mooty
04-17-2011, 11:27 PM
whew... what a weekend.
so after a long hiatus, i finally made out to TH for a race weekend and its' actually sunny...
parking: NASA was nightmarishly crowded. very tight spots for trailers. took 30 min to get my box parked.
session 1: battery issue. took tow big diesel truck to jump start it. missed session.
session 2. qualifying. bc i didn't do session 1, i was put at back of qual. i had to pass 3-4 car each lap for 20 min. cannot post good time. P9 to start.
session 3: race. cool, jumped one car on start, passed another by 3/4 of first lap.... sh...t, suddenly no power steering. ok. i can muscle through it. car is good.... side of my eye... white... smoke....... who cares.... oh, it's my car that's smoking... ok.. keep going... more smoke... (no fire). great passing hot pit, may be i should park it. so i pull in... MORE smoke, push seat pack, unbuckle, next off, unhook cool suilt (my has full cage), get the hell out..... pull fire system... heart pounding. fire crew all over the car. confirmed no fire.... turns out serpentine belt shredded causing other issues.
crew was impressed how fast i got my ass out of the car and jumped over the low conc fence with helmet on... bottom line, sh*t happens. learn how to exit your car QUICK.....
so after a long hiatus, i finally made out to TH for a race weekend and its' actually sunny...
parking: NASA was nightmarishly crowded. very tight spots for trailers. took 30 min to get my box parked.
session 1: battery issue. took tow big diesel truck to jump start it. missed session.
session 2. qualifying. bc i didn't do session 1, i was put at back of qual. i had to pass 3-4 car each lap for 20 min. cannot post good time. P9 to start.
session 3: race. cool, jumped one car on start, passed another by 3/4 of first lap.... sh...t, suddenly no power steering. ok. i can muscle through it. car is good.... side of my eye... white... smoke....... who cares.... oh, it's my car that's smoking... ok.. keep going... more smoke... (no fire). great passing hot pit, may be i should park it. so i pull in... MORE smoke, push seat pack, unbuckle, next off, unhook cool suilt (my has full cage), get the hell out..... pull fire system... heart pounding. fire crew all over the car. confirmed no fire.... turns out serpentine belt shredded causing other issues.
crew was impressed how fast i got my ass out of the car and jumped over the low conc fence with helmet on... bottom line, sh*t happens. learn how to exit your car QUICK.....