So first half of team leaves out Jan 28th. Get there early for shock tuning, engine final tune, general test running. 3 trucks towing out, race car in enclosed, goose with buggy and 2 RZR for pre running, and bbq gril and kitchen on 3rd trailer. We gonna set up our camping compound outside of Hammer town and leave the pits for race car, pre run rigs. Well, enclosed trailer blows 2 tires, the tow rig looses 2 wheel studs and other lugs are loose. So much for taking truck to get tires rotated and balanced before trip. Guess we will fix that stuff on lake bed.
Get camp set up, test run car, get maps and start pre running. So good so far. Shocks need to be rebuilt or at least revalved for this track, shock mfg brings the suck award. No help, bad info, general lack of support. Sponsor says lets try King. New shocks and bypasses ordered one day, everything received and installed by King the next day. Car picks up 20mph in the desert. Money well spent. Thanks King and the shock tuner!! Top notch effort and support on last minute notice.
Fancy dancy high output alternator shits on us a couple days before race, friend of a friend find one and delivers to lake bed. Thanks!!!! Next day Wilwood master for front brakes starts being slow to return, spongy pedal. Wilwood swaps out. Thanks!!! You guys rock!! Final test run day before race and front 300m shaft breaks, got a spare. Full diff teardown to make sure no contamination. Problem solved. Car running good, just need to go through tech and we are ready.
Tech is no prob, car comes back to pits, driver and wife hop out, wife falls hits head, says "Who are you?" to husband. Oh crap!! Off to hospital. Pit crew hits the sheets for 4:30 wake up to drive to remote pit one. Race morn watching tracker and our car is in pits when it should be on starting line. Mass confusion!! We need to improve pit comunication. Car flys past pit one with no probs. Stupid tracer failed and last know location was in the pits.
Return to pit 1 on way back through, flat tire swapped, fueled up, back to going. Rest of coarse runs good, couple more flats, scramble to put new tires on beadlocks. Wheel vendor, tire liner, and spare tires were never delivered to lake bed as arranged. We made do, shuffled stuff between pits, need more fuel. RZR's really helped with this process.
Tracker swapped out on lap one, leaders are now crossing finish line. Tracker showing we are on lap 2 as we come near finish line. Dave Cole involved and all is good. Cross line 15th in our first team race.
About 25 team members contributed to our finish. Our goal was just to finish our first race. Much excitement!!
On way home, enclosed trailer blows 2 tires and trashes 2 wheels at same time. Torsion axle failed. No more torsion axles. Load stuff on various other trailers and come home. Tomorrow fly out to repair then rent truck for 10 hours of fun to get trailer home. Under 50 days till next race in Rancho Cordova.
All in all, good times. Can't say enough about the team and it's goal to compete to the best of our ability. Hope for more sucess in future.
Get camp set up, test run car, get maps and start pre running. So good so far. Shocks need to be rebuilt or at least revalved for this track, shock mfg brings the suck award. No help, bad info, general lack of support. Sponsor says lets try King. New shocks and bypasses ordered one day, everything received and installed by King the next day. Car picks up 20mph in the desert. Money well spent. Thanks King and the shock tuner!! Top notch effort and support on last minute notice.
Fancy dancy high output alternator shits on us a couple days before race, friend of a friend find one and delivers to lake bed. Thanks!!!! Next day Wilwood master for front brakes starts being slow to return, spongy pedal. Wilwood swaps out. Thanks!!! You guys rock!! Final test run day before race and front 300m shaft breaks, got a spare. Full diff teardown to make sure no contamination. Problem solved. Car running good, just need to go through tech and we are ready.
Tech is no prob, car comes back to pits, driver and wife hop out, wife falls hits head, says "Who are you?" to husband. Oh crap!! Off to hospital. Pit crew hits the sheets for 4:30 wake up to drive to remote pit one. Race morn watching tracker and our car is in pits when it should be on starting line. Mass confusion!! We need to improve pit comunication. Car flys past pit one with no probs. Stupid tracer failed and last know location was in the pits.
Return to pit 1 on way back through, flat tire swapped, fueled up, back to going. Rest of coarse runs good, couple more flats, scramble to put new tires on beadlocks. Wheel vendor, tire liner, and spare tires were never delivered to lake bed as arranged. We made do, shuffled stuff between pits, need more fuel. RZR's really helped with this process.
Tracker swapped out on lap one, leaders are now crossing finish line. Tracker showing we are on lap 2 as we come near finish line. Dave Cole involved and all is good. Cross line 15th in our first team race.
About 25 team members contributed to our finish. Our goal was just to finish our first race. Much excitement!!
On way home, enclosed trailer blows 2 tires and trashes 2 wheels at same time. Torsion axle failed. No more torsion axles. Load stuff on various other trailers and come home. Tomorrow fly out to repair then rent truck for 10 hours of fun to get trailer home. Under 50 days till next race in Rancho Cordova.
All in all, good times. Can't say enough about the team and it's goal to compete to the best of our ability. Hope for more sucess in future.
