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Test and Tune from Hell
By Emily | August 6, 2008
Today has been a day from hell. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong and even things that I didn’t know had the ability to go wrong, went wrong. I guess it was due to happen sooner or later and sooner it was.
Alright, let’s start from the beginning. Today was an extremely hot day, upwards of 90 degrees with some nasty humidity. Chris and I debated going out because we knew it was going to be hot, but we both had the drag racing bug and wanted to get out on the track. Plus, we had a couple of spectators heading out to the track, so we decided we could stand a little heat. We made it out to Pacific Raceways at 3:30pm for a 4pm gate time. Instead they decided to open at 4:30; you know, just for good measure. We pitted where we always do, and got ready to pull the car out. I go to back out the car and it bottoms out on the chassis. Chris and I are totally boggled, because the trailer is completely raised and we loaded the car fine. We finally had to jack up the front of the car and roll it out of the trailer, which quickly produced an on-the-loose dragster. We managed to get it into place and proceeded to warm it up.
The warm up was quite frustrating because about halfway through the water began to boil over when the engine was only 160 degrees. Chris and I were, again, confused. After some head scratching Chris figured out that the water was leaking out of a broken seal along the water filler neck and it was only set off by the intense heat that day. Realizing that this was not something we could fix at the track, we decided to call it a day. I headed to the registration booth to get the money back for the tech card on the quad. I managed to get the money back, but as I went to head out the quad wouldn’t start; par for the course. It took an embarrassing five minutes to get the thing started and suddenly it started. And just to top off the day with a fabulous ending, Chris and I go to put the car away and what did we forget? Anyone? The nose! We managed to skate away with only a small scrape on the bottom, but seriously… could this day get any worse? Silly me for asking. Chris pulls into the driveway and realizes that none of the side lights are working on the trailer, only the brake lights. Perrrrfect.
The only saving grace for this jinxed day was the ability to get it all out of the way at once. Chris and I are planning to head to Bremerton for the Super Comp divisional race this weekend and we would have been livid had this happened there. We are very excited for this race, as it will be our first race in the car. We will head out on Friday night for the test and tune and race in the #3 divisional race on Saturday and the #4 divisional race on Sunday. Hopefully our jinxed days are over with and this weekend will be a blast. Stay tuned for an update from our first race!
EMDUB
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