Thanks for the great posts, Keith. My biggest take away from them is wow,
posts break.
Why? How to avoid this? Is it common for others. Is it a 4 cylinder
problem, or is it in the 6's also?
Thanks,
Chuck
On 5/22/07, Keith Files <keithfiles@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Part 3
>
> Saturday, a better day, the first session saw me down to 3:00 dead with a
> car that was doing what it was supposed to do; now it was down to the
> driver
> to get it set-up and get it right. As the car was running so well we
> decided
> to let Mike do the Group 3 Qualifying race to make up for missing out on
> the
> Enduro, he was very careful with my toy and ran a conservative 3:12 before
> going missing (can you imagine what was going through my mind?). The car
> was
> returned on the end of a tow rope but with no visible signs of damage,
> what
> could it be this time? Believe it or not the throttle cable had snapped!!
> Jon again came to the rescue; he really should wear his underpants outside
> of his trousers :-)
>
> The final session of the day was the MOTRAH Qualifying race and, guess
> what,
> the only time over the whole weekend that it rained. Now, we Brits like
> the
> wet (no option really as it rains a lot over here) and despite being at
> the
> tail-end of the grid I decided to enjoy myself; the highlight was ignoring
> the advice of Duck Waddle who said in the wet you should always take the
> outside line in the carousel as there is more grip there and taking the
> inside line and slithering past 4 cars in one go - they probably just got
> out of the way of the crazy Brit more than anything to do with my wet
> weather driving skills. Upshot was 6th place and a 3:20 lap time.
>
> Sunday, all ready for my 2 races after yet another late night out with the
> team and Mr Snook in the Brown Bear - I was stunned that they served
> Gordon's Gin in pint glasses and had the best ever pinball machine, way to
> go. The MOTRAH race was great, started near the back but the car was on
> song
> and ran a 2:53 which was truly amazing given my previous best times now I
> was really ready for the Group 3 race.
>
> I started the Group 3 race 2nd to last and had a real blast up to turn 1,
> took 9 cars before the turn, this car has so much torque, by the time I
> got
> to turn 5 I had overtaken another 3 cars and I was chasing the next group
> of
> cars that included Randy Williams. At the start of the 2nd lap I got a tow
> of a Sprite on the start finish straight and managed to overtake him
> whilst
> he was overtaking Randy and then I got passed the Toyota Celica going into
> turn 1; 15 cars in just over 1 lap (I have a video clip of all of this
> that
> I will upload when I get some time); now the chase was on for the next
> group
> which included Jeff Snook himself. I was getting ever closer to this group
> at every turn and was confident that I would soon be joining in the TR3,
> Morgan +4 and Healey 3000 battle that I could see ahead of me but, alas,
> the
> engine went sick again. Guess what with this time, yep, bust another
> rocker
> shaft post, the rear one this time and messed the rockers, sorry Henry.
> Btw,
> managed to run a 2:51 before it all went to pot; now that really put a
> smile
> on my face.
>
> We will be back again next year, had hoped to be back this year but
> pressure
> of work will prevent that; boring I know but it pays for the toys :-)
>
> I consider myself really lucky to have so many friends in the US and I
> would
> like to take this opportunity to especially thank Joe Alexander for making
> a
> dream come true, Jack Drews for building the car, Jon Wood for being Jon,
> Henry Frye for his endless parts supply and enthusiasm, the wonderful Kas
> and Peg for their endless encouragement and, most of all to my lovely, but
> nutty, wife Denise (btw Peg, she has taken a real shine to Kas so keep a
> close eye on her :-)).
>
> There are many more of you who have supported me in my US ventures and I
> would also like to say a big thank you to all of you as well.
>
> Cheers, Keith & Denise.
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