Long Valley, NJ

Nice to be home. We did find a few things at the antique show. So now it's time to get ready for the Christmas show in early December. The biggest news is Comcast is coming tomorrow to fix the cable for our tv and internet.

Youngstown, Oh

Arrived inYoungstown last nignt and planning on visiting a antique show and antique mall today in PA. The auction yesterday did not reward us with as many items as we had hoped, the prices we're just to high.  Sometimes they work in your favor and sometimes not.

Goshen, IN

Shipshewawa, IN

Converted the truck from race hauler to antique hauler and headed out to Indiana for a auction.

Leaving the hotel in Goshen, IN for Shipshewana, about a 25 minute drive  We've been to this auction a couple of times and have done ok. Hope we find the same success this weekend.

Almost back to normal

With the exception of TV and Internet, everything is back to normal. I do have to say, I really don't miss the TV but the Internet is another story. Basic work can be done on a smart phone, but that's about it.
So far I haven't heard of any F5000 race dates for next year. As for me, I know I'll be back at Elkhart Lake in July. Those hotel reservation have been made.

Storm report Thursday

We're back on the grid, our power was restored yesterday afternoon. But still a lot of folks in town will have to wait a few more days. I have a day of storm cleanup then everything should be back to normal. Still waiting for TV and Internet service to return.

Storm report

We lost electric Saturday afternoon and from reports, don't anticipate it returning until later this week. We had 15 inches of very wet snow which left trees and power lines down everywhere. It's only November, I hope this isn't a preview of winter.

October snow storm

Here we go again, 6-10 inch's of snow on the way and the trees still have their leaves on them.  This exact same storm happened a couple of years ago and it was a mess.  At least the race car and shop has been winterized, one less thing to worry about.

One more decal found



Decal I just received from a seller on ebay, vintage1970's.



I've been looking for this "L&M" decal for the past 3 years.  This photo is from 1974.



Formula one in New Jersey?

There's a very strong possibility of a Formula one race in New Jersey in 2013.  I have also received a email suggesting that the Formula 5000 association should try for a support race at the F1 event.  I like that idea.

Rain tires

Starting to look for rain tires.  I'm going to call Goodyear, but I don't think they make them.   I know Avon has them.

Talking about tires, here's a photo of what happen on our most recent trip to Virginia.   Leaving a gas station I ran over a deer antler(really) that went through the side of the tire.  Fortunately it happened on the rear tire.  Having dual tires on the truck gave me the advantage of driving home on one flat and 3 good tires.   The truck was almost empty, so overloading the tires was not a problem.


 



Coronado video

A video from Eric's onboard camera at the Coronado event. 

 A very bumpy airport layout.  Eric finished 2nd in class. 

Ebay photo

A ebay find.  Ron Dykes at the Long Beach Grand Pix 1975. 
This was the cause of his retirement.

Eric's races.

Heard from Eric, here's what he said about his past 2 events.

"Coronado was very rough, an airport circuit, and I broke the strut to wing diagonal brace attachment points to the underside of the wing. A friend told me that I had made them out of ".02Light" material! It was a great race and I ran with one of the slower 332's for the whole distance in the qualifying race on Saturday, then finished second in class on Sunday. I had carefully set up the car to Bob's recommendations, that cured my Road America handling problems, and reworked my intake manifold to take care of the overheating that I experienced at Road America. Only damage at Coronado was a broken nose (Lola's) from hitting a traffic cone course marker, but I fixed that in the week between Coronado and Infineon.

At Infineon things went well on Friday and into the qualifying race on Saturday when one of the Super V's did a Bonsai move and hit me in the right rear wheel and knocked off the valve stem, had to retire because of a flat tire. Sunday morning I experienced a slipping clutch in the AM warm up, and Sunday afternoon I just couldn't get with it so just finished the race and brought the car home in one piece."

Photo Dennis Gray

Now he gets ready for 3 races in New Zealand, car gets shipped in November.

Radiator A OK

Hooked up the radiator to pressure test it.  No leaks.

Rims

Before I start to clean and inspect the 4 tire rims I got from Eric,  should make sure they fit.  No problem, front and rears fit like a glove.