Well, finally the "Blue Mistress" made it's debut this last weekend. We finished working on the car at 10pm Thursday nite, with many small details put off for later. When building a complete racecar, at some point you have to set a deadline, & just thrash to make it! The car had never turned a wheel under power, & we strung the chassis with some yarn from my daughters craft box. Was at Lowe's at 8pm buying lumber for ramps to get it in the trailer, not sure if it would fit. Headed to Thunderhill the next morning.
Track day on Fri, shook down the car in morn session, a little tire rub on RR. took the sawsall to her & fixed that. Ran the afternoon session, all systems worked good, especially electric cooling system, 185 deg on 95 ambient.
Chris liked the feel of his new car, (only the second time he has ever seen it).
He got in a groove & put in 20 laps, the last 5 averaging 1:54s
Sat qualified 2nd to the GTM, which was running really well, at a 1:52:3, got ready for the race that afternoon. Tim Barber in the GTM got the jump at the start, Chris passed him in turn 14 to lead the race for 7 or 8 laps. Chris was real cautious in traffic, got hung up & Tim got by coming onto the backstretch, Chris got a run into 14, got under Tim, but there was a lapped car on the outside (3 wide), Chris had to get on the curb, got the car loose & spun out. He was catching the leaders again, & got off track again, so finished 3rd our 1st race. Car passed the test with flying colors, (even off track - no damage).
Sun Don & I tweaked on her a little, got Chris more comfortable, set fast time at time at a 1:51:34, shifting at 5700 rpm
Tim got the lead on the 1st turn, & chris passed him for the lead on lap 2, pulled away to a comfortable lead, but we had fuel pick-up problems, & had to pull in.
Overall we had a great time & the car is pretty bad-ass, for out of the box - & totally unprepared to race a week ago.
Thanks to Don, Shawn & everyone who has helped get her done!