RTR Lemon: Red Acura Integra

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Back from the Lemon race at Shennandoah, and just recuperated from heat exhaustion and sleep deprivation.
Friday practice seemed to go well with all 6 drivers taking turns at driving the car and memorizing the course, only to find out that we were loosing coolant somewhere. With no visual clues, we determined that this car having 232k miles on it, the head gasket went,
Needless to say, we did not go there just to pack and go home, so I ran to Martinsburg Napa for parts while the others started wrenching to remove the top end of the motor. By 3 am we had the car back together and seemed to run (idle) quite nicely. tired, we went to sleep only to wake at 6 am back to the track. After preparations, the race went off at 9 am sharp. Cris Karras had the first stint, but after he returned, we found a sizeable oil leak from the ends of the cams. 2 hours later, with timing belt re-set, we were 60 laps down from the leaders and in 68th place out of 86 teams. Afterwards, the car ran as well as expected, and by the end of the race, Sunday, we ended up in 28th place.
Unfortunate concequences, but at least we finished, had fun driving, and learned to play the game for the next time. Everyone of the team enjoyed the experience and we are making plans for the next race to compete in......... with a few changes.