[Cglrcng]

While they are pushing him off, the lane master shuts us both off at the ready line under the arch, my temp was perfect so I shut off, engine, water pump switch, fan switch, set brake...Now, everything I have done for a couple of months was feared toward a 1 and done EF/S Class race, a re-defense of a lucky one I got away with last October at Bakersfield, not whining here, just understand the crap at this point going through my head...all while hoping he can get whatever it is fixed in the next 3 hrs....Ok, lane master fires us up, It fires, pulls us out fast, I push the 1-2 shift out too far just in case he gets it fixed I need to know where that is too far, I hit it, too far...and after the finish line I realize water pump/ fan switches are off. Dang it, a.005 light wasted. And I turn on the switches, temp was just fine.

Time to go find O'Connor and he says tyranny is trashed, car is being pulled backwards, and clicking bad, I know that sound, not good at all, and offer to help pull it out, but no way we can do it in 3 hrs., the last word at that time was he was going to track down D.D. Matt and ask to withdraw. I had another bit of contact with him, making the offer again, we traded phone numbers, and said If he decided to not repair,, then call me I would attempt to husdle up bodies to help him get it on the trailer.