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This week’s driver is Shawn Murphy hailing from Rock Springs, WY.
If you follow NASA Lap Battle Time Attack, then it’s no news to you that Shawn is seated firmly in 1st for his Limited class currently. With 1st place finishes in all 4 races this season in the Utah region, two 2nd fastest over all times including the unlimited AWD classes seem almost sweeter! In two of Shawn’s races, he managed to be fastest ahead of all the Unlimited AWD class, where DOT legal slicks or full race slicks are the norm. When I asked Shawn if he had any interesting stories he noted his recent discovery of the boiling point of power steering fluid, and the complications that go with that. Maybe a power steering cooler is next on his list of purchases!
In more recent developments, Shawn had to settle for 2nd place in his most recent race, a blown head gasket looks to be the culprit. Such is life in motorsports, but with a sleeved block nearing completion, I doubt Shawn’s 2004 STi will be down for long. Power steering cooling might have to take the back seat while his focus moves to the new long block. From all of us here at GrimmSpeed, we wish you the best of luck Shawn!!
-Matt Homes
