[rdorman]

Good time for sure!

Now Rob, I thought your fastest time was ahead of mine. Either way, considering similar power to weight ratios etc and with me running Hoosier TDs and you BFGs even the two of us being close says volumes for your setup and/or skill!

Kind of a funny story from the autocross. I get in the car to make my second lap. Just before the first turn I grab for second. The clutch pedal goes to the floor and there is lots of clanging noise!

So I get a push into the paddock area and small group of helpers and on-lookers gather. I quickly annouce that the problem was the rod from the clutch slave cylinder had worked its way loose and fallen out. Not real good. I excuse myself for a minute, walk over to my stuff and return with a long white box. Open the box and pull out a fresh slave cylinder. The crowd is impressed.

During the replacement process, one of the crowd opens the hood to prepare to put some brake fluid in the master cylinder so we can bleed the clutch. "Um, is your fan supposed to look like that?" he asks. I get up and look and only three out of eight original blades remain. No wonder I was feeling a vibration when the fan came on! Again, I excuse myself, walk over to my stuff and return with a flat white box. I open it and pull out, yes, a brand new fan blade! Now they are really impressed!

Car was fixed before the next heat, no more problems.

Rick