Bremerton Double Regional
Well, the plan was to get there Friday afternoon and help set up the course, then run on Saturday and Sunday and go home with a Regional License. I got the first part done just fine, but the rest not so much... Friday was beautiful, sunny and in the 70s and course set up went just fine. I got the car unloaded and put to bed for the night and went to the hotel.
Saturday morning practice was interesting, having only taken a couple of slow laps in the Impala the evening before. Dang is that place bumpy... Spun a few times, but really not much to hit on most of the course. Qualifying went fairly well - even though I was pretty much a moving chicane for the SRFs, FMs, FF and one brand new DSR. I did qualify better than the FV though, so I wasn't last on grid. Woo Hoo! Lunch time there were spits of rain which soon turned into a downpour. So put the new wets on and got out there to race. Massive amounts of standing water (the car surfed on the bottom in one place I think.) After four laps I decided that was enough and went back in - so no completed event.
Sunday morning dawned cool and cloudy, but dry. In the practice session there were still some wet spots, but they were no problem. I spun in turn two and hit one of the big traffic barrels with the nose while going sideways. Drove it back to grid to have them take a look at it and it looked fine, but when I started to move I got about 10 feet and the right front wheel locked up (opposite side of the hit and the hit was on the nose cone only.)
I got it back to the paddock space (see photo) and found a broken disc mounting screw locking it in place; another was loose and almost broken. So I was done for the day with no spare screws and I'm not sure what it's going to take to get the remains of the two broken screws out of the hub. Put it back together, loaded it up, bought lunch for the crew guys and headed home. I have to replace all the screws and blend out the gouge in the upright before Rose Cup weekend. I'll get a penetrant test kit and check the upright to make sure it didn't get damaged. Nothing really expensive or time consuming.
The battle continues.
