool off. I still don't like cold weather. Heat doesn't bother me. Not everyone can take it though.

I don't go the races much anymore,but I never remember a race being canceled due to heat back in the day.

[ptown]

Peoria canceled

[Mindwalker]

Peoria canceled

Well... Looks like you'll have to just kick back in granny's basement this weekend with your paint by numbers set she bought for you. 

[chupp n bloomer fan]

I work in a plant around hot asphalt and oil lines,and with not much ventilation. We have to wear long sleeves too. You go outside and stand in the blacktop parking lot to cool off. I still don't like cold weather. Heat doesn't bother me. Not everyone can take it though.

I don't go the races much anymore,but I never remember a race being canceled due to heat back in the day.

You work at an Asphalt Plant? We had to wear long sleeves also, and the hot oil lines run throughout them plants, and they are freakin hot.

[Cardirt0]

Me and a friend got Meijers to sell us 10 fans cheap, were i live some the old people dont have the money to run the AC so we got some of them some fans. Last year 2 died here from the heat.

[AllenK]

Hey CNB,I work at a roofing facility. The asphalt is trucked in which presents another opportunity to get burned when offloading. It feels pretty good in Winter,but even some places are still too warm.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Hey CNB,I work at a roofing facility. The asphalt is trucked in which presents another opportunity to get burned when offloading. It feels pretty good in Winter,but even some places are still too warm.

Gotcha. Owens Corning has plants around Mt Vernon, Ohio, so I know what ya mean. I worked at an actual asphalt plant for seven years as the loader operator. But then there was winter maintenance.

So I’m sure you mainly deal with just liquid AC, not sand and stone I’m assuming.

[fryefan]

No interest to sit in this heat for a regular show.

Totally agree. For a special event, I will do it, but not for a regular show.

[AllenK]

CNBfan,I can't get the quote features to work on my phone or laptop. We just deal with liquid stuff. We use sand in our process though. Speaking of that,OSHA has cracked down on sand/silica in a huge way. Had to put in a million dollar plus recovery/vacuum system to catch sand. Have to wet the broom if you are going to sweep. No blowing with compressed air.

I have not been to every track in America,but I can tell you with 100 percent confidence where the two hottest ones are. That would be Boothill Speedway near Shreveport,Louisana,and Lone Star Speedway about 50 or 60 miles down I-20 near Kilgore,Texas. I have roasted my backside on Boothill's concrete bleachers many times. They face due west so the sun is blasting them before the races.

Lone Star wins the prize. We used to go to their Armadillo 100 in August. As I said,I am used to the heat and I was still in my twenties when we were going. One year it was brutal. The heat and humidity plus people packed in like sardines made for oppressive conditions. My wife almost had an anxiety attack because it was so bad it was hard to breathe. Never will forget that.

State Capitol Dragway near Baton Rouge,Louisiana was a humid place too,and the drunkenness hung in the air like the humidity. Eldora is like Sunday school compared to that place.