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Hi there. Well, I finally made it here to the track. I should be in my pit spot by now, but I had a few troubles on the trip. Yesterday about 7 PM in southern Oregon a nice young lady pulled up along side me and told me I have a problem with one of my trailer wheels. I asked her if it was a flat and she said she thought it was. So I thanked her and looked in my side view mirror and sure enough there was smoke coming from the left side of the trailer. I took the next exit and whipped the trailer around so I could get a better look. Hmmm, looks like the tires are still inflated, I sure hope it isn't what I think it is. Luckily there's a Love's truck stop on exit 119 so I pulled in to take a look at it. Sure enough I lost a wheel bearing. So I pulled it into the truck parking area.
I had a wheel bearing go out back in 2003 on the way to Reading. Not surprisingly it was the same wheel. Ever since then I started carrying extra bearings, races, brake shoes etc... I was able to get the crown nut off fairly easily. So I got out my trusty three pound hammer, chisel, file and thread file and went to work. Four hours later I was back on the road again. One thing I didn't have though was a new seal. I'm glad that lady told me about it when she did or it could have been a lot worse. I'm definitely going to need a new drum. The outside race doesn't fit very tight anymore. ![]() I usually stop at the Walmart in Red Bluff, CA, but I stopped at the Walmart in Grants Pass, OR for the night. Then today a little north of Redding, CA, I heard a big boom so I pulled over and sure enough I had blown out a rear dually tire. So I pulled into a parking lot at the next exit and changed the tire. It was a refreshing 100 degrees today in Redding. I forgot how much fun it can be traveling to the races. ![]() Infineon Raceway is probably the most unlevel track on tour for the sportsman racers. Like ex-pit worker Ray used to say, "if you want your rig to be level at Sonoma, you better bring a trees worth of wood with you." There's going to be a lot of racing going on over the next two weekends. Hopefully I can keep you up to date on what's happening at the track this weekend. Maybe I'll post a few pictures also. -Toby Last edited by Toby Lang; 07-14-2010 at 11:36 PM. |
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Wow, Toby, sounds like you needed a drink by the time you got down there! Hope the weekend goes better for you!
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Toby, after all that, you'll probably win this weekend.
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Here's some pictures looking towards the track from where we are pitted:
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My car owner Jim Meador did a bang up job saving us a spot and a half for three cars.
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