Keithw's And Jay's Excellent Adventure

[jayscobras]

WELL CHIT!!!!!!! AFTER A BRIEF 500 OR SO MILE SPRINT FROM SAN ANTONIO TO " NO PROBLEM RACEWAY PARK"A JUST OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE AND AFTER GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET IN A DUALLY WITH SOME 200 MPH CARS BEHIND ME, WE ARRIVED AT THE TRACK FRIDAY THE 13TH NIGHTMARES BEGAN IMMEDIATELY.

WE PUT BOTH CARS ON THE TRACK AND STARTED TESTING THE LINE. I T WENT WELL AND KEITH WAS CATCHING STAYING WITH THE LAMBO'S AND CATCHING THE VIPERS. BOB WAS IN THE M5 LEARNING THE TRACK AND HOLDING HIS OWN.

THEY CHANGED CARS AND KEITH LEFT THE GRID AND ON THE FIRST TURRN WE COULD HEAR THE REV LIMITER BANGING AT THE WRONG TIME AND AT THE WRONG PLACE ON THE TRACK. HE BROUGHT HER BAACK IN AND WE COULDN,T GET THE CAR TO GO INTO ANY OTHER GEAR...CLUTCH HAD GONE. WE WERE IMMEDIATELY ON THE PHONE WITH BMW AND THEY GAVE US SOME THINGS TO TEST. ALL TO NO AVAIL. TRAILER TIME.

BOB TOOK THE VETTE OUT AFTER MARCUS LEX HAD US TIME HIS LAP. AIN'T NO GERMANS BEATING US NOW!!! COMING AROUND THE LAST TURN INTO THE STRAIGHT WE SAW A UFF OF SMOKE FROM THE VETTE. I TOLD THE TRACK MANAGER BESIDE ME TO "FLAG HIM" AND AFTER A PAINFUL MINUTE HE CAME IN.; NO SMOKE BUT IN THE CHECKOUT WE LOST OIL PRESSURE. WE LET THE CAR COOL AND THEN LOST OIL PRESSURE AGAIN. SEEMS LIKE WE SPUN A ROD BEARING.

ANYWAY, WE THOUGHT WE WERE DONE, NEXT STOP WE WILL FIND OUT??? WE DROPPED THE TRAILER IN DOUG REED'S DRIVE WITH BOTH CARS IN IT. WHILE THERE, ONE OF KEITH'S FRIENDS CALLED AND SAID HE WOULD MEET US AND BRING HIS PORSCHE CARRERA S-4 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR US TO DRIVE, RENT A CAR AND THEN GO HOME. OH IT'S MOBILE ALABAMA FOR THE NEXT RACE, SO WEL WILL BE ON THERE TOMORROW.

SO FAR NOW BOB IS OFF THE THE PARTY AT THE CAT'S MEOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, KEITH IS ASLEEP AND I AM DOING THIS.

TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY AND WE ARE STILL IN IT. WE MISS ALL OF THE TEXAS COBRA CLUB GUYS AND GALS GETTING READY FOR THE AUSTIN MEET AND WISH ,,,AS OF TODAY,,,THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE THERE. AFTER ALL,,,IT WAS ONLY A SHORT 500 OR SO MILE SPRINT FOR US TO GET FROM SAN ANTONIO TO HERE...NO PROBLEM.

JAY

AND AGAIN, IT'S THE PEOPLE, NOT THE CARS!

P.S. "MEAT" WHERE ARE YOU? READY FOR SOME "CROW" YET?