Man, it felt good to be back. I got my new motor (#2 this year) on Monday night, and installed it on Tuesday. Wednesday was spent working on the setup, and since I don't have any scales I adjust the car by feel at the track. This season has been a real bust, but every time I take the car out, I learn something else, or try something new. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but I'm out there trying stuff. 


I came back for the 9/2 race and I really need to stop coming out on the hottest nights. I swear, I always pick the warmest nights of the year to race. Anyway, I got out for practice and it was immediately apparent that the changes I made to the setup were the right ones. I changed the car based on the last time I raced in early July, where I had a push I couldn't figure out. I threw in more rear weight, played with springs and wedge, and the car was pretty darn good. It also didn't go away as the race went on longer. The only thing I really had to play with was cam timing, which helped out down the straights. I'm concerned about the carb, I think I can get more out of it, so I've got to play with that.


I'm slowly becoming competitive. It may be baby steps forward, but it's happening. I would have been faster, but I snapped the exhaust pipe yet again, so I lost all sorts of horsepower. I could have passed a few cars, but starting mid-pack with the competition at the level it's at now, it's really difficult to pass if you're only fast enough to keep up. I have to be honest, I was driving pretty conservatively. I haven't had that competitive edge for a long time, and I needed to get back into racing with traffic. Knowing I had a big power loss didn't help, but I'm getting back to it.


Hopefully I can keep it up for the remainder of the season. I've got a lot of things left to try and I'm going to hope I turn competitive really quickly. Or, at least soon.


Brent
 


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