Talk about double checking bolts.....
I got the car put back together for the 100 laper Saturday night. Had 25 cars show up and I qualified my usual 19th (there were a lot of fast cars there). No heats so I started the feature in 19th. Notice on lap 2 that I had an exhaust leak.....the left body panel started getting hot.....I was running real patient when on lap 15 3 leaders got mixed up with a lap car and they brought out the red flag. I stopped the car on the back stretch and open the door to get some air and noticed part of the running board paint had melted off
So when we got ready to back to green I of course started to feel something dragging and before I could pull off my #3 header pipe and muffler passed me down the back stretch.......
I got off the track and looked, the bolts had backed out....nothing broken just came loose. The problem was the track worers had my parts in the infield and I couldn't get them until the next caution. Then by the time I got the pipe (and realized it wasen't damaged much either) got it re-installed on the car and got to the line to go back out to the race they finished the race. I completely worked my but off and still only got a 20th place finish. But the two cars in front of me and the two cars behind all crashed out 10 laps after I left the track, so maybe it was meant to be?
Anyway, I live to race another day…..
Heat finished 9th as the last car on the lead lap. Which was great to stay on the lead lap for 100 laps!! But sucks because that just means he is pulling further ahead of me in the points.
Gerad