RTTC3: The Thrash

[carguy502]

I assume that many of you who are planning to attend/participate are in thrash mode right now. Winter projects are just now getting finished, nerves are frayed, the best and worst in us come out, all in the name of driving hard and fast.

I tore my car down to the firewall in November and have been putting it back together since. Nearly everyday after work I've gone and put in 3 or 4 hours in the cold or dark. Sunday, I rolled the car out and towed it for exhaust and alignment. Upon firing the freshly assembled motor, I get a nasty rattle. I shut it down and tore it apart after I towed it home. This is what greeted me:


Broken rocker stud, bent pushrod, mangled valvecovers. My wife pulled up and I told her I was going to sell my RTTC3 registration on pro-touring.com and she supported me. I called a couple of my buddies who were coming down for RTTC3 and we started talking. They encouraged me to over night parts, thrash on Wednesday and Thursday and race. They are leaving Wednesday night and driving overnight to help me finish the car. Parts are on order and I will be there. The wife still supports me.

I wanted to put this out there to recognize the people in our lives that help us carry on when we don't have the constitution to do so.

Naomi Swertfeger
Ryan Fithian
TraviZ Jackson
Nick Perrin

THANK YOU!



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Don