2016 WeatherTech SportsCar ChampionshipSports Cars

[catamount39]

That was intense.

 

[IforceV8]

New Conti rain tires only seem to work on the Corvette DP's

 

[catamount39]

#68 is el ****ed.

New Conti rain tires only seem to work on the Corvette DP's

Shocking.

 

[Northstar]

New Conti rain tires only seem to work on the Corvette DP's

At least they work on something.

 

[IforceV8]

911 just blew by the 70 and 60.

 

[01GTP]

PM me for a new Imsa link that just appeared.

Thanks,for calming my nerves about the coverage.

 

[IforceV8]

T&S has frozen at 9:30.44

 

[Northstar]

I can't see this going much longer without them throwing the red flag.

 

[Formidable]

Raining heavily out here. Getting soaked, but the race is still going strong.

 

[catamount39]

That one wiper on the Ford is pitiful.

 

[Formidable]

I can't see this going much longer without them throwing the red flag.

The storm is passing by quicker than the storm at Road Atlanta 2015, so hopefully it passes by eventually.

 

[IforceV8]

That one wiper on the Ford is pitiful.

It is better than having a stack of tires on the hood though.

 

[01GTP]

Red flagged

 

[AnthonyD1993]

We all knew it was coming at some point with the storms that were on the way.

 

[01GTP]

Red flagged

For those there at Sebring, announcers say find cover.

 

[IforceV8]

Computer guy has cell reception.

 

[catamount39]

Computer guy has cell reception.

Somebody please tell this guy (DHH) to shutup.

 

[Formidable]

For those there at Sebring, announcers say find cover.

Don't worry, after seeing lightning near the grandstands where I was at, I booked it

 

[Formidable]

The worst is yet to come

 

[GTPorsche]

Well there's no way it goes into tomorrow regardless of weather. It's going to be a while before it resumes.

 

[IforceV8]

To pass the time.

 

[-Fred-]

I came in here to post that... There's GT40s at the moment.

 

[Organ-Donor]

Just chillin in Corvette pit by Milner, Magnussen, and Olie Gavin

 

[IforceV8]

 

[Formidable]

Wind is picking up enormously. Lightning everywhere and torrential rain. This isn't looking good.

 

[IforceV8]

 

[G_Parrilla]

Sebring style.

 

[IforceV8]

Wind is picking up enormously. Lightning everywhere and torrential rain. This isn't looking good.

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2016

FLZ056-057-061-191845-
HIGHLANDS FL-DESOTO FL-HARDEE FL-
156 PM EDT SAT MAR 19 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DESOTO...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDEE AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 156 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEBRING...LAKE PLACID...LAKE ISTOKPOGA...SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT...
SYLVAN SHORES...LORIDA...AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE...CREWSVILLE...PLACID
LAKES...LAKE JOSEPHINE...CORNWELL...ARCHBOLD AND SEBRING SHORES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

 

[Northstar]

Stupid people are stupid...

 

[01GTP]