[DeTomaso] NORC

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Glad to see you made it, too bad about smoking the competition though.  
Sounds like we need to find a better way to secure the breather caps.  I 
think Mad Dawg has risers welded to his valve covers, and the breathers 
attach to those.  My worry is also blowing one off at speed.

Asa

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 5/19/2013 3:57 PM, mark skwarek wrote:
> Forgot to mention the oil breather cap came off.
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> To: Mad Dog Antenucci<teampantera at yahoo.com>; "detomaso at poca.com"<detomaso at poca.com>; Asa Jay Laughton<asajay at asajay.com>; John Bentley<gndplne at yahoo.com>
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> We have just arrived @ Sam's Town for the festivities.
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> Had a great race. Hopefully I was not DQ'ed at the start for excessive speed.
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> After 10 miles, I smelled oil. Looking in the rear view mirror, all I could see was oil. looking over my shoulder, I could see lots of smoke and oil flying around. Doing 138 mph at this time. I found that if I went below 115 mph things were not too bad. I decided to press on, not wanting a DNF.
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> I managed to finish the race avg 117-118. (Will get results tonight).
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> For the last mile I decided to abandon caution and do 138 mph at the finish line with smoke billowing out the rear.
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> I had a great time and look foward to doing it again, even if it is a 2600 mile tow.
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> Mark
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