Only one event left to go and this past Sunday in the books! Second place was ours again but in the hunt for the championship it all adds up. Any way we can get it we'll take it.
There really isn't a lot to report other than it was another average day at the track. It usually starts out with me chasing my tail for the first couple of sessions and slowly comes together, or somewhat together, by the time of our first race. That's where "average" ends since the temperatures loomed in the high 80's making everyone feel abnormally hot for this time of the season. We still haven't experienced the fast times that we achieved a couple of weeks back and really can't chalk it up to anything other than our above average temps combined with an engine that's about as ready for the end of this busy season as we are.
One of the things I don't share with our more seasoned competitors is the budget to have several motors at my disposal. I also don't freshen the one I have as much as I should. It's common sense to know that anything spinning in excess of 14,000 rpm should be looked at once in a while. Since most of the big ticket items have been obtained already this season I'm hoping to focus some of our time and finances on this area next season. With Sam learning so much and coming as far as he did this year we owe it to ourselves to pay much better attention to what our engine is telling us.
We're also going to need to pay more attention to this because next year we're expecting the class to grow a bit as well. Attendance should be up from this year as it appears there's going to be an exodus from another similar class who are all willing to participate in ours. We welcome the competition, but on the other hand we definitely want to show them that they'll be in our house now and nothing is going to come to them easily. It sure will make for more exciting times though. I know that's what Sam has been wanting all the while now.
