Raced Peyote at Infinion (Sears Point in Sonoma, California) this
weekend at the Wine Country Classic. Peyote did great right up until
the checker on Sunday's warmup when my clutch went away. I had a
spare clutch pack with me, and decided to do the loony in-the-paddock-
extreme-repair and put it in, but it's a double spline type, and I
didn't have an input shaft with me, so I couldn't index it. With about
40 minutes left before the green flag I gave up trying to wiggle the
transmission on, pulled the clutch off and stuck the transmission back
on to put it back in the trailer. Too bad, I was slow on Saturday in
the qualifying race (14th out of 40) but had the bit between my teeth
during the warmup on Sunday and was running with the three leaders. I
think it would have been a fun race.
A long tow--about ten hours each way, hauling my 34' airstream--Nero.
But it was a great weekend at the races and a fine ride back in a warm
California haze with good music blasting. Sang pretty much all the way
back to Portland. A little hoarse and a little sunburned.
Lots of old friends and a few new ones at the race, including Baxter
Culver (Peyote's previous owner), Hardy Prentice, Greg Petrolati,
David Love and many more. Made for a really great weekend.
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