Latest addition

We sold the Cramper last Fall and I squirreled the money away. The plan was that we would find an inexpensive tow vehicle and new enclosed trailer. By also selling the Explorer this could be done easily with money back in the bank.

The enclosed trailer protects the car from the elements and any curious bystander, as well as provides an at-the-track workshop/living space/camping space (when the women are not with us). The tow vehicle gives us the freedom to go to a hotel, out to eat, or back and forth to registration, or any other location around the track. The extended cab makes room for the kids, the truck bed for the 4 wheeler.

The Explorer goes up for sale in April and I located this truck here in Altoona just down the street from my office. It is a '99 GMC 2500 pick up. It was a former railway support vehicle and has a lot of miles on it, but serviced extensively. The interior needs a lot of cleaning up - it was a work truck. But it looks great on the outside. Thanks to a new bed and paint job.

Not sure what we will call it yet, but I am looking forward to having it around for trips to Home Depot and those landscaping nursuries just as much as going to the races.

Anyone know how to fix the formatting so my paragraphs have spaces?

All moved in!!

We are in the new home. I still have to unpack, but should be back to work in a couple of weeks!

New Pit Vehicle

Last weekend, my son and I traveled to South Carolina to pick up this '98 Honda Recon ATV. It has never been trail ridden and is about the cleanest ATV you could find considering its age.

Its primary role will be to ride my kids around the neighborhood ;) But on a few weekends, it will tow my race car to the grid and shuttle my dad back and forth to the pits and a few us to varying turns during the other races.

It will go in the shop for a tune up and we'll replace the rear tires with a set that came with it!

Race Prepped HS6 Carbs

While I am in the mood to post, I should catch up on the new set of HS6 race prepped SUs.

These are larger than the HS4s that I had been running and will provide the added fuel required by my motor.

We used the Lynx HS6 manifold and Volvo HS6s. The carbs have quite a few tweaks to them. Including CNC velocity stacks port matched to the throats of the carbs, there are epoxy ramps leading up to the bridge to smooth out the air flow coming into the carb, radiused piston, thinned throttle shafts, and the leading edge of the throttle disc are knife edged.

The intake is fully ported and match to the carbs, and the head. Included are custom made throttle linkage bars and a bracket for the return springs. The float bowl are orientated so that racing side loads won't affect them.

The throttle levers and choke arm levers are all off a set of MGB HS4.

They are beautiful and look great sitting on my office desk.

Ouch, has it been that long?

It's been since Christmas since I posted anything? I have some updates, which I will capture, but most of them are around a move to a new city, purchase of a new home and the re-creation of another garage.

Not to mention the fact that no work has been done on the car since last year. Just the purchase of new parts.

So, to get things going in 2009, here is my favorite picture. It is of my dad (#40) in 1982 at Summit Point. They are in the Carousel. The front end of his car was recently repaired from a collision with half a dozen trees at the end of turn one when the pedal went to the floor after several turns and a long front straight at full throttle.