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I loved Tim's story about Kathy Barnes and his car after the wreck....maybe if you ask him nicely, he'll relay it for you guys too. :P
Hey, what am I doing wrong in regards to 16v? I go to your site, and all I can find is from 2005 back. Can you post the link to this years photos, especially from this event?
Thanks!
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Okay here goes. After getting bounced around during the start at T-1 (almost T-1), I pull my straps a little tighter (video to follow soon), and like a good racer should, find first gear and get the #11 underwayagain. I'm getting all the funny smells you might imagine after a wreck, hear a lot of rubbing and grinding, but I'm stil on all four so we race - right??? I make it through the first lap (finally) and while doing so I'm watching the eyes of all my hereos working the corners to see if I can learn more about the condidtion of the car. I'm also watching the gauges and except for the fact that I am runnig cooler than usual - 160 degrees on the water temp- everyhting seems okay (at that point I didn't realize I had no nose on the car thus the 160). Next time through T-3 they hang the "meatball #11" and one worker gives me the "smoking hand signal" (you have to remember my roots were in F&C for three years under the leadership of Dick P, so I know the hand signals). I radio to Jerry M that unless I am dropping fluid I believe I am okay to race - the gauges are good. I pull into the pits, find my crew, and Kathy Barnes is working the pits and comes over to the car, finds the piece of door molding hanging off my door, while Jerry takes a look at the front. She says, "okay you're good to go" - the racing gods have spoken, :happy204: right on!!!. Jerry in the front says I don't think so - thank god because I probally would have run him over. Needless to say after pulling off the bumper rail Kathy thought better of letting me make laps - of course I agreed. :wacko: