Bruiser's Demise

All week Eric and Jody have been working on Eric's car, "Bruiser", a Z28 Camaro. They were getting it ready to race down at the Eddyville Speedway Friday night. He had taken it to the track a month ago. He had a few good runs. His best time was 7.95 seconds in the eighth mile. He was hoping to run mid 7's. So he was disappointed. Then when he was getting ready for the actual racing, the motor started running hot, which caused the fuel to evaporate before getting to the motor, thus it was dying. In order to fix this, a new water pump, new fuel line and repositioning of the fuel pump was needed. They got this all done, and took Bruiser for a few test runs in Knoxville. Well, 2nd gear went away. There was no way to pull the transmission out and figure out what needed to be replaced within an hour. So we went to Eddyville to watch everyone else race Friday night. It saddened us all, because the couple runs they had were great. It almost looked liked the front tires lifted ever so slightly off the ground. This is a dream to a drag racer! ( I was just informed about this on Friday.) Eric says, when the front tires lift, then you have arrived.

Eric and Jody pulled the transmission out on Saturday. It is at the shop now, we are waiting to hear what the damage is. There is a chance that Eddyville may have one more race night this Friday night, weather permitting. So I will keep you all posted.