Racer7x Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) It was an around the clock race and not having VIR's dozen pit lane lights and 20 parking lot lights not turned on for 10hrs during the night was dumbfounding I would of liked to watch my earbuds float down pit lane 50ft during the 1am-4am monsoon was it because it would interfere with drivers eyesight or because of money to turn them on for 10hrs Edited August 21, 2017 by flboy7x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Chris Huggins Posted August 20, 2017 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Probably had a lot to do with VIR itself being out of power from the municipality. Their 240v service went down about 11 AM saturday, and about 50% of their 110 service was offline as well due to one of the phases being down. But despite that, Chumpcar and VIR were able to get Timing & Scoring and Flagging's repeater and communications devices operational so we could race with no delay. but yes, we are sorry about your ear buds....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Ray Franck Posted August 20, 2017 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Yes the electrical problems were large the whole place was affected . Dana ,Ben and Mike were scrambling to get the essentials together .. if it wasn't for Bill Strong breaking out his generator and running power up stairs it would have been impossible. . Even the rescue squad was plugged into it for some time ..there were extention cords run everywhere but the parking lot .. The race started on time and never lost a beat but it was only by the extreme effort by some very smart people . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer7x Posted August 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) I didn't know the track was having huge electrical issues MAJOR KUDOS TO CC AND VIR THEN Edited August 20, 2017 by flboy7x 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEE DEE Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 I was told a major transmission hit in Danville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostmint Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 From the supplemental rules: Lighting: The pit lane has very limited lighting and minimal pit/paddock area lighting. Be advised that ambient lighting may not be sufficient for fueling or mechanical repairs. Therefore teams are advised to consider alternate power and lighting sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bill Strong Posted August 21, 2017 Administrators Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 It was too hot for me to unload my generator at home before we left for VIR. I am really glad we were able to get power for the event. What pissed me off the most was that I spent 5-hours getting the show set up on the computer. The first brownout blew all that work away. I forgot the UPS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chip Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Bill Strong said: It was too hot for me to unload my generator at home before we left for VIR. I am really glad we were able to get power for the event. What pissed me off the most was that I spent 5-hours getting the show set up on the computer. The first brownout blew all that work away. I forgot the UPS. bet you won't forget that next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 22, 2017 Report Share Posted August 22, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 11:44 AM, chip said: bet you won't forget that next time And yet another Excel checklist is born... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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