Rained out: I feel your pain! Not the pain from the burns either. No races this weekend for me either. Tomorrow there is first-ever bracket race at a local "street car only" drag strip about 30 min from here, and I will probably go check it out--in my Lightning. It'll be weird not racing my Mustang or Maverick but I need the seat time no matter what car/truck/bike/atv it is. Practice is what keeps you keen! Last weekend I runnered up in the Maverick in the footbrake class at the "other" dragstrip and went 2 rounds--footbraking--in the electronics class against cars that were running 4.50's at 160+ (I was dialed at 6.91...LOL). But it was just too much work running 2 cars, especially considering the problems I was having with the Maverick. First a shorted wire doing to the water pump. Got that fixed, then noticed the right rear tires was going down. Plugged that, got it back on, and noticed that the brake pad was coming out on the left rear brake. One thing after another, but I still managed a runner up. New tires were installed this morning. Tomorrow and/or monday, I gotta fix the wiring. Then next weekend if nothing breaks on the Maverick, Gotta bring dad's fairmont home to look at the chassis....it's leaving funny, and very inconsistent. Looks like either the housing is bent or the the rear suspension has some sort of problem.
But the good news is that I went & bought a pair of those 2 layer nomex gloves like you got, Dennis. I figured it might save a burn or two the next time I have to work around a hot motor. It's much easier to learn from someone else's mistakes than to have to go through it yourself
