My 1966 dart race car.

What can I say but no amount of prep will help the unforeseeable or in other words **** will break. Went to the March Meet 7th in points. Car was running great had it set up with the ET Genie to run right at 10.04 - 10.09 it never varied from this all week. Thursday morning hotrod is always out first 8:30am-ish I like to pull up about mid to back of pack so I can watch passes of people I know and how their runs. I make my squirt 10.07 at 131mph not bad for taking 30% of the air away from the engine. I pull into my pits and there it is the dreaded brake fluid on the floor board. Motherfucker, what is it this time. When I replaced the master cylinder I also bought a new "Summit Brand" line lock. Well it lasted all of 6 passes before it started leaking, and it was dripping from the seal of the body. To the parts midway I go found a hurst line lock, now that my wallet is 129.00 lighter I install it bled the brakes, all is well. Friday Morning the call goes out at 9am "Hotrod" I roll up mid pack make my squirt 10.05 at 131mph. As I am pulling back into my pit area I have to back up to get a straight shot in and no reverse. WTF. The solenoid for the trans brake just stops working all together. This means no transbrake and no reverse. So Friday we only get one squirt I have only forward gears and the first eliminations are in the morning on Saturday. After being on the phone trying to find a Griner style solenoid within a 100 mile radius of Bakersfield to no prevail I decide to just foot brake the damm thing. Not a big deal 3 years ago but as of the set up I have now big deal. What RPM to set two step at, where do I leave on the light, do I even use the two step? I drive my car out to the back 40 "Where no one is" and test where to set the two step. Well I either set it right or set it wrong and with not one chance at a test Saturday morning I go up for eliminations. I win but boy was it ugly. 0.232 reaction time and the guy I raced is John in his 1932 ford and we are buddies from Barona. He had a 9.67 dial. I was so late that he caught me before the eighth mile mark, but he also caught me before I went into high gear. He was backing into me and I saw this so I held second for a couple extra 100 rpm's as he was letting off. Then 3rd gear and I am gone he could not recover at the stripe I had him by 9mph and I get the win light. He still has not called or talked to me since. Sunday I go into the prestage and when I stage and come up on the converter I pushed the lights and go red.:oops: So that was my 5 days living in a parking lot in a nut shell. What did I learn for this............the Heritage series is fun but I think I am going to focus on more heads up racing. Its always good to see your friends from this sight at the races, hang out have a few beers, thats what makes the March meet fun. The transbrake is the next item that I am going to tackle. Oh Boy can't wait.