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January 31, 2005

8:45 PM

And so it begins...

The website is finally up - although it doesn't look like much now.  We'll be adding a little each week.

Well, our first race of the season was a bit disappointing.  This was the first race we ran both cars.  It was also the first race either car DNF (Did Not Finish).  Truly a bummer.  Art's Krush Unit #17 Sentra (4cyl) was set up well.  We were really pumped because it was running and handling better than ever.  Quite a feat considering the beating it took at the Mutha.  (If you haven't seen it, check out the "Heat Crash Video" in the past race results area of the NEETS website.)  Unfortunately, in this race he was hit at a bad angle which broke the tie rod.  And that was that.

Bob's #266 LeSabre was equipped with 2 new tires and a seat brace.  After finishing 8th at the Frankenduro, we were hoping for a good finish.  Unfortunately, he was spun at the top of the front stretch and hit in the right front.  The 3.8L has the coil pack in that area, and we suspect that it was damaged causing the loss of 2 cylinders.  Bob tried to compensate for the lack of acceleration by keeping the speed up in the turns, which led to a loss of control around lap 50 and he crashed into a disabled car.  After Bob exited the vehicle some laps later, another car put the LeSabre out of its misery.  The car was totaled and sold to ABC Car Crushing at the track.

Since then we have acquired 2 more cars, an Eagle Talon and a 1986 Monte Carlo.  We'll post our progress.

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