Another VERY mixed weekend for me and a whole lot of others. I hope everyone else get to visit the wineries as we did on Sun/Mon. This is not shaping to be a good year for me.
1) Canceled LRP due to bad tranny reassemble... can't shift into 5th/rev and then we get trailer tire flat on the way to LRP midnight before the race.
2) Made it to sun NHMS, started last in qual race. in the race, we went from 13th to 4th to DFL after a spark wire dislodged.
3a) Sat Morning at WGI, qualified 6th after Lawton though car was squirmy during the last 2 laps. Well, early afternoon we discovered that the end of the axle(incl nut) had simply sheared completely off - nothing like riding on unpacked bearings. hmmm.... went to NAPA and changed parts in under 70 min.
3b) Sat afternoon at WGI, I am tailing (within inches) lawton, wheelen, frederick until the middle of lap 3 when the pack pulls away (so I think). What's really happening is motor is starting to fall apart though I don't realize it. I dialed back knowing I won't be able to catch up... I shift into 3rd going into the laces and... BANG!!!! white smoke files cockpit and the rest is history.
Fine rieslings at Chateau Lafayette Renau though... simply delicious. Burp...
We stayed for the Sunday races, it was awesome viewing. Nick is in flight around the bus stop and Rob did his best to hunt him down - great race! ITA saw it's fair share of action too between Klava, Wheeler changing places and Braumscoum in hot pursuit! Sorry to hear lawton lose his brakes..
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