Hey Nightowls.. 1:30am
We made a few changes to the driver line up - Sammy and I (Mark) did single stints, Johnny is in the car now for a double.
We moved up nicely. I was in the car and we were on the same lap as the second place E2 car and gaining about 7 seconds a lap. We were two laps down from the lead and also closing at about the same rate him.
Two thirds of the way into my stint the brake pedal went nearly to the floor going into turn 3. I had just enough pedal to get the car turned in. In the pits for a brake bleed - no obvious problems so I went back on track. Same thing, back in and the crew discovered the right front bearing was toast.
Once again Jason and the crew worked quickly and we were back on track in about 19 minutes including driver change and fuel.
We're now 7 laps down on second and 12 down on first, but we're running again 7-10 seconds a lap faster than they are. Provided no more mechanical issues we should be able to close the gap - 10+ hours to go.
The other MX-5's are out of the race with engine failures.
2 comments:
Still up keeping track, keep those updates coming!
Just woke up and the first thing on my mind was you guys.Sorry to hear about the hub,I sure hope Mazda comes out with an upgrade for those.Lots if time left,I think you have a good chance to get back to the front.What kind of motor failures on the other MX5 cars?Keep the posts coming.
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