Second again
May 25th, 2003 by gregr
Another interesting day…practice was fine, if a bit cool. During qualifying, I lost my transmission…ok, well I didn’t lose it literally, but it wasn’t working very well. Had to get a new one put in before the race. That’s a part of racing you have to get used to - things don’t last like they do in your street car. I think the transmission probably had 13-15 race weekends on it. If you want to run in the front in our class, you’re looking at 1-2 motors and 1 transmission per year, on average. Not to mention an entire set of tires for each national race, on average.
So crap, after all that, I finished second again today. I qualified second, led part of the first lap, and then Kim got by again, and he stayed about 3 car lengths ahead for the remainder of the race. :-( Tomorrow is the day that really counts - Sat and Sun have been regionals, but Monday is a national. Hopefully car and driver will work well together tomorrow and win the race! :-)
Just out of curiousity, do you loyal readers enjoy reading a mix of racing and technical stuff here? I could create categories, I suppose, but I’d rather not…
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May 25th, 2003 at 10:54 pm
I’m enjoying your antics immensely. Good luck tomorrow.
May 26th, 2003 at 12:48 pm
Keep it all coming. It’s always refreshing to hear about techies that also participate in interesting activities that don’t involve sitting in front of a monitor. :)
May 27th, 2003 at 8:13 am
I actually find myself wanting to know about what you’re driving at these things, what class, etc.
May 27th, 2003 at 9:17 am
Grant - good idea…I’ll write more about this soon. In the meantime, it’s a spec racer ford; you can read more about them here.