I am writing up a complete, LONG, recap currently.
Yes broke rockjock thursday and Currie got me a new semi finished on friday at 4 and we wrenched and welded all friday evening to get a new one, in.
Sat was great.
Sunday we were fast. We had some great insight as to lines and such to take on the course, that was helping.
We pasded I think 4 mod cars stopped in the first 2-3 miles, one in the race about MM5, passed both stockers that started in front of us. Then we got in to a trail race with the 2nd place finished V8-ZJ. He would not let us pass, and the horn is a on off, so scott just turned it on and left it on. at a few points we almost hit him to get him to move outa our way. we hit the open lake bed and it was a drag race. 1st and 2nd gear we were not gaining much on him, but in 3rd we pulled about 3-4 car lengths and at 82mph and 4K RPM in 3rd, Scott my driver asked hows it looking, all gauges were a perfect go, and he asked about 4th. I said get it lets pass. thats right about when the engine eat its self somewhere / how.
The cab filled with smoke. gauges were all perfect, oil pres was even about 60.
but we coasted to a stop and that was our day.
STILL SMILING! once in a life time feeling!
Heres a video of our our of hills to lake bed race. if you listen you can hear the horn blowing for long periods. then as we start to really pull on that V-8 linked machine, you see all of a sudden we are falling back. Thats when it all went south..
We had other issues that I will talk about in the write up later.
http://youtu.be/i7Bqam0TALs