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[Tom Sager]

Please give me a 30 minute notice before you do this. I want to be ready with my phone set up on video

I'm told that anyone over 40 must wear a shirt while on that lake.   

[FTodaro]

No Yelling "show us your man boobs"

[Bench Racer]

You know what is said about global warming (or big bodies in water) and water levels.

[Tom Hampton]

You know what is said about global warming (or big bodies in water) and water levels.

 

Archimedes Principle

[Johnny D]

The cup runneth over ?
 
Mike, sounds like there's fishing.
http://sports.yahoo....0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--
 
The wild, weird stories of Lake Lloyd at Daytona International Speedway 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – When he raced at Daytona in 1960, Tiger Tom Pistone used to drive with a complete set of scuba gear in his car. Why? Because he was afraid of drowning in Lake Lloyd, of course.

Laugh if you want, but hey, Pistone didn’t drown. Of course, he never got anywhere close to the lake, but that's beside the point.

Nestled amid the high-banked turns, soaring grandstands, blur-fast cars, and occasionally soused patrons of Daytona International Speedway sits the 29-acre Lake Lloyd, one of NASCAR’s iconic-slash-peculiar landmarks.

Construction crews created the lake in 1958 by excavating dirt to form the banks in turns 1-2 and 3-4. The lake, named for J. Saxton Lloyd, a local Daytona notable, served as a retention pond to prevent flooding in all but the most extreme circumstances. NASCAR founder Bill France ordered the lake stocked with 65,000 fish, and that’s where the legend of Lake Lloyd began.

If there’s a stationary object anywhere near a race track, eventually a driver will run into it, and the lake is no exception. Tommy Irwin was the first to put a car in the lake, the year after the track opened in 1960.

Irwin’s trip to Daytona’s briny not-so-deep inspired Pistone to race with the breathing apparatus in his car, since Pistone couldn’t swim.

Fortunately, Pistone never made Lake Lloyd’s acquaintance. The same can’t be said for Bay Darnell in 1964 or Dave Stacy in 1994, who leaped an entire embankment to end up in the water:

Reinforced walls now ensure that no driver will put a car into the lake again unless they're trying really, really hard.

Oh, but it's not just cars that make their way into Lake Lloyd. One day in 1968, driver Jim Hurtubuise landed his seaplane in the lake and walked over to the garage to run that year's Daytona 500. Fellow racer Tiny Lund, who at 320 pounds was definitely not "tiny," jumped aboard for a ride home ... but the overloaded plane couldn't take off with Lund aboard.

Much more often, Lake Lloyd has hosted vehicles that are actually supposed to be there. The lake briefly hosted powerboat events until Byrne E. Taylor, a physician, was ejected from his boat during a wreck and struck by a fellow competitor's boat. Taylor died of a broken neck, and speedboat races at Daytona were no more.

More recently, Roy "Zee" Ogletree established a Guinness world record for most miles traveled by jet ski in 24 hours, circling the lake for 900 laps or 1,080 miles during the Rolex 24 in 2009. (The attention paid to Ogletree's record reportedly irritated the drivers who'd spent 24 straight hours circling the speedway.)

Today, the lake's more of a placid element, a place where drivers, fans and media can sneak off to catch a few fish. It's the site of some gimmicks like the floating golf hole pictured above, and it makes for a picturesque backdrop.

One last story, and naturally it involves Dale Earnhardt. In the '90s, the lake hosted an annual fishing tournament, and nobody was more competitive about fishing -- or, really, anything -- than Earnhardt. The Intimidator had spotted a large bass in the shallows of the lake but, over the course of several days, couldn't get it to bite.

Enter Earnhardt's best friend, Neil Bonnett. Earnhardt told Bonnett about the bass, making him promise not to catch it while Earnhardt ran a race in what is now the Xfinity Series. Bonnett didn't catch the fish; he went much further. Earnhardt had a vicious wreck in the back stretch that tore pieces off his car, and Bonnett made sure to grab the hood.

Later, Bonnett told Earnhardt he'd finally figured out how to catch the fish. He took an excited Dale out to the spot where they'd seen the bass. Earnhardt peered into the water, then burst out in surprise: "What the [censored]?"

There was the bass, circling lazily right over Earnhardt's hood, which Bonnett had dumped in the waters of Lake Lloyd.
 
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[Ron Alan]

Please give me a 30 minute notice before you do this. I want to be ready with my phone set up on video

And a water balloon launcher good for 100yds!

[Jim Drago]

Sm leading the way with 41 entries so far. How many do you think we will get/ I was hoping 60, but likely 50-55 I guess !

[Jim Drago]

up to 44 cars... are we going to get to 60?

[Erik Hardy]

When does registration close?
Assuming my novice permit gets approved and my engine goes back together before this weekend......fudge it, +1!

[Todd Lamb]

Collins is loaded up for the Runoffs at Lake Lloyd.

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[Caveman-kwebb99]

If anyone needs an absolute beastly car to push them for runnoffs I am for hire...

[Johnny D]

47

Select class.
http://www.scca.com/...offs/entry_list

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[Jim Drago]

up to 51 cars!!! We may make 60 yet

[Danny Steyn]

I still think the Spec Miata Runoffs at Daytona under the lights is going to be just E P I C . 

 

Seriously, think about it:- Full-on team-racing, cant see shit through a turn under normal daylight conditions when driving with a piece of paper separating the 5 cars ahead of you! And now throw in a dark track to all us old farts with fading eyesight and varied degrees nyctalopia, and I see a recipe for FUN - I mean what could possibly go wrong?

 

For those of you that have iRacing, and are practicing the Daytona infield circuit under "night"conditions, I have been told that they infield is not nearly as bright as iRacing will have us believe! 

 

So looking forward to this race!

[wheel]

I think nyctalopia is a felony in Florida.

[Jim Drago]

 

I still think the Spec Miata Runoffs at Daytona under the lights is going to be just E P I C . 

 

Seriously, think about it:- Full-on team-racing, cant see shit through a turn under normal daylight conditions when driving with a piece of paper separating the 5 cars ahead of you! And now throw in a dark track to all us old farts with fading eyesight and varied degrees nyctalopia, and I see a recipe for FUN - I mean what could possibly go wrong?

 

For those of you that have iRacing, and are practicing the Daytona infield circuit under "night"conditions, I have been told that they infield is not nearly as bright as iRacing will have us believe! 

 

So looking forward to this race!

 

Dam, I had to google that one. i think that may be one of the first weekends I actually race with my glasses

This weekend should be a pretty good preview.. I f we win, we were sandbagging.. if we don't , we were really sand bagging  

[Johnny D]

54

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[Tom Sager]

Many of us will be enjoying the race from the really cheap seats.  Looking forward to it even from there.  Have a family friend that lives near Daytona.  He's somewhat of a car guy.  Will encourage him to go and watch.  

[LarryKing]

54 Spec Miatas, yipped-up for the Runoffs, at Daytona, going 130+ mph, in a uni-body chassis, at night.

 

What could go wrong?

 

Wishing that everyone uses their heads and stays safe. Patience Grasshopper.

 

(don't forget presbyopia)

[Johnny D]

Runoffs Early Entry Deadline Fast Approaching

TOPEKA, Kan. (Aug. 19, 2015) – The early registration deadline for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Garmin VIRB is just around the corner. The cutoff is this Friday, Aug. 21, at midnight (CDT).

Currently, the fee to enter the Runoffs via SCCA.com is $775. After the Friday deadline, the price for entry jumps to $975. Online registration is strongly recommended, however paper entries will be accepted with an additional $10 processing fee.

Drivers that are not yet qualified, but are planning to attend the event, should still register to race prior to the early registration deadline. If a driver who has already signed up does not fulfill the qualification requirements, they will get a full refund of their entry fee.

Drivers who qualify, but are on the fence whether to attend the event, should also get their entry submitted by the deadline. Full refunds for cancelled entries will be issued until Sept. 9, at midnight (CDT). After that point, cancellations will be issued minus a $200 late cancellation fee.

The SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Garmin VIRB is scheduled for Sept. 21-27, at Daytona International Speedway. A total of 28 National classes will take to the world-famous tri-oval and infield road course, which hosts the annual Rolex 24, to decide the 52nd class of Runoffs National Champions.

Four days of qualifying, Sept. 21-24, precede three full days of racing action, Sept. 25-27. That includes Friday Night Lights Presented by Mazda, the first Runoffs race in the event's history held under artificial light. This once-in-a-lifetime experience is set to start at 7:30 p.m. (EDT) and will feature more than 50 Spec Miata drivers as they take to Daytona's high banks to crown a new National Champion.

Additional information, including entry lists, registration information, event schedules and site maps, can be found at SCCA.com/Runoffs.