Ooops 4 times in 30 years not 3 years!
You only get one chance at life, make it a TRIUMPH.
> On Jun 24, 2026, at 9:03â?¯AM, Bob Kramer <rkramer56@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My Kastner Cup weekend was more eventful than most, but I did manage to
> exorcise the demons from my blown engine in the 2003 weekend at Mosport by
> finishing the K Cup race in 15th, same position as last year. Unfortunately
> the car suffered multiple issues along the way; a spark plug came apart in an
> early practice session and the ceramic portion was ejected along with the
> attached plug wire. Came in on 3 cylinders but the guts of the plug must have
> gotten sucked in on the downstroke as the cylinder wall got a bit scuffed. It
> was noisy the rest of the way, but not hurting too bad. Then another oddity
> happened dumping most of the crankcase onto the track in turn 5. The track
> workers handed me my oil filter when they loaded the car. The steel spin on
> adapter threads had pulled their mates out of the Purolator filter head. I
> thought my weekend was over but an FOT had a replacement head and adapter.
> When I went to screw on the filter the threads on the new adapter seemed a
> little loose and I took some time trying to clean up the threads on the
> original one, but I couldnâ??t get them cleaned up satisfactorily. I tried
> the new one again, this time tightening the filter all the way and it seemed
> fine. I was back in business in time to qualify and do the cup race. I parked
> it after that to save it for the memorial race. Sunday morning I rechecked
> everything and made sure the filter was tight with an oil filter wrench. As
> the guys on track know it didnâ??t last. The oil filter came loose and
> started dumping oil again, this time without be noticing until I was 3 wide
> trying to pass two cars to my left coming out of 5C. At speed I got off to
> the grass as fast as I could but I ruined a second session for you all. Iâ??m
> really sorry about that. I restarted it on the grass and since it has oil
> pressure I was able to drive up the grass and get behind the wall and into
> the lower paddock. I picked it up with my trailer and didnâ??t open the hood.
> When I saw the loose filter it was a relief and regret sandwich. No blown
> engine, no major issues, no fireballs. Iâ??ve oiled a track 4 times in 3
> years of racing, once in Tx, once here in 2003 and 2 times this weekend.
> Mosport clearly owns me, but I finished the J Cup and thatâ??s the reason I
> had to come back. I wonâ??t be back again!
>
> Bob K
>
> You only get one chance at life, make it a TRIUMPH.
>
>> On Jun 22, 2026, at 8:51â?¯PM, Chuck Gee <chasgee22@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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