It was a fun day at TWS, filled with plenty of mechanical excitement. James Yale (red Backdraft below) and Bill Swendsen (blue Backdraft below) hit the track just as the fog lifted at 10AM. Bill had a fuel issue that turned out to be some silicone in the pickup line from a prior tank repair. Later on the day James started missing and smoking and after a pre-dusk teardown in the pits (and I mean
teardown), the guys diagnosed it as a blown intake gasket. As of sunset they had torn it completely down and removed the head for good measure. I missed all the afternoon action; a few us us that weren't racing drove into town for some lunch, where I managed to make something go bang in my Ford 9" rear end. We had to trailer it back to Houston; no fun but thanks to the guys for helping me out. As of dinner tonight Bill and James were plotting the reassembly tomorrow morning, followed by more track time.
Ian Powell had his recently completed Keith Craft stroked 427-powered Daytona on-hand and it looked great, and sounded even better.
