What the hell happened?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ShadowBolt

I heard Tyler won R2 (Great job Tyler, was it a close race or did you run away and hide) and Michael won R3. What about R4 and did everyone (except Team Jordan) leave happy (with no contact)?


JJ

---

Thank you, Craig was reeling me in, he was MOVING that race, I think he set the track record during that race. Congrats to John for his R4 win!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dtanker65

What a great race weekend! Perfect weather and a mighty impressive CMC field. John passed me on the start of R4 and he was gone. From where I was running, the racing was fast, tight and clean. I may need to re-think this SI thing and look for a Fox :-)

Dennis

---

Ah yes, the foxbody mustang, pinnacle of automotive engineering and suspension design!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by marshall_mosty

My R3 ended abruptly with my fancy Astro A-5 transmission eating 3rd gear exiting the keyhole. I'm pulling the transmission and sending the gearset back to Astro for review.

Grr

---

Sorry to hear that, did it just eat the teeth off the gear, damage the cluster too?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by JMR81

Jack thought working through the CMC field was pretty interesting.Everybody raced clean and gave plenty of room to pass when needed. He had a good Race with Michael in round 3 till the brakes started to fade and let him go. skipped R4 beacause of brakes fun weekend and very impressed by the speed of the CMC cars. FYI there was a group of CMC guys from from Monterey Mexico there this weekend checking out the action. They would like to get a little TEX-Mex competiton going and would like the CMC guys to come down and race with them.

---

Yeah those guys from Mexico were ALL over my car, they came over and wanted me to jack it up, they all crawled under it and took photos of the suspension, etc, asked me 1000 questions, even asked me to remove my wheels which I politely declined.

I'm pulling the box out tomorrow and will tear it down and send the parts back to Astro for review and suggestions for a go-forward plan. Tony has been really willing to help get to a root cause.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mach1

Yeah those guys from Mexico were ALL over my car, they came over and wanted me to jack it up, they all crawled under it and took photos of the suspension, etc, asked me 1000 questions, even asked me to remove my wheels which I politely declined.

---

They're definitely a cool bunch of guys and very serious about building a series down there. Bummer if you found it offensive...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Pranav

They're definitely a cool bunch of guys and very serious about building a series down there. Bummer if you found it offensive...

---

I didn't find it offensive, they were just all over me. They first approached me right after the race and I was a bit overwhelmed, I told them to come over and talk to me after I get the car back to my area. They came over and wanted to pick my car apart, it was just a bit much. It felt like it was almost their car, they wanted to jack it up, and I was like no please let me, they wanted to take the wheels off, etc. I would never go up to someone I don't know, and start handling their stuff, unless they told me to. I think maybe they didn't want me to have to do any of the "work" of them checking out the car, but if something happens, it's on me.

They were a cool bunch of guys for sure, maybe they do things different down there. I am not used to anyone doing anything to my car, I have a system that I follow to make sure everything is right and if someone else gets involved with it then I have to double check everything, if I just sat back and said whatever, pull the wheel, and it didn't get torqued, and I lost a wheel, and I ran my car into the wall on the straight, etc, etc...

These guys have attended a few races over the last couple of years. They were at ECR a few years ago doing the same thing. I have emailed some with one of the guys.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by AllZWay

These guys have attended a few races over the last couple of years. They were at ECR a few years ago doing the same thing. I have emailed some with one of the guys.

---

Good to know, I gave them my e-mail address if they had any other questions. It would be cool to run with them in MX but it sure does seem dangerous, I'd rather have them come up here and run with us :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mach1

Good to know, I gave them my e-mail address if they had any other questions. It would be cool to run with them in MX but it sure does seem dangerous, I'd rather have them come up here and run with us :)

---

Oh yea.. I don't think I would make a trip to Mexico.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mach1

I didn't find it offensive, they were just all over me. They first approached me right after the race and I was a bit overwhelmed, I told them to come over and talk to me after I get the car back to my area. They came over and wanted to pick my car apart, it was just a bit much. It felt like it was almost their car, they wanted to jack it up, and I was like no please let me, they wanted to take the wheels off, etc. I would never go up to someone I don't know, and start handling their stuff, unless they told me to. I think maybe they didn't want me to have to do any of the "work" of them checking out the car, but if something happens, it's on me.

They were a cool bunch of guys for sure, maybe they do things different down there. I am not used to anyone doing anything to my car, I have a system that I follow to make sure everything is right and if someone else gets involved with it then I have to double check everything, if I just sat back and said whatever, pull the wheel, and it didn't get torqued, and I lost a wheel, and I ran my car into the wall on the straight, etc, etc...

---

Ah wow, gotcha.

They never asked me about my car, probably because I run at the back 10% of the pack :(

I wouldn't mind going down to MX, but only in a non-descript enclosed multi-car transporter with an escort from the border, which I think these guys offered... No way I'd bring my own truck/trailer...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Pranav

Ah wow, gotcha.

They never asked me about my car, probably because I run at the back 10% of the pack :(

I wouldn't mind going down to MX, but only in a non-descript enclosed multi-car transporter with an escort from the border, which I think these guys offered... No way I'd bring my own truck/trailer...

---

They are building a mustang, so they had lots of questions for us mustang guys at MSRH.

Also, disclaimer, I am OCD as hell about safety, all of my fasteners are marked with torque-seal, I do a complete fastener and weld check after every race weekend, so I am a little crazy loco on that end.

In addition to your MX requirements, I'd like a few ar-15 wielding blackwater guys to come along for addl security :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mach1

Also, disclaimer, I am OCD as hell about safety, all of my fasteners are marked with torque-seal, I do a complete fastener and weld check after every race weekend, so I am a little crazy loco on that end.

---

Nothing wrong with that, I'd just chalk it up to a cultural (safety orientation) difference. I'm lazy when it comes to race cars and even I would have an issue pulling stuff prior to the end of any given day of racing. More appropriate to do it when rotating tires at the end of the day...

I was talking to one of the guys and apparently it's fairly safe to cross at Laredo, straight shot down to Monterrey on a major highway. Not much cartel activity to deal with there. Still no way with my own truck/trailer...