Ouch Joe,
That is a run of bad luck. I missed a shift like that at Phoenix last year
when the teeth spun off the third gear. I don't know what I zinged the motor
to but it stripped the balancer off. How much season do you guys have left
on that side? We end in November out West.
Steve
P.S. I'm deeply envious that you'll be running at Watkins Glen! So many of
your tracks are the stuff of mythology from this angle.
> Steve, I did not make it to Mid Ohio, so we have not met, but I have
> not put any race reports out, since it has been a terrible season and
> I have been busy fixing the car most of the time. In May, I
> mis-shifted (3rd instead of 5th) at Pocono, revving the engine to 8900
> rpm loosing the valve train. The next time out in July at Lime Rock,
> the 1st place car was hit by a car we were lapping. He spun and hit
> me (I guess he forgot "in a spin - both feet in") as he rolled (not
> slid) back. He hit me in the rear axle and tore one of the 4 links
> off of the frame. I was out, and he went onto win. 2 weeks later I
> was back at Lime Rock and had the pole. On the first lap I lost the
> oil pump. That motor is out and awaiting parts. I have my old
> (spare) motor in, and I am ready to go to the SCCA double at Watkins
> Glen this coming weekend (Sept 14-15th). Maybe I can finish a race.
> Joe(B)
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