04/02/2026
Better late than never
decided 2 days before race he wanted to compete. I asked him if he was going to bring the big check home and told me "f yeah".
So we got to work. Engine was hurt. We had a bare block Thursday. We still had to clearance the block for the CCW crank. Check bearing clearances / piston ring gaps, plus get it all assembled. Engine was assembled friday at 8pm. We had the engine in the car 10pm. Fired up and verified timing at 11:30pm. Quick 2 step check and loaded on trailer at 12pm.
Drove through the night, got to the track at 6am Saturday morning. Slept for a few minutes in the truck until the track opened.
Dave did was he does. Drove the wheels off this hot rod and took the big check home.
Thanks for the big check, looks good on the shop wall.