[TPR] Oh! that hurts.

[Asa Jay Laughton]

DARN RIGHT!

Of course, Open Road Racing is one I haven't tried yet.  I might be just 
as bad at that.  ;)

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 5/28/2011 7:10 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote:
> Which only goes to prove once again everything is more dangerous then 
> open road racing ;-)
>
> */Mad Dawg Antenucci
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> *To:* tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> *Sent:* Sat, May 28, 2011 5:48:14 PM
> *Subject:* [TPR] Oh! that hurts.
>
> Autocross today at Spokane County Raceway, not the usual course at Deer
> Park airport.  They've just finished re-routing the road course and our
> local autocross club managed to get a big chunk of it today for us to
> try out our driver skills.  This makes for a faster course as all the
> autocross elements are laid out in-line with the road coarse.
>
> This can also be deceptive, challenging and dangerous if you're not
> paying attention.  Such unlucky fortune found it my way today.
>
> First run of the day, cold track, cold tires.  Didn't take it easy
> enough.  Ran OFF track and nosed my Pantera into a ditch when I failed
> to negotiate a slalom.  The previously dented front valance now is
> dented severely to include new creases.  Well, I -was- going to replace
> that anyway.  And as further luck would have it, as I inspected and
> hammered it out just a tad, I found where that funny warm coolant odor
> was coming from. <sigh>  Looks like the Fluidyne radiator is weeping
> just a tad on the drivers side from some tube (I haven't found exactly
> where yet).  Not enough to leave drops on the garage floor yet, but
> we'll need to get that fixed.
>
> Second and third runs went much better and by the end of the day we were
> spanking the course pretty darn hard.
>
> Sooo....
>
> - Glad I've not started a restoration project yet
> - She's still pulling hard and driving fine (though the driver needs a
> bit more experience)
> - Having fun despite the tiny setbacks.
>
> :)
> Asa Jay
>
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> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> &  Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
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