RTR Lemon: Red Acura Integra

[Darren]

Friday was an open track day and it was clear from the start that we had a comparatively very fast car!  About mid-day we started having overheating issues.  Coolant was getting forced out of the cooling system and it was pretty clear we had a bad head gasket.  Nick and Jeff were able to locate a replacement about an hour away but then after they were on their way back, the guys paddocked next to us were from Cometic and they GAVE us a full head gasket kit!  We just had to run their stickers.

We started on the repairs but confident in our abilities to fix the problem we decided to take a track walk.  In particular I wanted to show the team just how much crown is on the Shenandoah Circuit.  Many turns you just take tight and stay on the beneficial camber rather than taking a traditional line.  This is especially important because in racing you're making most of your passes on the inside line.



No track walk is complete without booze...though by the Johnson turn we realized we needed bigger cups.



Here we're checking out the carousel.  Jeff Kiersh is noticeably confused

Once the track walk was complete we had to finish working on the car.  In retrospect maybe we shouldn't have started drinking so early....





At about 2 am the car was back together and we turned in for a few hours sleep.