Sunday, May 15, 2011

Another long pit stop

Rod came in from his stint and the driver change was going smooth until we realized we have a cracked front rotor. We do have spares this time, but we woke the crew up and Rod jumped from the driver's seat to the mechanic seat. He swapped both front rotors in 30 minutes.

We also have an issue where we are bottoming out the suspension and the right front tire has an extra groove in it. A sledge hammer made some more fender space so that was a quick fix.

Just as we finished though, they announced that they were black flagging the track because of a timing issue in HQ. Big bummer for us to be off the track for 30 just before they closed the track (and it was killing Claus who has waited ALL day for his turn).

At this point we are past the half way mark and at last check we were in 28th place. Spirits are high.
They just announced the track is live again, so Claus is off for his first stint.

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