Ow. 4 hour endurance race over. Ow.
I messed the Le Mans style start pretty bad. My TaG (touch and go) unit didn't start the engine because I didn't pull the pin out all the way! Out of 9 teams in the race (2 classes, 5 in HPV Junior and 4 in Russell senior), I think I came out of turn 1 in 8th.
Over the next 40 minutes I charged my way back into 1st overall and set the then-fastest lap.
My teammates kept the pace and we ended up a lap and a half ahead, and we were still a lap ahead after my 2nd 40-minute stint.
In the last 30 minutes of the race my teammate suffered a sheared brake rotor - it just popped right off the axle. He went off the track and up a hill at about 55 or 60 MPH, but managed to keep it on the continent. He limped back and we got the spare kart out, only that had a fuel delivery problem and stalled after several slow laps. One truck ride later, we got another spare and this time it worked, but the damage was done. We ended up 3rd in class.
Drat.