....WOW finished tenth.... what didn't go wrong? Well lets start at the top. When
racing the last part of the Silver State 300 the car was cutting out, like running
out of fuel or something....We changed filters checked wiring and obviously had
no time to test with the exception of a drive around the block in which the car ran
fine. Now the Race..We did a practice lap in the morning and were still having the
issue with the car running poorly and car though had more clearance was still
bottoming out a bit....So anyway I added about and 1'' of preload to rear and 1/2''
to the front. We had already set the ride height to 13'' before we left for the race
with us in the car! then we proceeded to try and figure out our motor issue....we
thought maybe the TPS sensor was bad though no one had another so we
adjusted it with a volt meter and richened the mixture up! Car seemed better but
where basically in an impound so could not test! We started the race and got a
good hole shot to 2nd out of like 18 utvs. Car seemed great, then it all the sudden
felt like we had a flat, or broke a motor mount or something....did not no just felt
banging under my feet? We pulled over and I just looked out the window and did
not see anything....meanwhile we got passed by a lot......we proceeded to the
start finish line to further assess damages and found that someone had actually
driven half way up the rear of our roll cage and when they came down, Bent the
dmc exhaust onto or almost onto the rear A arm. So we bent up and continued
on! Now lets go get um....so we are gaining on the field and I get a battery light so
we turned off GPS, Parker pumps etc. and switched on our supplemental battery
which got the light off for a while. Then the instrument cluster started to come
loose from dash and I was driving with one hand and holding it with the other so
we hit the pit on lap three to get some duct tape....When i stopped the car it died
and I put it in neutral and it started again but then could not put in gear as It
seemed that the clutch was stuck engaged.....I had the crew push me with the car
running and we crammed it in gear and were on our way....The car is not running
so hot at this point we needed to get a finish so we pressed on and even passed a
couple more...then on the last straight away before the start finish which is the
paved road along the River, I heard what I thought was the belt coming apart so I
limped it back to the finish line and waited for leader to pass and then got a finish
as when the leader completes his last lap the race is over for everyone when ever
they pass the finish line....we could have tried another lap before leader came by
but may not have made it! So anyway I will say this, The HCR suspension with
Summers brothers axels and KING shocks was incredible, they soaked up
everything we could throw at them and were smooth, never thought it could be as
good as it was, The Pit Bull Tires with now two races on them and no flats look to
be ready for anouther race!...Thanks HCR, Summers Brothers, King,
UTVUNDERGROUND, Marks Nuts and bolts, HD graffix, and of course Cook's
commercial glazing for all there help and support...oh and as for the belt I thought
was coming apart...yes it was. We will be ready for VTR and on the up side I
believe we are now tied for first in points so I guess not all bad but others gained
on us quite a bit so must be solid here on out. THATS RACING !