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From: Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: For those waiting breathlessly for news of my racing weekend.
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 13:42:52 -0500
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On 11/2/2024 9:06 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-11-02 17:25, Tom Elam wrote:
>> On 9/21/2024 11:28 AM, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-09-21 03:16, -hh wrote:
>>>> On 9/17/24 8:36 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>>> On 9/16/2024 7:28 AM, -hh wrote:
>>>>>> On 9/16/24 1:10 AM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2024-09-15 16:18, -hh wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 9/15/24 1:28 AM, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Well... ...it came to an abrupt end at about 1:25pm today,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Our race had only just started, and at turn 3 of lap 1, the car 
>>>>>>>>> immediately ahead of me spun, and while I was able to get my 
>>>>>>>>> speed off to the point where all we did was bump tires...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...there was nothing I could do about the Formula Vee following 
>>>>>>>>> me...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...who hit might right rear tire hard enough to fold up and/or 
>>>>>>>>> break every piece of the right year suspension...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...and who ended up half on top of my car with his left front 
>>>>>>>>> tire immediately beside my head.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I haven't seen the video from his car yet (we have to have 
>>>>>>>>> video cameras now), nor have I heard from the steward of the 
>>>>>>>>> meeting about his conversation with the Vee driver, but to my 
>>>>>>>>> mind, this was just a racing incident.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Conditions were marginal--there had been rain for qualifying 
>>>>>>>>> but it was drying out, but all three of the fast(ish) FF driver 
>>>>>>>>> determined that we would all go out on the same tires, and the 
>>>>>>>>> very last- minute choice was to run on slicks. 15 minutes 
>>>>>>>>> before our race, it looked like the better call would be rain 
>>>>>>>>> tires, but then the sun came out, and with other race groups 
>>>>>>>>> before us dissipating the water on the track,  we call changed 
>>>>>>>>> to dry tires.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And this change proved too much for Martin's traction in turn 3.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> With me running close behind him, he spun 1/4 of the way 
>>>>>>>>> around, and there was just no way I could have tightened my 
>>>>>>>>> line to go to his left. So I moved as much to the right as I 
>>>>>>>>> dared (with a wall preventing a complete off-track avoidance, 
>>>>>>>>> and hoped for the best. And I nearly pulled it off.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, the FV running behind me had opted for wet 
>>>>>>>>> tires, and so had better grip in the mid-corner phase, and 
>>>>>>>>> (despite not having seen the video or heard the report) I don't 
>>>>>>>>> think there was any way he could have tightened his line enough 
>>>>>>>>> to avoid me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The end result was this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/ 
>>>>>>>>> d/1Y9CbWveqC2PS5R3yR0vahcfqMSQ7cV4d/ view? usp=share_link>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bottom of the line: bad luck.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dang, that's an Ouchie.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nevertheless beats my weekend project, which started with 
>>>>>>>> removing some landscaping plants to gain access to replace a 
>>>>>>>> failing concrete skim coat.  Naturally, there's also some other 
>>>>>>>> scope creep discoveries involved... 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Scope creep in one's house is often bad news. I hope it's not too 
>>>>>>> bad.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Leaks on the irrigation system, which has also revealed that its 
>>>>>> indoor winter water shutoff valve has a leak too.  Resulted in 
>>>>>> ripping out the control valves too, to have easier wall access for 
>>>>>> the concrete work; now debating how to change the design while 
>>>>>> buying all new to put it back together, and what to do about the 
>>>>>> inside valve.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Been debating adding this from YoLink, and if that would do 
>>>>>> double- duty or would be for belt-and-suspenders on the seasonal 
>>>>>> shutoff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://shop.yosmart.com/products/ys5001-dn15#owl1>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Similarly, thinking about adding the capability of a rain detector 
>>>>>> to save water too; pros/cons of adding a local rain sensor to the 
>>>>>> controller, vs going to a "smart" device that checks the weather:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://www.lowes.com/pd/Orbit-White-Wired-Rain-and-Freeze- 
>>>>>> Sensor/1043275>
>>>>>> vs
>>>>>> <https://shop.yosmart.com/products/ys4102>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To make matters worse, the same FV driver was involved in an 
>>>>>>> incident with Dave McKay that was even worse; resulting in the 
>>>>>>> rear and front suspension of Dave's Lola being absolutely destroyed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/ 
>>>>>>> d/1CX7HmLymYCg_q9obYjWTQdk6GGXyTCYG/ view? usp=share_link>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apparently, as Dave was coming up to pass, the FV driver 
>>>>>>> committed one of the cardinal sins:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Having received the blue flag that a faster car was coming up 
>>>>>>> behind him, he moved of his line to "help" let the faster car by, 
>>>>>>> but by doing so, he had to guess where Dave was intending to go; 
>>>>>>> guessed wrong, putting Dave into the grass on driver's left, 
>>>>>>> where he spun, and hit the wall driver's right at something like 
>>>>>>> 65-75mph.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sadly, in addition to the incidents with me and Dave, this 
>>>>>>> particular driver has at least once had his license pulled.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> While mistakes happen, so too does accountability.
>>>
>>> I certainly hope so.
>>>
>>> Not only is he (in my opinion) lying about his part in both 
>>> incidents, it looks like he's playing fast and loose with the rules 
>>> and--despite being a Canadian--racing on a US license.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Two days before we left for Paris last month a basement water 
>>>>> sensor went off. A leak had developed at the water softener's 
>>>>> plastic intake.
>>>>
>>>> We've gone for decades without having any modern sensor/alarms, but 
>>>> I included two of them on the YoLink order which arrived yesterday.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I pulled it apart, cleaned it up, put it back on, but the leak 
>>>>> persisted. With some spare copper parts I soldered in a bypass and 
>>>>> ordered all new parts. If that leak had developed a few days later 
>>>>> I hate to think what might have happened in the 2 weeks we were 
>>>>> gone. The parts were delayed but finally arrived last week and 
>>>>> fixed the issue.
>>>>
>>>> We had a similar luck some years ago.  A holidays trip to family 
>>>> which got changed at the last minute from leaving in the evening 
>>>> right after work to sleeping overnight and heading out in the 
>>>> morning for the 4hr drive.  Washing machine's hot water hose failed 
>>>> catastrophically at 4AM, so we caught it within an hour instead of 4 
>>>> days later.
>>>>
>>>> Since then, the washing machine's water supply gets turned off 
>>>> whenever we're not doing laundry.  Of course, with the irrigation 
>>>> work being adjacent, pulling the washer for plumbing access revealed 
>>>> that this shutoff valve has a slow seep to it (doesn't close off 
>>>> 100%).  So I've picked up a replacement valve (they're not really 
>>>> rebuildable) and located the torch ... just need to find the solder 
>>>> & flux, as they weren't stored with the torch for some reason.
>>> The joys of being a homeowner, huh?
>>>
>>> The laundry room in our condo has been torn apart to deal with some 
>>> water leaks...
>>>
>>> Sigh.
>>
>> Water, so necessary and so destructive.
>>
>> Just to set the record straight, you are about done with racing.
> 
> Nope. Wrong again.
> 
>> Just 1 race entered, late this year, none finished,
> 
> Two races actually:
> 
> The British Columbia Historic Motor Races (which you knew about, because 
> you made multiple replies to my post here about it).
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