2 checkers

We had both cars running at the end!  I don't know where they placed as I was in the D when we finished and the timing app was down before I could check. 

The D is missing some more parts. Lugnut claims to not know what happened, just driving around the track he saw the bumper on the side of the track. Given all the repairs to be done, it may not matter.  

We are all thrilled to have gotten things back together not once but twice and had a nice weekend. 

 

And Again The D Comes Back!

After an hour long heroic fix that will be appreciated throught the Zlime blog sphere, the D is back.  Bumped and Brused but back with Lugnut sheepherding or floging your choice and if all goes well will get Sparky also in at the end.  

 

All Was Well Until...

After all the troubles of yesterday and the off track issues we thought we were in the clear.  Two full stints and working on a third for the D ans Z and all was well. 

Until the Radio crackeled and the report came from the D that we had no Drive. The car came in under tow with a disinct clunk, cat-hunk from the rear.  

A quick check and was determined to be the differental.  A few looks between teammates a look at the clock and oh well, the spare differental is at hand.  

The team quickly jumped on the trouble and the race is on to spare a stint and some dignity of the D. 

 

Mid day update

I haven't been paying much attention to the race. After a rough start yesterday we were pretty low in the standings. Happy to report a completely clean morning so far and moving by up nicely. 

 

The truck is done, but I'll end up with a double stint at the end of the day as I needed time to make sure the truck would get us home. That is done and tested.  Looked a bit ugly with a bunch of relays and switches, but there should be plenty of current capability and the stock wiring didn't have to get changed, so when we have a new switch it should all go together easily. 

 

Race day 2

Rough start to the morning. 

In good news the cars are ready to go. The D is worse for wear and has big camber issues we could hammer out, but it is running and should be good for the day. The Z has no new issues and is running nicely. We did oil and brakes and that pretty much covered it. 

 

The bad news is someone tried to steal Muddy's truck from the hotel parking lot. After failing to cut through the drivers door, they succeeded on the passenger's door. Then they took out the ignition switch.  Thankfully they failed there but did mess things up badly. 

The key sort of works and sometimes falls out. So that has to get sorted before we drive home. 

I'm going to try and get rid of the ignition switch in a way that can be repaired easily by the shop. 

 

 

Two checkers

Exceedingly happy to have two checkers today as we weren't sure we would make it, but both cars wrapped up the day.

The prime rib is just about done, so we'll eat before working on the cars, but we have a bit to do. 

 

 

Driving order

Our standings aren't hot today, but we are thrilled to have both cars on the track. Queen has had a trip through the penalty box in the Z, and with the first hit and the post repair spin the D has had 2 trips through.  Not to mention the hour+ of hammering the chassis (and alignment) back into shape. 

We've adjusted the driving order and hope to run clean now. 

 

Back on the track

After a huge effort, the D is back on the track. Torch took it out for a shakedown and proclaimed new tires are needed after a spin. Other than that, seems ok-ish and the count is out next to try it for real. We have 12 laps in so far so we would really like to improve that a bit. 

 

It's hammer time

 

 

Parts are off and we are now to hammer into rough semblance of looking car shape again

It's hammer time

 

 

Parts are off and we are now to hammer into rough semblance of looking car shape again

Thor's hammer

Ouch,

Picasso met another Miata in the S's and bad things happened. The team has not reassembled into repair mode as we try to put it back together.   Once we get things apart, I'm sure the hammer is going to be called into duty. 

Driver is ok, pain meds will be in the mix for dinner for sure. 

More as it develops. 

We pulled muddy and Ryan is in the Z

 

Race day

We are all set for race day. Everything is prepped and we are waiting for the drivers meeting and then we'll get started.

We are trying to stream video from the z. It should be here

https://live.racecast.me/profile/577185b358bc560ca359e803

If that does link doesn't work, go to http://racecast.me and search for muddy. 

If it isn't working the problem is probably the car, but hoping it works well.

We are stating the day with muddy in the Z and Picasso in the Z. 

Welcome to Sonoma. Lots of teams already here, but drove up and found a spot by the grand stands. Now waiting the cars so we can commence set up. 

Arse-Freeze Here we Come

Something is wrong. It is 5:30 and there is no, painting, bearing replacement, last minute diffuser work, or for that matter load cars or equipment.

So what is a poor racer to do the night before a race weeking.  Beer Advent  Calendar.

To night day1 a Marzen:

Got love the Holidays!!!!!

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