It seems the great ones are always excellent in the rain.

Schumaker I don't seem to remember being outstanding at driving in the rain but what he was really good at was having the right tires, either slicks or rains on the car when the green flag dropped.

If you choose rains for example and it rains right after the start everybody else has to pit for them and you are cruising.

Then during the race it often tapers off or on and you have to decide which lap to pit and change them.....again, making the right choice at the right time is often the difference between winning and a mid pack finish.

In my autocrossing, I don't claim greatness in any way, but it seems my best venues are the places we race on slippery old asphalt. Perhaps the lack of overall grip neutralizes the better cars a bit. Being an old hand at driving on the snow probably helps....along with my first driving experiences as an 11 year old being a quarter midget on a muddy clay 1/16 mile track.

They used to water the track down on a hot summer day to lay the dust and we would run on it until it became hard and slick enough that the tires would sqeal on it. It would then be just one long slide around the track.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.