I finished Daves car around 6;30 am the day of the race! Last ugly problem to rear it's head was the tyre sticking to the inside fender as the frame shop didn't quite pull the front out far enough. We had to downsize his tyres to 175 60 13 from 185 69 13. That seen\med to keep it from scrubbing, but I gave him strict instructions to do "parade laps" as the alignment issue was indeed an ISSUE! (I drove tha car to the trackthat morning without issue, and it seemed safe, but not reallyfull race worthy. Dave needed to get the 2 days in in order to get his full race Lic.... Even if he was dead last!)
Jonathans car, the one I raced, was left in it's 902 form as it seemed to be doing well.
I finally broke the 2 minute barrier in his Imp on that track (2 ltrs are getting 1:45's adn the fast cars are getting 1:30's!) which was a first for the Imps in the last four years we have had them out there. I ended up with a 1:48:5 as my best.
As the title says, I dominated the Fiats! It was very satisfying. I didn find myself in a hole in the middle of the grid. All the fast cars ahead of me and all the slow cars behind, adn me on a sectin of open track an nobody to play with
My old nemisis the beetle, was faster most of the time (1:56), but there was a good race where I was able to reel him in in the corners every lap, only to see him drift off on the straights.
The last race of the last day, I lost second syncro in the trans, and by the time I got the hang of shifting it, someone had dumped a good amount of gear oil on the track (not me!) and the corners were no longer safe to take at speed, so no bettering my time.
Good fun!
Imping... Alive and well in the Pacific North West!
Next stop Mission B.C. Canada. May 27/28.
Imp Dominance!
