Young Finnish driver Matias Koykka and the brothers Cape occupied the garage next to us. Unfortunately before we got the chance to meet face to face across teh tape line dividing our garage spaces, we met wheel to wheel in the uphill Esses damaging a pushrod and ending my session. That said, Matias was the class of the field Saturday. Watchin the Cape/Wayne Taylor crew constantly clean and prep Matias' car left me impressed - I think I probably learned a thing or two.
The trusty Citation up on stands and done for the weekend. After showing much signs of promise at teh beginning of the first test session, the clutch went up in smoke. Further investigation revealed that teh O-ring sealing the oil tank at the exit point of teh Input Shaft was done for and leaking badly. Spilling oil out of the input shaft cover tube and onto the spinninng clutch assembly. Althougth there was plenty of friction material left, there was just no friction. After driving around a few laps with the engine revving to 6500 at teh exit of each corner, I pulled into the pit lane in a cloud of clutch smoke.
After some discussion, our team principal (aka "Grumpy") insisted that I stop working on the Citation and just drive his Piper. I reluctantly agreed, and instantly regretted it after getting tangled with Koykka early in the first session out. Thankfully, things got much better from here.
See my initial struggles at: http://vimeo.com/41355303
See the race report at: http://billmaisey.com/maiseyracing/odesign.htm
or get a taste vor the action from Mike Scanlans view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OWGv...ature=youtu.be
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