Saturday's qualifying session was disapointing as we could not match our pace of the previous test. We had easily turned times in the 1:23's on that day but were able to do no better than high 1:24's on Saturday.

The race progressed with no change in performance and we wound up where we started in 6th. However, half way through the 15 lap event the car began to pitch side to side under braking and became unpredictable when "turning in". A post race inspection revealed that the control arm bolts had backed themselves out to the point of nearly falling out! At least this explained the poor handling. Fastest race lap was timed at 1:23.6, not bad, but certainly not easy to maintain. Perhaps consistent speed would return on Sunday.

For qualifying the car felt immediately more predictable and braking stability had improved. Bill purposely found a clear spot on the track to get some clean laps however as the laps ticked off it was appearent that the old tires and suspension tightening had not been the sole problem. We'd be starting race #2 from a disappointing 11th place!

There are a number of things that will be addressed for the next event now that we finally have the time to work on something other than the damaged electical system. The engine will be tweeked to provide the needed fuel and timing for more power...the suspension will be completely rebuilt, and a new splitter will be added. If we can find the power the car had 2 years ago, we'll be back "on course" Race #2 results.