[s-cars] RA quik report

[Bill Mahoney]

Ran Road America with the chgo alfa club .. sat and Sunday.
First run I lost a rear lug bolt. party over?  No cuz the only other
audi owner / spectator happened to have a spare bolt in the set he
carried for his winter wheels:)  Some prior monkey lad had used AS to my
dismay some time ago and needless to say I was not and will not be a
proponent of this.
Then, at the end of my next run yes I found my lone bolt right at the
turn off from the pits.. What were the odds on that?
Last run on Saturday, I experienced a semi limp mode coming out of turn
three where engine would idle but die if any power were applied.  I
limped all the way down to turn five where I could exit and ponder my
dilemma and wonder how much the flat bed costs from Elkhart Lake to
chgo. 
But alas a little looking revealed der blown hose connection turbo to
fmic:/
Did I bring another hose clamp I wonder?  Maybe.  Hummpf.  Five minutes
later the turn three corner worker pulls up and hands me the clamp.  Can
you kiss a corner worker I wonder?  (btw I had brought another clamp )
Sunday morning, cars running well but has a getting worse stumble gear
three out of turns under load.  :/  WTF  
Let car cool.  Remove plugs.  Number two Bosch 5PDFxxx has the ground
electrode completely gone!  Gone I tell ya.  I wonder where it went?
Vaporized I hope.  Did I bring an extra plug?  I don't think so.  Party
over.  But wait deep in the tool box still in a box is an old used but
serviceable plug:)  Nice Dagger number three dodged! 
Why is everyone else sitting around having fun chit chatting whilst I'm
trying to make my car run I wonder.
Moral of the story is of course check your stuff well before a track
event.
My time came in at a personal best 2:57 which I thought pretty good for
an old guy driving a pig that he also hopes to drive to work tomorrow.
I think a good driver could take 15 seconds off this time, but he would
no doubt be younger and pay less attention to walls n things.
There was a Carrera GT there with a claimed time of 2:50.  Tell me that
guy wasn't being careful.  Hah!  Oh what a sound that car makes!  Think
F1 refined.
I have some pictures I'll post... well as soon as I can.  Lotta folks
stopped by to see whats up with this old audi station wagon that seems
to be pretty fast.  I started with the C group cause I was breaking in
some new pads and passed many, but no one passed me.  Moved up then to
my proper B group and passed a couple, but no one passed me.  
Note to self..  get that oil cooler installed;)
Cheers
Bill m