Carlisle (NOT) Aftermath
Carlisle (NOT) Aftermath
Well, the tow car didn't have a bad water pump, but a cracked filler neck on the Nissens 3-row radiator. Turned out the upper rad hose hardened and strained the neck enough to cause this leak.
Of course, at 9:30PM Saturday nobody had one in stock.
By midnight, I gave up trying to braze it myself. All I managed to do was cause a bit of solder to leak out of the side tank seam, causing a second leak.
So, I missed my HPDE at Pocono Sunday. But the NASA-Northeast people are first-rate and gave me a credit toward a future race.
www.nasanortheast.org
Tonight I have the Area Director of SCCA coming over to give #36 an annual safety tech.
Passing this, I just might make it a last-minute entry into this weekend's Weatherly Hillclimb, in Weatherly, PA
http://www.pahillclimb.org/Courses/Weatherly.htm
(Yes! The cars DO FLY!)
Whether I race it or not here, if anybody wants a fun event to watch, this is a great one!
Good weather is predicted. Food it good -- alll local scout and church groups, etc.-- and you get up close and personal with all the drivers and cars.
If I enter, I'll post it right here.
If not, my next event will be the NASA Competition School, Thursday, June 14 at Pocono North. Then my first road race, again with NASA, at Pocono July 20-22.
In between, July 6-8, it's the 101st running of the Giant's Despair Hill Climb, Laurel Run Boro, PA (near Wilkes-Barre)
BTW, do you know who broke the "impossible" 60-second mile?
C'mon! You saw soooooo much of his car craft at the All-Ford Nationals!
Hope to see some of you!
