In vintage racing, details matter. Tire pressures. Track temps. Carb tuning.

At our most recent event, CVAR added a new variable — a dedicated race weekend meteorologist.

As part of her senior capstone project, Amariss, a senior at Texas A&M, delivered race-specific forecasts tailored to our schedule. Her reports included session-by-session temperature projections, humidity trends, wind direction shifts, fog potential — and graphics that made it easy to visualize how conditions would change throughout the weekend.

Members received clean, easy-to-read charts showing:

• Temperature swings across sessions
• Wind speed and direction timelines
• Humidity trends
• And projected impacts on tire pressure

This wasn’t a generic weather app screenshot. It was race-focused forecasting.

And it mattered.

A 10-degree swing can mean multiple pounds of pressure change.
Humidity affects carbureted engines.
Wind alters braking and turn-in feel.
Morning and afternoon sessions can feel like two different race days.

Tracks create their own microclimates — especially on the Gulf Coast.

We won’t see her next forecast until our event later this month, but one takeaway is already clear:

Don’t set your pressures in the morning and forget them.

The air is moving — and so are your numbers.

At CVAR, preparation doesn’t stop in the garage.