1030 Red Flag
The 1030 Red Flag was caused by another car hitting the water barrier chicane on the back straight. One more section destroyed. The other section may be alright, but had so little water in it the we finished draining it and removed it. the last spare barrier is in place. Another wall hit there and we will have to remove that chicane. The thing is poorly located, being down track from the turn 9 station,making it difficult to tell who hit the wall this time.
The turns are only using lights at this time. Turn 12 and turn 1 are not flagging even thought they are under the drag strip lights. Chump car didn't want to confuse the drivers with flags in some places and lights in others. the turns are running out of people now that it is getting late. Just what we feared and it isn't even midnight yet. Some folks are planning to ironman it and work stright through. Dan Wilkins said that he has two stations that won't have anyone in the morning. Wish use luck on that.
The worker car was in 24th position at the dinner break and is going strong. Some of the more experienced driver on the team got in this evening. If it continues to hold together, I expect a minimum of a top 20 by morning, possibly in that top 15. We shall see. Some of these drivers are having fun in the spirit of the event. There are a few who have too much compettitive juices flowing, but the Chump car guys are taking them down a peg or two. Sleep tight folks. I'll probably be on duty most of the night with the exception of some cat naps.