the throttle it decreased so I limped it through to the finish and didn't get a DNF. With alot of help from fellow competitors and friends we figured out a cooling oil line was cut by the power steering pulley and the running engine pumped the oil out. Fortunately it didn't run completely out of oil. After JD White and Gary Griessmann ran 20 miles then back from the parts store for parts we got it fixed and I was the last car to do an afternoon run. I did get a 10 second penalty for running out of group, but at least we got a time and a score. Everyone we asked for help was very willing to help as they could and I appreciate their help.
After Carolina we headed to the BMW Performance Center in Greer, S Carolina and did kind of an autocross which included a big banked turn. Because of our problem at Carolina we just made it in town to get out run in. At this point we have stabilized the freefall and can hopefully improve our standings over the remaining seven events.
Pictured at the right is a tire that went flat and came apart on Leh Keen's car at Daytona 130 mph while doing his warm up lap. He was able to put on a spare and make is run since it happened on the warm up lap before the green flag. If Leh would have taken the green flag and had a problem he would have received a DNF (Did not Finish),
Tomorrow we do three configurations at Virginia International Raceway (VIR). When we are complete at VIR we head out to Beaver Falls, Pa. area to the next track.
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