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Race over, 2 checkers

Both cars finished the race strong. Rod was in the Z and Tony was in the D. We ended up in 28th and 42nd with the D being ahead.

The drivers all put in their fastest times in the Z but put in their most consistent times in the D and the speeds on the D are pretty close to those in the Z now.

They are on the trailers and we are headed off to the awards.

Sunday morning

I dropped my phone yesterday so i probably can't put any photos until tomorrow.

Today got off to a smooth start. We fired up the compressor to attempt to blow all the straw out of the Z then picked the least allergic driver to head out first to clear put the car. I was selected and had a clean run and cleared things out.

Brandon took the first shift in the D and also had a nice and smooth run.

First round of put stops also went very smooth and we put Kirsten in the D and Claus in the Z.

Knock on wood, we are in the low thirties and forties between the two cars. The D continues the trend of being ahead as it has done the best avoiding penalties.

5:00 and all's well

The Z drivers seemed to have settled down and we have been running for almost 5 hours. We have had to bring the car in to watch a growing bearing noise and still have fuel vent issue. Those have been quick stops fortunately. Running till 6:00 tonight. We've run through the driver order and kirsten is going to finish out the day. When Claus gets tired.

The D continues its flawless run and is a bit higher in the rankings. Rod picked up a passing under yellow black flag at the end of his session, but since the car has been running clean they let him drive through and we swapped to muddy and sent Doug out to finish the day.

Not as hot today, but the sun is still taking its toll. The crew is hanging out in the shade watching the standings and the comings and goings of all of our neighbors.

Track shots

Couple of shots of the cars running around the track.

Day one, couple problems

We spent the whole day trading drivers every 20 minutes. Generally both cars were working very well and we had a lot of happy drivers with the exception of the temps at the track being close to 100 degrees. Lots of water seemed to be taking care of that problem.

The Z came in at one point with fuel spilling past the gas cap. The thought with the temps as high as they were, is the tank was pressurizing and pushing the gas out in the turns. So a vent line was added and the last driver hit the track.

The vent line was up front, and as soon as the car was up and running, gas was pouring out the vent onto the windshield, right above the exhaust manifold. I'm been told before it is the oil leaks that catch a car on fire, not gas leaks. I wasn't brave enough to put that concept to the test. I brought the car in as I wasn't interested in turning the elf into a car-b-q.

I think rod would have preferred I did cook the car though as he is the one now standing in the pits shaking his head asking why we thought racing was a good idea in the first place.

Also (as if we needed more) I was complaining that the brake pedal had too much travel. Peter checked out all the wheels and we are short a rear pad. I was driving with just the piston pushing on that brake. Not sure how we lost a pad, but Claus is wrenching away putting the breaks back together.

Meanwhile the D just sits. It finished the day without any issues.