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As most everyone who follows this blog now knows, we went out of the race on Sunday when we suffered a blown half-shaft. We completed a total of 210 laps; the winner of the race completed 442 laps. We ended up in 75th place out of 96 cars due to our inability to replace the broken part and get back into the race. Initial video review indicates that the fatal blow to the half-shaft was probably when Dave took a hard hit to the driver’s rear quarter courtesy of a brown RX-7. It was a very hard hit that probably sheared several of the bolts holding the half-shaft together.

The good news is that for most of Saturday, we were quite competitive — we held first place for 20 laps, apparently including a driver change! This coincides with what somebody told Sam on Saturday, that our first false black flag was because we were in first even after the driver change.

Congrats, team!

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Team Strategy Author: Pat

…when I write only in generalities. But I’ll risk being specific to say on behalf of us all: Thanks, Pat, for pulling together the TARP crew for this insane project. Without you there would be no we. And we led that race for a chunk of day one, not to mention having a lot of fun up to and even past when this “half-shaft” ejected itself from the car. And even then if the junkyard would have been open or one of the other MR2 teams could have helped us out…but I digress.

Thanks, Pat.

Engine Trouble, Logistics, MR2, Parts, Race Prep, Team Strategy From: Brad