Topic: Gingerman Summer recap for team Bad Decisions
We entered two cars this race with 4 of our normal drivers, two newbies and two veteran A&D's. The 1947 Plymouth was to have fun with and finish shaking out the bugs. The Dustbuster was destined to compete for Class C. Things did not go as planned.
Let's hit the lowlights:
Got to the track late (for me) after a terrible week at work
Trailer had (another) spring shackle break off because it was welded by a drunk, blind 4-year-old (I assume)
Got contaminated fuel from Walmart
It was muggy
The van was dumping power steering fluid out as fast as we could pour it in (exaggeration)
Van had a miss that took way too long to diagnose
Plymouth struggled with fueling issues until Sunday
Both cars were push started most of Saturday
Van was push started all of Sunday (that it was on the track)
Van ended the day early Sunday because it had more play in the rack than a 1980's Dodge van
Plymouth struggled with overheating
We boiled the brake fluid in the Plymouth
Lost ANOTHER EZ-UP
Highlights:
Plymouth is even more epic to drive than expected
Plymouth really did run most of the weekend...just not always well
Nathan (from Postal Fail) turned a 1:58 in the Plymouth which might be our team record on the long track for any car
Nathan turned the best time at Gingerman in the van...ever...at 2:09
Everyone got a decent amount of track time
We now own a belt to bypass the power steering on the van
Andrew (the guy that normally comes to races with 28' trailer of fab gear) showed up at the race and even repaired my trailer for me
Good people, good food, lots of telling stories that are at least mostly true
Freezer pops are awesome so the chest freezer will be going to all future warm weather races
No one died
In the end it was still better that work and got to see about half our old friends from Lemons and made few new ones.