Originally Posted by Airsys:
The real time up dates goes back to embracing social media, it's not going away. If used right by the promoters it can be a powerful tool. On the chilli bowl official fb page they were giving live updates. This would not make me want to not go to a race. You can not get the same sights, sounds and smells sitting at home. Who doesn't like the smell of methanol at dusk!! When I read the live up dates others are providing it does the opposite for me, it only makes me wish I was there even more.
Yep, something strangely addictive about that fragrance of methanol. I was at a track & when the graders were running in the track, I commented to an older gent about how crappy diesel smelled compared to methanol; methanol isn't like roses or bacon cooking, but nevertheless pleasant... he replies "yea, like gunpowder".....