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La Carrera Del Norte - G&P goes south of the border
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<blockquote data-quote="G &amp; P Racing" data-source="post: 538939" data-attributes="member: 10748"><p>After all was said and done at the end of day one, we finished, and were only 33 min behind the next truck in our class. All the crew was safe and back at the hotel at 2:00AM. We got going about 6:30 am to start up for day two!</p><p></p><p>Changed out the air filter, checked all the fluids and went over the truck. All was well. D2SS1 was really the reverse of what we had come in on, it just ran farther south. We were banging and bouncing along. This was NOT the Mexican 1000 course. Because of heavy rains the lake bed was off limits so NORRA had laid out the course on alot of the old SCORE routes. Great if you are a TT, not so much for a 7000# caged Raptor LOL. We were still having a blast and making time as best we could.</p><p></p><p>The boys were all at the correct fuel points and we jumped into the last section D2SS2, which was a bear cat. Part of it is the very well known "Zoo Road" which had Raptor eating whoops. There were sections that I have never seen such big ass whoops. We broke both rear lower shock mounts, had to stop each time to take off the shock. Even so we were two minutes faster than the last guy in our class. Then the fix it all fun began...after beer and tacos at the Pool. Gordon has a buddy with a kickass place we were blessed to have access to. Keith did his thing and we were back in the Bar and doing shots and downed 30 tacos around 10PM. Some boys hit the town, Keith and I crashed for some much needed sleep. One more day to go!!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221152[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221153[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221154[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221155[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221156[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221157[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221158[/ATTACH]<span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 9px">---------- Post added at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:13 AM ----------</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span>Day Three, back to where we started! D3SS1 was a trip back out Zoo road. Considering all the havoc it had caused us the day before we took it real easy and ended up about 4 min slower than the next truck in class on the section. But we did not break anything. The next section was a smoother road and we were able to really pick it up. THe truck was running great and we start to get our groove back. we ran a time of 40:21 which was 2nd in class and third fastest time overall for D3SS2. We fueled up with the guys, the old white dually has a 109 gal transfer tank that was really handy, like having your own portable gas station. We started out strong but the brakes started fading and we ended up 2 min out from the next guy in class. Our left front pad was gone and we were metal on metal. D3SS4 ....well...300 yards down from the start I overdrove the truck over some jumps and ran it off the road. Another broken tierod pin. Gordon towed us back up the hill to our support trucks and Gary saved the day with a spare out if his magic black box. We finally got it back on course and used the gears to slow down. We made it to the finish. Finished all the stages and no penalties.</p><p></p><p>It was a blast. Got some great ideas for beefing the rig for next time!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221159[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221160[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221161[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221162[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221163[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221164[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221165[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221166[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]221167[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="G & P Racing, post: 538939, member: 10748"] After all was said and done at the end of day one, we finished, and were only 33 min behind the next truck in our class. All the crew was safe and back at the hotel at 2:00AM. We got going about 6:30 am to start up for day two! Changed out the air filter, checked all the fluids and went over the truck. All was well. D2SS1 was really the reverse of what we had come in on, it just ran farther south. We were banging and bouncing along. This was NOT the Mexican 1000 course. Because of heavy rains the lake bed was off limits so NORRA had laid out the course on alot of the old SCORE routes. Great if you are a TT, not so much for a 7000# caged Raptor LOL. We were still having a blast and making time as best we could. The boys were all at the correct fuel points and we jumped into the last section D2SS2, which was a bear cat. Part of it is the very well known "Zoo Road" which had Raptor eating whoops. There were sections that I have never seen such big ass whoops. We broke both rear lower shock mounts, had to stop each time to take off the shock. Even so we were two minutes faster than the last guy in our class. Then the fix it all fun began...after beer and tacos at the Pool. Gordon has a buddy with a kickass place we were blessed to have access to. Keith did his thing and we were back in the Bar and doing shots and downed 30 tacos around 10PM. Some boys hit the town, Keith and I crashed for some much needed sleep. One more day to go!! [ATTACH=full]221152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221154[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221155[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221158[/ATTACH][COLOR="Red"] [SIZE=1]---------- Post added at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:13 AM ----------[/SIZE] [/COLOR]Day Three, back to where we started! D3SS1 was a trip back out Zoo road. Considering all the havoc it had caused us the day before we took it real easy and ended up about 4 min slower than the next truck in class on the section. But we did not break anything. The next section was a smoother road and we were able to really pick it up. THe truck was running great and we start to get our groove back. we ran a time of 40:21 which was 2nd in class and third fastest time overall for D3SS2. We fueled up with the guys, the old white dually has a 109 gal transfer tank that was really handy, like having your own portable gas station. We started out strong but the brakes started fading and we ended up 2 min out from the next guy in class. Our left front pad was gone and we were metal on metal. D3SS4 ....well...300 yards down from the start I overdrove the truck over some jumps and ran it off the road. Another broken tierod pin. Gordon towed us back up the hill to our support trucks and Gary saved the day with a spare out if his magic black box. We finally got it back on course and used the gears to slow down. We made it to the finish. Finished all the stages and no penalties. It was a blast. Got some great ideas for beefing the rig for next time! [ATTACH=full]221159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221160[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221162[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221163[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221166[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]221167[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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