Well, we sucked! Only two qualifying sections, one Friday afternoon, and one Saturday morning. Eliminations started with first round Saturday afternoon and second round & finals Sunday.
First pass. 3pm. I noticed a fuel pressure sensor for the computer (that doesn't work, STILL) was was leaking as Roger rolled into the second staging beam. About half track the mist was bad enough that Roger lifted and threw out the laundry. 7.488 @ 97.46 #7 qualifier
We thought that the engine should be fine and was going to do a few tweaks and throw in back in the game. Well, we thought better of that and torn the motor down. Good thing! Pinched rings on three holes pretty good and a few more just slightly. Also smeared the crank on a few journals. Motor change!
Second pass. NOON. Nicer. 5.983 @ 235.72 #2 qualifier Messed up some stuff, but I can't remember what. Busy, busy weekend!
First round. Another 5.98 Roger clicked it about 1000' and then BOOM!
1000,' pull the 'chute, let off, BOOM! Our nice billet Rodeck block now has a sizable window near where a connecting rod should be swinging. So we worked our asses off to change the motor. We left the track around midnight with the car mostly finished.
Second Round (Semifinals) We tuned the car lightly to make it survive. Roger was in the lead at 1000' and then felt it nose over , so he lifted and lost. 6.28 @ 202, I think
We used up all our junk, so we won't be making it to Bowling Green next weekend.
It seemed like everyone there was blowing $hit up!
