Ready to Race . . . ?

 Woke up this morning camped at the Skyberg Motorsports complex in Rapid City,  having arrived yesterday mid-day.  Wade and Danny (a local who has lots of racing experience and knows his way around these cars) were busy preparing to remove the motor from what will be our USMTS car.  



There she sits!  We would have gotten the new motor in last night, but it has not yet arrived.  Was supposed to be here a day or two ago.  Now expecting it today, hopefully this morning.  We spent yesterday and last night doing what we could in the way of other parts, body panels, etc., as we need to be done and ready to roll tonight.

On a brighter (and less stressful) note, the IMCA car which we race tomorrow at Marshalltown, IA is ready to go, thanks to Danny and Wade.  It is amazing what these guys accomplish in limited time.



So,  we now have three "Lethal" Modified chassis in the shop, one of which we received new just before our last visit here in June.  The other was acquired in the last couple weeks.

Casey has sold the two Late Model cars, so our focus going forward seems clear.

Lorna and I will drive to Deadwood this morning to pick up a rebuilt transmission.  Hopefully the new motor will show up while we are gone.  We need to get everything back together, and all of it loaded in the rig, before we quit tonight.

Outta time.  Will let you know how this turns out.

D & L



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