NASA AI California Speedway results
 

I thought I'd post results from our adventure down at the speedway last weekend:

http://corner-carvers.com/forums/sho...485#post300485

Qualified on the pole both days, won on Saturday, and had to retire after about 6 laps on Sunday due to engine problems. All in all, not bad. 8)

http://www.americanironwest.com/images/fontana.jpg

Good stuff. What's the drivers name?

Dave Royce.

Thats pretty sweet. Congrats!

Isn't that the second time you guys have won on Saturday, and broke the motor early on Sunday? Do you have a cooling problem or something that's wearing our your motors prematurely?

Either way, congrats on a good weekend! Now, make that thing last for two days and win both races!

I swear, you have a heckuva cool job. Congrats to the team.

It's not a cooling problem; this is a fairly stock motor that we knew had pretty loose clearances when we put it in the car. It was just a matter of time before something gave out on it.. not very surprising that it happened at the speedway; you run WOT high RPM's around really long sections of the track. We had to do something in a hurry after losing the "race" motor at Sears last year though.

:lol:

So it's not really a repeat of the last issue... it *is* the last issue, still kicking your ass.

BTW: What failed this time... was it catastrophic again, or just something like a scorched piston ring?

Yup. :lol:

It doesn't look catastrophic so far, we'll see in the next couple days after we get the bottom end pulled apart.

Random podium shot after the race on Saturday:

[img:4a3d3a4a14=1024]http://www.prima-racing.com/gallery_albums/CASpeedway050312-13/P1010031.jpg[/img:4a3d3a4a14]

Notice which direction all the guys are looking... :lol:

The girl on the left has on some nice shorts, nicer shorts that the one on the right. 8)


Is that you I see in the background, Austin?

you got too love the guy thats nearly breaking his neck for a look...... :lol:

Is that what the kids are calling them these days? Yes, she did have a nice pair of "shorts". :wink:

Yup, that's me with the stopwatch around my neck.

Short, thong, strip of fabric...whatever. :wink: