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5月28日 Just how much work does it take??Sorry I've not been in here for a bit, work work work. Seems that all this sport is. life is. Oregon Trail rally came and went, I did so much work to make that event. It took all of my energy to get the car in 100% tip top shape for this event... and it looked like it was paying off. Middle of the day at Oregon we found ourselves WINNING the regional rally OVERALL. Fantastic and unbelievable at the same time seeing that my race car is "stock" class and utilizes only OEM internals and engine bits. Wouldn't you know it though? fate smacked me right in the face. With 9 miles left in the day, the car refused to go into 2nd gear. I cannot race that car without 2nd gear..... sigh... we came to a halt leading the race by more than 30 seconds. I don't cry when things go wrong, but I am crying now.... I was exhausted physically and mentally, and this was the final straw. frustrating. I didnt do anything wrong! I was doing it right! the car just had had enough.... On the flip side, I had nearly 4 full years of racing on the same gearbox 4 years of perfect performance - I really should be grateful... but wow.... could the timing have been worse? I mean really. Oregon Trail rally disaster behind me, I had to focus on the Olympus rally. I spent the next 2.5 weeks in agony as the transmission was rebuilt. Smart-service.com rebuilt the transmission flawlessly, it just took time to get all of the needed parts gathered up. And, it took time to get the clutch kit together (clutch was toasted when the transmission gave up) Stressful does not begin to describe it. Day of the Olympus Rally press stage arrives and I have to cancel out. The car is simply not ready. Day of recce for the Olympus rally arrives, I have to cancel on that too. Now I'm at a disadvantage not having seen the rally stages... I arrive barely in time for Tech... and register... barely able to hold my eyes open due to spending the past 3 days crunching on the car. I begin the rally 7th on the road in a basically untested car, untested tranny, untested clutch. And it worked! Everything worked, well. End of the first full day of racing and I was 3rd OVERALL and 1st in my car class... simply amazing - tired, wiped out, but satisfied - we had done it! You get out of this sport, what you put into it. I've put my heart, soul into this... and finally, a fantastic run! Now let's see if I can keep up the pace for the duration of the season...  Jamie~ |
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