Ed Evans

Rain is great for the tree’s and plants, but it is not conducive to drag racing. There are no magic rain slicks. If it rains – you don’t race, period.

This was the situation last weekend at the Terrace Drags. Saturday’s race was canceled early on in the day, after a deluge early in the morning left the track wet. With rain showers predicted all day and no sun or heat to dry up the wet pavement, the call was made and the wait begins.

Racers and their families looked for other forms of entertainment and distractions, as it showered all day. Quite a few ‘sucker holes’ appeared, causing much discussion late in the afternoon.

At one point, there was even talk of opening for ‘Time only’s’. This is where you run to get time slips only. These words were no sooner were spoken, than the skies opened up, as we were told from above, what the real answer was.

During the early morning, high winds combined with rain bouncing off of the trailers and motor homes. The winds stayed but the rain stopped and when we woke, the mountains could be seen again.

The wind, however, remained a problem, as crosswinds blew cones across the track and cars blew around at the top end of the 1/8 mile course. After time trials were held for about two hours a slight drizzle started to fall . After a drivers meeting was held, it was decided it wasn’t safe to race, so we finally gave in to the weather gods.

The Terrace/Kitimat Airport has agreed to let the track and equipment remain up and there will be racing this Sunday July 13. Racing will begin at 10 am with time trials and follow with ‘King of the YXT’ and “Gamblers’.

For more information or to check out the photo’s, check out the website www.terracedrags.ca or www.princerupertautoclub.com

Photo

Paul Anderson (far side) and Terry Frizzell (near side) line up for ‘The Battle of Prince Rupert’ as the track announcer called it.