Good job!
Original Message dated 9/1/02, 6:33:55 PM
Author: "Mark Alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Motor Racing story.:
Hey guys,
Not strictly Dat related but some of you may Relate to this.
I have just returned homw from a weekend of racing at Wakefield Park -
crewing for a good friends car whom I race with (when I have a car - new
one still coming). Check out this for a race weekend from HELL! or delete
it if you don't really give a damn!!!!!!!!
Friday;
8am - get picked up by owner/driver of car (Toyota Sprinter - highly
tuned 20 valve 1.6)
9:30 - arrive at Wakefield Park - and unload. - Big day of testing
planned, We could seal the championship this weekend.
10:30 - Hit the track for the first sessions of the day. Complete 6 laps.
10:38ish - Car comes into the pits, driver complains of lack of power
(nothing new there!). He swears something is wrong.
10:40 - I jump into car - and we start to roll back down to the pit
garage - engine stalls - weird!
11 am - after chasing what is thought to be an electrical prob. I check
the crank and it is locked up solid - the engine is seized!
12pm - We give up all hope of racing this weekend and head back to
Sydney.
5pm -owner pulls engine out ready for rebuild - expected that engine has
dropped a valve (expected to be very costly)
Saturday:
9am arrive at car owners house and head out to engine builders workshop.
(after a bit of a chat)
11am arrive at engine builders workshop - strip engine. All valves
accounted for, no head damage, no piston damage??????????
Finally get to bottom end - destroyed big end bearing - conrod is
basically welded to the crankshaft!!!!!!!
12pm - decide that we can fix this and go racing tomorrow (What were we
thinking?????????)
6:30pm After replacing the crank, rods and bearings - the new engine has
been re-assembled and is ready to race!
7:30 get home and start preparing car for re-vitalised engine.
Midnight - start the engine - everything ok, but oil pressure a little
lower than normal?
1am - we have oil problems - pressure is low at times, and oil has
bubbles in it - weird. Decide to load car on trailer and get ready to go
back to Wakefield Park tomorrow.
2:45 - arrive back at my house (closer to Goulburn) go straight to bed.
Sunday:
5:30am - after two hours sleep, we hit the road again - headed for
Wakefield Park.
7am - to the suprise of many fellow competitors we are back in the race.
9:30 Race 1 - start from rear of grid (didn't qualify on Saturday!)
Engine is deemed as "run-in" after the two warm uplaps. Complete the race
in 10th position, and pick up crucial point towards championship. Engine
survived.Oil prob dissapapears
1pm - Race 2 Start from tenth and this time no holding back on the
engine! Finish in 7th position (1st in under 1600cc)and the owner/drive
is over the moon. He is now all but un beatable in the club championship.
Engine is "fantastic" - Phew.
6pm - get home - type this pointless email and wonder why the hell I am
still awake????????? but knowing that we have acomplished an amazing feat
in one weekend.
For the Record - the car was quick enough for 5th place - but having to
fight our way through the field in both races, made this very difficult.
PLUS - Wait there's more (and it's dat related)
Also 1st place in the race was DATSUN 1600 (SR20)
2nd place was a DATSUN Sunny (L20)
4th place was a DATSUN 1200 coupe (SR20)
GO THE DATSUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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