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Old 04-03-2020, 05:30 PM   #24
Dragrac419
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Default Re: First Divisional or National event stories

I bracket raced when in high school and college and then sold everything to raise a family. Forward to August 2018 I buy my first stocker. I run some test and tunes and Orlando and Bradenton races to get some seat time as it has been over 30 years since I have been in a race car. The car is not fast but it runs under the index so I’m happy. Come February I’m ready for my first divisional race in Orlando. Take the car off the trailer and hear a funny sound but thought it might have just been a heim joint changing position. Go up to make my first qualifying run and the car spins at the leave. The car never spins so thought that was strange. I’m by myself so trying to figure out what happened. Check the car out can’t see anything wrong. Go up to make the next time shot and the same thing happens. This time when I get to the finish line the car pulls and I realize it is a broken axel. Try and find one so I could race on Saturday with no luck. Fix the car and go to SGMP for the next race and get to the semifinals. Really excited at this point. Go three rounds at Gainesville. So, I figure I will try my luck at a national event. Get into Atlanta and the car won’t run the number. Mess with fuel injection and take fuel out as I thought it was rich when it was really lean. (first time messing with EFI) Come to find out one of the injectors has a broken wire that drove me nuts for 5 months.
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