It's a bee-yoo-tee-full day for racing in Central Minnesota. There are quite a few teams that have chosen to camp on the B.I.R. grounds and they have been rewarded with "great sleeping weather".
The race start is nearly an hour away but teams are making last minute adjustments, and a few race engines have been started to get the juices flowing.
The Slugworks Honda (#49) and the Mid-Engine Crisis Toyota MR2 (#4) will be joining us again today after DNFs on Saturday. The Slugworks car suffered an axle/bearing failure and did not have spares on hand, so made a trip home to the Twin Cities (round trip about 6 hours) and made repairs overnight. The #4 car made only a couple of laps on Saturday before succumbing to a rod knock. A dent in the oil pan was restricting flow to the oil pickup screen. The team located a used short block and worked all night to get it ready for the start this morning.
One of the drivers in the #4 Toyota is veteran ice racer Ron Verhagen (pictured here at the left). Ron has been involved in motorsports since the last ice age. He is now 68.
The #31 Mazda MX3 spent a lot of time behind the wall yesterday after a clutch failure. They were able to remove the transmission in about an hour, but it took two and a half hours for parts to show up from the Twin Cities, so they missed much of Saturday's race. They believe they are ready for a full day of racing today.
One of the drivers on the #3 Three Sheets Ford Contour spent time in the local E.R. Saturday after bailing out a half hour into his driving stint. Too many beers the night before and lack of water prior to the high adrenaline driving left him dehydrated. He is back today and looking much better, ready to put the Contour through its paces.
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