We arrived at the June Race something like 10 points behind the points leader, with high hopes and great expectations.
When we headed to the lanes for the 2nd qualifying run I noticed that the oil pressure was acting erratically. Like the pressure was 20 lbs lower at idle than it should be, yet when you revved the motor the pressure came up. I watched it closely in the lanes and decided to pull out of line and go back to the pit. We inspected, and noodled the possible causes. Always being the optimists we tried to convince ourselves it was just the worn out motor, valve train, blah, blah, blah. So I decided to take it back to the lanes for the clean up round and keeping a close eye on the oil pressure, staged it, launched it and then felt it struggling, so I lifted and coasted it off.
So our weekend was done. We picked up 10 points (for showing up) and loaded our junk and went home. The following week Autohaus Dan pulled the motor and we sent it off for refreshing. Turned out the oil pump pick-up tube had broken off. Not the first time. Also found a broken rocker stud. So, we've got a refreshed motor, and rebuilt heads as we head into the final race of the year. Meanwhile, we missed not only that race but the October race as well.
By some miracle, we are only 40 points behind the leaders, so "mathematically" we are still in it. Not that I am doing the math. We'll just go out there this weekend and break in the new motor and if things go our way we'll finish the season with some round wins and be ready for next season.
It looks like our crew will be Me, Barry, Dan, Aidan Hunt, Woollybear, Gankster Frankster, and Wayne (Super Comp) Rich. Yes "Super Comp". But that's a story for another day.
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