RCROCS Race November 7th

[Happy Bear]

I'm allready looking forward to this race. The last one was a true test of teams and rigs. It really takes a lot to finish one of these races.

Rausch Creek just announced that this course will be 90% go fast(smooth dirt roads) and 10% rock crawling with the rockcrawling portion being significantly easier then the last course. This will be closer to a 7 mile course.

Anyone else thinking about coming out this time?

[CrawfishStu]

I'm planning on having the zook ready by then.

[Heavychevy]

I'll be there. I just finished adjusting my front suspension....

It'll be the best leaf spring in the race.:brow:

[Grason]

I will be there

[domba]

we're hoping to make it...depends on how much longer we wait for some parts to show up though

[gr8whytyj]

we're hoping to make it...depends on how much longer we wait for some parts to show up though

Turbo parts? Put the LS3 in that thing:alan:

[Heavychevy]

we're hoping to make it...depends on how much longer we wait for some parts to show up though

Excuses, excuses, lock yourselves down in that compound and get it done.

[domba]

Turbo parts? Put the LS3 in that thing:alan:

rear axle housing...bent the passenger side to match the already bent/semi repaired driver side at the last rcrocs...sorta not cheap shafts have machine marks where they aren't supposed to. we'll run the motor as is for the rcrocs race, no need for a turbo for you jokers:chair:

[Heavychevy]

rear axle housing...bent the passenger side to match the already bent/semi repaired driver side at the last rcrocs...sorta not cheap shafts have machine marks where they aren't supposed to. we'll run the motor as is for the rcrocs race, no need for a turbo for you jokers:chair:

Just so you know my engine was 180HP off the show room floor (26 years ago), with as light weight as it is I'll be flying. :rolleyes: Got any high speed test sites near your house? I'm looking for something close by. I'll let you flog it too. Just remember to remove batteries out of cars before you crush them.:flipoff2:

[domba]

Just so you know my engine was 180HP off the show room floor (26 years ago), with as light weight as it is I'll be flying. :rolleyes: Got any high speed test sites near your house? I'm looking for something close by. I'll let you flog it too. Just remember to remove batteries out of cars before you crush them.:flipoff2:

key word there is 26 years ago:flipoff2: my engine is only 13 years old lol. there are some decent areas around natalie/marion heights that are pretty secluded with some really nice open stretches...doubt if we'll make it there at all before nov. 7 though.

[gr8whytyj]

I heard AJ's new buggy is getting to race without AJ driving.

[domba]

I heard AJ's new buggy is getting to race without AJ driving.

thats a remote possibility, i heard you'll be codriving

[gr8whytyj]

It's a fact

[Shane]

thats alot of fag in one rig.

[domba]

thats alot of fag in one rig.

it's a deceivingly large chassis, i think the fags/cubic inch will be totally normal

[Heavychevy]

key word there is 26 years ago:flipoff2: my engine is only 13 years old lol. there are some decent areas around natalie/marion heights that are pretty secluded with some really nice open stretches...doubt if we'll make it there at all before nov. 7 though.

Will I get shot or arrested over there? I've done very little wheeling on private property (with the owner) there and don't know my way around. Dean and I talked today about getting together before the 7th and beating/tuning our junk. Maybe I'll try Line Mountain too. Right now I've got about 10 minutes of seat time in my yard.:chair:

[domba]

Nope, it's reading anthracite land. Either buy a permit or roll the dice. I'd try to find someone that knows their way around though, lots of active strip mines back there.

[Shane]

it's a deceivingly large chassis, i think the fags/cubic inch will be totally normal

:lol::lol::lol:

[Happy Bear]

From the marshall of the event:

We have several Line Mtn. racers coming to this event as well to feel thing's out some. This by far will be the " easiest " of the courses run. ( read also: not stocker friendly easy ) This was never meant to be a high speed " flat track " type race like the Miler so plan on it getting harder from here. We love to simply toss a nice rock face ( or 3 ) in and say have at it. Yes we're evil and enjoy every part of it.

So if you want to get in and see how this type of racing fit's you, come out and have at it, this is your chance.........


Who wants to try racing, this is the event to try!

[CrawfishStu]

I'm in but I'm right seating. I plan to be have my tools, an ez up, and some parts.

Let me know if there is something specific that you guys might need and I'll try to bring a spare.

[Kack]

I'll be there on Fri morn

[Heavychevy]

I'm hoping to do some test and tune this Sunday. Even doing this stuff redneck and cheap is time consuming and expensive.

[Kack]

Is anyone gonna be there on Fri to pre-run and trail ride?

[Grason]

Is anyone gonna be there on Fri to pre-run and trail ride?

we will be up there in the afternoon to pre-run

[Broncolou]

I will be there kinda early. Prob around lunch or so.

[Happy Bear]

I'm stuck working Friday, I'll be up Saturday morning.

[doug38s]

we'll be up before lunch too. talked to melchner and he'll be there early too.

[Kack]

I think we'll be there around 10.

[Arya Ebrahimi]

If Tim gets AJ's buggy finished I'll probably ride up there to watch.

[Happy Bear]

Appalachian Offroad is doing the race prep to my buggy for this race.

Thanks guys!

I decided I'd go for a show up and drive approach vs wrenching all week ahead of time for this one.

I've heard the course is going to be 90% go fast. Last time I drove to survive the race, and had the intention of being conservative. I ended up being severly limited by the suspension in how fast I could go due to crappy air shock tuning. AOI is doing some shock tuning so hopefully the suspension won't be so limiting this time. I'm planning to drive for the win not the finish, as long as the suspension isn't so bad the truck is going to explode.

[jhama78]

If Tim gets AJ's buggy finished I'll probably ride up there to watch.


Bring your rig up Ary! We'll have kacks 4rnr there.

-j-rOd

[01TJ_03KJ]

i'm off work so i may be up there spectating depending on who is doing what.

[ne14jpn]

I'm planning to drive for the win not the finish, as long as the suspension isn't so bad the truck is going to explode.

To finish first, first you must finish.:flipoff2:

[Broncolou]

Hopefully doing a little prerunning sun.......

[Arya Ebrahimi]

Bring your rig up Ary! We'll have kacks 4rnr there.

-j-rOd

It's at Tim's shop getting some tube work done, so it will also depend on if Tim finishes my rig. Which, according to Tim, doesn't sound likely.

Although to be fair I didn't tell him I needed it done until Thanksgiving :lol:

[RatLabGuy]

I'd love to come watch... and even a little tempted to try... but I've been out of town alot already, and will be away another 7 days the following Wed... making it hard to justify to Wifey being gone another Saturday.
I'm really curious to see what this is like, if it turns out to be at all feasible in an IFS rig, I'm in for next season. I've decided I'm definitely doing Line Mountain.

[Happy Bear]

This race sounds like its going to be a lot more survivable, come up and race if you can!

Lou posted somewhere else that 4-5 guys are coming from Line Mt, so there will be smaller-tired trucks in this race.

[Happy Bear]

Wow, they are expecting lap times to be so fast that this has been increased to 12 laps.

That makes it a 102 mile race! This is going to be intense!

[Mike]

I forsee some boneheads running out of gas.

[dan58]

Good luck, fellas.

[Ripster]

Good luck, fellas.

X2

[RatLabGuy]

Good luck, fellas.

X3, hate that I can't make it. Get to spend the day house shopping. Oh, joy.

At least Doug won't have to worry about Carter being there to climb up his ass, since I already started dismantling the 52x.

Oh man I wonder if Woody knows about this.

[67temp]

Talking to Stu it sounds like AJ's new buggy blew the motor last night. Stu broke a knuckle on the first lap and doug got in a head on colision. He said doug is ok but broke the winch and made the restart of the race.

[BBoarder]

grason lost his fan and couldn't continue after the restart, bigelow was able to restart the race but broke down first lap, i think steering was an issue and bunny kept blowing fuses on her fan which knocked her out. Miller took 1st.

[Numidian]

What about Happick?

[BBoarder]

What about Happick?

last i saw he had 2 laps to go.

[frosty]

Some updates here for those that havent seen the thread. Nothing about Happick though. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=811643&page=12

[breakinshit]

8th place for happy and I. What a brutal race. We were the last rig to finish within the time limit. Out of 30 or so trucks only 8 finished. Poted via the BBerry southbound on 81 riding home

[breakinshit]

If anyone has seen the final standings can they post them here? Can't get the pirate page at the moment.

[frosty]

No standings that I have seen so far.

[BBoarder]

Have to say it was a good race, except for the FUBAR that was the start. Everyone was really friendly and willing to help out or share whatever you needed. I saw more guys run up to a team pitting and ask them to run parts out to their team broke down on the trail. The linemountain guys were cool, there was this one rig, green monster looking thing, had coilovers, regular shocks and airbumps, looked like hell, didn't sound the best... but he was kicking some ass till he lost a driveshaft on his last lap. I think grason is hooked and we are planning a rebuild for him this winter.

[Grason]

Have to say it was a good race, except for the FUBAR that was the start. Everyone was really friendly and willing to help out or share whatever you needed. I saw more guys run up to a team pitting and ask them to run parts out to their team broke down on the trail. The linemountain guys were cool, there was this one rig, green monster looking thing, had coilovers, regular shocks and airbumps, looked like hell, didn't sound the best... but he was kicking some ass till he lost a driveshaft on his last lap. I think grason is hooked and we are planning a rebuild for him this winter.



yessir, im definetly down. that race yesterday was awesome.

[Happy Bear]

That was an intense race!

There were 31 racers.

I finished 8th and was the final rig to cross the finish in the alloted time. We had consistent times except for a few problem laps. We had a great first half of the race until we lost the tranny dipstick on lap 4 and battled a link bolt that kept coming lose in the second half of the race.

Then during lap 5 my transmission shifter cable housing melted forcing us to complete the last 2 laps with only 2nd gear. We would go to high range and it would be dogging the transmission too bad and generate tons of heat to the point of it boiling out of the dipstick tube. We'd switch to low range and the revs were so high the atlas was smoking hot and also boiling oil out of the breather tube.

This was by far the most intense workout my truck has ever had and it handled it great. The tuning Appalachian Offroad did on the airshocks was amazing. I was able to hold speeds through rough sections that would of destroyed the suspension last race.

After catching some air at 50+ mph I think I will add a swaybar to my list of upgrades for this winter :D

[Mike]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/the_freeak/RC%20RACE%207%20Nov%202009/DSC04069.jpg

[Jack]

You mofos are crazy. :)

[breakinshit]

After catching some air at 50+ mph I think I will add a swaybar to my list of upgrades for this winter :D

This = Pearson happy he didn't eat breakfast because i would have had some stained britches. Actually after the first lap, I think I got used to the speed and focused on the course and the rig more than the speed. That being said the first lap was quite a ride, not being used to sitting in the pass seat while sliding sideways at 50mph across whoops!

Very sore this morning. Who would have thought 80 miles off road would make every part of your body hurt. LOL

Mad props to Appalachian for making sure the rig would hold up to the abuse Matt put that thing thru yesterday. :cheers:

I am hooked and will be back with a new rig to run this series in the spring.

[zucruisers]

congrats on finishing happick!

the race was awesome, the one lap that i got to run was a blast...the tracker was a lot quicker than i expected...it did well in the slow/tight sections, and almost hauled ass in the straightaways...i passed happick as he slowed down when his hood was falling off:lol:

i cant wait for next year...just need to win the lottery so i can afford the upgrades that i want:D

[CrawfishStu]

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/the_freeak/RC%20RACE%207%20Nov%202009/DSC04069.jpg

pft.....I'd wheel it.

[Heavychevy]

The wife and I slept about 7 hours in the 4 days prior to the race. Thanks to Chris from R & S Auto and Custom Fab for supplying and installing all the tube work. Thanks to Dallas Rhodes of Rhodes construction for supplying fire wall material. Kaye grooved 50lbs of rubber off the tires and made everything look pretty. The paint on the Blister was still wet when we loaded it on the trailer. Pre running was my first seat time in the Blister except playing in my yard. Kaye did get to ride shotgun.

The morning of the race I literally fell asleep standing up several times. Dean Benner, Jim Cochran, and Todd Charged our rear shocks. I didn't have the time/money to do a tune up prior to the race. When we unloaded we had no power. We had 2 fantastic mechanics on the problem but, with out computer diagnostics and parts, there wasn't much that could be done. Chris from R & S and Brian from Crystal Pools and Spas did all they could with what they had and got us running at about 1/2 power.

We started late and ran 5 laps with 1/2 power, very loose steering, an axle u joint welded in place, and no front brakes. At the Start/Finish after Lap 4 Matt told us we were averaging 43 minute laps and there was 40 minutes left to race. "SEE YA!!" We hammered it the entire lap. Hard to believe nothing broke!

We finished the day and drove on the trailer which was a big accomplishment. Next season we plan to run the Rausch Creek RCRocks Racing Series and Line Mountain races. Now, to start on the upgrades and chasing sponsorship.

Thanks to all the people at Rausch Creek for putting this together for us. Todd and I had about as much fun as tow psuedo adults could. Todd was great and I really couldn't have done this with out him. Seriously I wouldn't even trade him for Lucas's Jon.

The day we got The Blister 7/21/09 work on it started about Mid September.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p42/bretkeller/utf-8BSU1HMDAzMzkuanBn.jpg

Race Day:
http://www.4lowdigital.com/pics/rcrocsrace-nov-037.jpg

[frosty]

Results are up. http://www.rc4x4.org/rcforum/index.php/topic,7376.0.html

http://photos.imageevent.com/mark99tj/rauschcreek/RC_Race_Results_11-7-09.jpg

[96zj]

11 out on the first lap? :eek:

[RatLabGuy]

So what happened w/ the start? Caught there was some hickup?

[breakinshit]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x42/BrassMunkey4/Picture097.jpg

This may have been the start of sore today!

Mad props to happy for some crazy ass driving yesterday!

[breakinshit]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g42/dozerdan_photos/XJ049.jpg

[breakinshit]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g42/dozerdan_photos/XJ050.jpg

[Appalachian Offroad]

Congrats on the finish, you and Pearson earned it. How did the motor run? How many times did Pearson yell "Slow Down"





That was an intense race!

There were 31 racers.

I finished 8th and was the final rig to cross the finish in the alloted time. We had consistent times except for a few problem laps. We had a great first half of the race until we lost the tranny dipstick on lap 4 and battled a link bolt that kept coming lose in the second half of the race.

Then during lap 5 my transmission shifter cable housing melted forcing us to complete the last 2 laps with only 2nd gear. We would go to high range and it would be dogging the transmission too bad and generate tons of heat to the point of it boiling out of the dipstick tube. We'd switch to low range and the revs were so high the atlas was smoking hot and also boiling oil out of the breather tube.

This was by far the most intense workout my truck has ever had and it handled it great. The tuning Appalachian Offroad did on the airshocks was amazing. I was able to hold speeds through rough sections that would of destroyed the suspension last race.

After catching some air at 50+ mph I think I will add a swaybar to my list of upgrades for this winter :D



Congrats to Miller on the win.

[Grason]

yeah man, congrats to the both of you. it was a tuff race(for the lil bit we were in it)

[Happy Bear]

Erik Miller, Congrats on the first place finish :thumbsup:

Looking over the splits I am very happy with the results.

All of my lap times were very similar with the exception of 5 and 7.
Lap 5 we pitted to find a lower link bolt missing a nut, a driveshaft slipping out of the carrier bearing, and to top off with fuel/coolant.

The link bolt/carrier bearing are both issues that I have continually battled. The fix for the link bolt is to safety wire it, there is not room for locking hardware due to the design. This is just the front suspension frame side lower link bolts, all other bolts have room for locking hardware and no issue with the bolts coming loose. The carrier bearing I still need to come up with a solution for.

During lap 6 the transmission shifter cable melted, causing extreme abuse to the truck on lap 7 which required us to stop twice to allow the truck to cool. Lap 8 we said OK, forget babying the truck, lets hammer down and finish this thing, which is exactly what we did!

All the issues with the exception of the shifter cable I knew about but thought with fresh race prep it would survive the race, lesson learned!

I need to investigate the shifter issue a little more and see if a simple heat shield on the cable will be enough or if I need a better solution.

[CrawfishStu]

The rear tire on the dodge blew out on the way home too.....that was fun.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/CrawfishStu/IMG00013.jpg

This was a tough weekend.

I wish I had known I was going to run sooner. I would have been up there friday to prerun and would have been more prepared.

[Jack]

Any idea why that happened Stu? Hit something? Overloaded?

How was it to get the thing stopped safely?

[jhama78]

The rear tire on the dodge blew out on the way home too.....that was fun.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/CrawfishStu/IMG00013.jpg

This was a tough weekend.

I wish I had known I was going to run sooner. I would have been up there friday to prerun and would have been more prepared.

Dayum Stu!! Talk about adding insult to inury... :doh:

Have ya figured out why the buggy wouldnt run on sat afternoon when ya were trying to put it on the trailer? it sucks that we couldnt get it running...

easy

-j-rod

[CrawfishStu]

I don't know. I had a plug in it but it had been there for a while and was holding air well. The tpms yelled at me about 4 seconds before it blew up. I was towing the light rig on the light trailer with the good brakes.....so it stopped pretty well.

I haven't looked at the buggy yet. I'll pick up a book today and go from there. I need to get it up to the shop.

I also ran over a nice rock in the pit area and it hit my tube step and pushed it into my rocker panel.

Ever had one of those "I should have stayed in bed" days?

[kbjeepin]

Sorry to hear about your luck stu.

[atjeep]

The rear tire on the dodge blew out on the way home too.....that was fun.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/CrawfishStu/IMG00013.jpg

This was a tough weekend.

I wish I had known I was going to run sooner. I would have been up there friday to prerun and would have been more prepared.

Sorry about your luck, glad you are OK.

[Happy Bear]

I also ran over a nice rock in the pit area and it hit my tube step and pushed it into my rocker panel.
That sucks about the tire and your truck!

I would be all for donating a 1/2 day to the park to clean up some of the rocks in the staging/pit area. With a crew of 10 people and a trailer we could clean that thing up in 3 hours I bet(at least the main traffic areas).

I'm paranoid everytime I pull my trailer through the parking lot. I'm scared I'm going to catch the front of the enclosed on a boulder, slice a trailer tire, or get my 2wd stuck :)

[Numidian]

I would be all for donating a 1/2 day to the park to clean up some of the rocks in the staging/pit area. With a crew of 10 people and a trailer we could clean that thing up in 3 hours I bet(at least the main traffic areas).


Tractor/bobcat with a bucket would be much better... I've spent more then a few afternoons walking in front of a tractor at my brother's farm to get the rocks out of the cow pastures.

[domba]

Erik Miller, Congrats on the first place finish :thumbsup:

Looking over the splits I am very happy with the results.

All of my lap times were very similar with the exception of 5 and 7.
Lap 5 we pitted to find a lower link bolt missing a nut, a driveshaft slipping out of the carrier bearing, and to top off with fuel/coolant.

The link bolt/carrier bearing are both issues that I have continually battled. The fix for the link bolt is to safety wire it, there is not room for locking hardware due to the design. This is just the front suspension frame side lower link bolts, all other bolts have room for locking hardware and no issue with the bolts coming loose. The carrier bearing I still need to come up with a solution for.

During lap 6 the transmission shifter cable melted, causing extreme abuse to the truck on lap 7 which required us to stop twice to allow the truck to cool. Lap 8 we said OK, forget babying the truck, lets hammer down and finish this thing, which is exactly what we did!

All the issues with the exception of the shifter cable I knew about but thought with fresh race prep it would survive the race, lesson learned!

I need to investigate the shifter issue a little more and see if a simple heat shield on the cable will be enough or if I need a better solution.

On the link bolt issue, I think we have some low profile nylocks that might work for you...not sure if they'd be the best solution or not, but they'll fit. congrats on the finish too man you deserve it.

We had a blast, and can't wait to come back next year with a better suited drivetrain and suspension...that 3/4 of a lap was absolutely awesome though.

[Happy Bear]

I don't have a tractor or bobcat, I do have a truck and trailer. :thumbsup:

[Happy Bear]

On the link bolt issue, I think we have some low profile nylocks that might work for you...not sure if they'd be the best solution or not, but they'll fit. congrats on the finish too man you deserve it.

We had a blast, and can't wait to come back next year with a better suited drivetrain and suspension...that 3/4 of a lap was absolutely awesome though.
Thanks, we were having a great time racing neck and neck with you during the warm up lap. You guys were really moving through the woods section!

I think you guys will do well next year, the pace we were running was enough for a 3rd or 4th place finish if we hadn't had mechanical issues.

[Kack]

Had a blast. Congrats to everyone.

I've got the itch to race. we'll see how it goes

[Heavychevy]

Thanks, we were having a great time racing neck and neck with you during the warm up lap. You guys were really moving through the woods section!

I think you guys will do well next year, the pace we were running was enough for a 3rd or 4th place finish if we hadn't had mechanical issues.

You guys were really getting it when you passed us just before the little hill climb. To say I was pissed the Tracker chewed me up is an understatement. Damn 4 cyl. :dan1: You guys had a nice 3 way dog fight going on.

[domba]

You guys were really getting it when you passed us just before the little hill climb. To say I was pissed the Tracker chewed me up is an understatement. Damn 4 cyl. :dan1: You guys had a nice 3 way dog fight going on.

yeah what happened with that 180 hp?

[Heavychevy]

Ha ha, I think I only had 80 of it. You guys looked awsome. To the point I was worried for your safety.

[zucruisers]

Ha ha, I think I only had 80 of it. You guys looked awsome. To the point I was worried for your safety.

haha...you should've seen it when i hit the one wash-out at speed, ended up in a nice air-born motorcycle style stoppie, that almost hurt:lol:

im pretty sure i was using 150% of my 96 hp in a few sections:brow:...i cant wait for next season:mikey:

[Grason]

haha...you should've seen it when i hit the one wash-out at speed, ended up in a nice air-born motorcycle style stoppie, that almost hurt:lol:

im pretty sure i was using 150% of my 96 hp in a few sections:brow:...i cant wait for next season:mikey:



i was an eye witness to that one, i still laugh about it. :flipoff2:

[zucruisers]

i was an eye witness to that one, i still laugh about it. :flipoff2:

i thought you were further ahead at that point?...so that might've been a different one:lol:...the one i was talking about was when happick was losing his hood/slowing down, dom told me to pass him, unless you're just referring to me using 150% of my engine:flipoff2:

later on in the race i was over watchin in that section, and everyone was almost slowing down to a stop for that washout

[Grason]

i thought you were further ahead at that point?...so that might've been a different one:lol:...the one i was talking about was when happick was losing his hood/slowing down, dom told me to pass him, unless you're just referring to me using 150% of my engine:flipoff2:

later on in the race i was over watchin in that section, and everyone was almost slowing down to a stop for that washout

it was a different one then, you got some good air at the washout where my jeep crapped out too then

[Happy Bear]

im pretty sure i was using 150% of my 96 hp in a few sections:brow:...i cant wait for next season:mikey:
When I heard it blew up I chuckled because I was thinking, damn that thing was getting it! 2 nights before the race I was watching some circle track race on TV and the announcer commented that motors run the best right before they blow up.

[BBoarder]

I don't have a tractor or bobcat, I do have a truck and trailer. :thumbsup:

i've got a bobcat A220

It would just cost me 200 in fuel to get it up and back. Damn gassers.

If a few people chipped in you could get a bobcat for a day for under 200 plus delivery from sunbelt. And with a skilled operator you could clean up the entire camping/parking area in under 8 hours. Food for thought, also someone with a dump trailer would help as well.

[Numidian]

i've got a bobcat A220

It would just cost me 200 in fuel to get it up and back. Damn gassers.

If a few people chipped in you could get a bobcat for a day for under 200 plus delivery from sunbelt. And with a skilled operator you could clean up the entire camping/parking area in under 8 hours. Food for thought, also someone with a dump trailer would help as well.

Hell just dump the rocks off somewhere the side...no need to actually haul them off.

[BBoarder]

Hell just dump the rocks off somewhere the side...no need to actually haul them off.

i never said anything about hauling them away, but a dump trailer and a bobcat would make putting them where ever you wanted very easy. move together as a team and when the trailer is full, drive off over to a washout and fill it up.

[zucruisers]

When I heard it blew up I chuckled because I was thinking, damn that thing was getting it! 2 nights before the race I was watching some circle track race on TV and the announcer commented that motors run the best right before they blow up.

it didnt really surprise me when it happened, i was definitely running it hard, and it was still running ok, i had it up to speed with it knocking:lol:

im thinking its a spun bearing, i knew there was some wear on them but was hoping it would hold up for the race...no worries, i'm waiting to hear back from a source for a new engine...still a 4cyl, but slightly bigger:flipoff2:

[CrawfishStu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Rbi6eJpPw

16 seconds of my race.......it actually accounts for a lot more of my total race time than I'd care to do the math on.