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From: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
As for being hot, I had a really terrible episode at
the US race last summer. Air temp was about 95
degrees F and the track temp was about 20 degrees over
that. In the pits we stand all day on the tarmac, not
the comfee corner posts of OZ. :-P I got dehydrated
this past year and all-but collapsed. I ended up
setting out much of race day. Fortunately, I was
working the pit-in flag station on COMS and flags.
Thought you'd like that.
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Ah, Rick, that brought back some memories.
I had a race back in the early 90's where the track temp was 135 F; I don't
recall the air temp. I was driving a formula style car which is like
sliding into a cigar tube. The car was black and the firesuit is like
wearing a snowmobile suit -- hot as hell. I remember the last lap as being
a question of wondering if I could last without passing out. Scared the
heck out of me.
I guess I didn't consider that the workers were experiencing nearly the same
conditions. I just recall pulling into pit lane after the checker, getting
pulled out of the car and being so thankful that a worker poured cold water
down my suit. I couldn't take the checkered flag for the victory lap and my
mechanic had to drive the car back to the paddock.
Can you believe that every once in a while I miss that?
Larry Daniels
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