During the last session of the day at Texas Motor Speedway Jay told me I was third fastest so I changed rev my 6000 RPM limiter with a 6700 or 6900 limiter. My competitive juices told me I could be faster if I could get a few more RPMs on the front straight a way. After changing limiters and running about 20 mins into a 30 minute session coming out of turn 2 I noticed my
oil pressure fell from 50 psi to 5 psi (I suspect that was when the #1 rod bearing spun) so I pulled into the hot grid and my
oil pressure climbed back up to 50 again ( I reasoned the drop in
oil pressure was because of the 38 degree banking). Two laps later while passing a Viper and a Vette I heard this swoosh and my engine went quiet. I got a little loose for a moment and coasted into the pits. First thought was that I had lost a freeze plug since it was missing. Not so! The old 428 CJ was really hooked up and pulling like there was no LIMIT before everything went quiet.
There are other bent and broken parts but I think from the looks of things you can tell the engine was pretty much toast.
Clois