Racing on 5/2/09

Well, we finished in 12th position this week, but we have a lot of work to do on the car.  We couldn't get the car to bite on the track for anything.  The track was a little rough from the Late Models.  Every time I'd hit a rut, I'd bounce to the top of the track.  I ran the entire race about half-throttle.  We have some issues with the springs/shocks.  After finished 5th in the heat race, we checked the shocks.  The LF shock was junk.  So we used a spare from Brent to see if it would make a difference.  The car was bottoming out during the heat, but didn't in the feature with some adjustments to the weight jacks.  Here is what we have planned this week: Rear axle seal, New spring in the RF, new springs in the back, and possibly two new shocks in the front.  We also need to clean and check the radiator as the car got to 250 degrees in the feature.  We will see.  I'll update when we complete some of this work this week......