what happened in montgomery

i figured i would post myself to clear up the air what happened. i got back to jason's last night and seen the word had hit the internet. here's the facts, and its all i'm going to say about it.

we broke a finger off our clutch in first qualifier. it was pretty nasty inside the bell housing. we also broke a rocker stand. we were able to get ahold of brad anderson quick enough to get the parts for the rocker stand overnighted saturday delivery. while accessing the clutch damage, artie allen offered his spare clutch. saturday artie decided he couldn't loan out his clutch or flywheel. there were several offers nationally friday night that could have been shipped. i guess we just need more spare parts.

congrats to guy kelly for the win. we'll be back in houston!

[ April 05, 2004, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: Will Hanna ]

 

to further clear the picture...

there was some miscommunication in the situation. bottom line is it isn't another team's responsibility to supply us parts. we have nobody to blame but ourselves for not having the necessary parts on hand to fix the situation.

 

we were running a crower 10". our theory on the clutch is obviously, the fingers may have had too many runs on them. they are inspected before every race, and showed no signs of wear. there is a fairly large bump in the right lane that caused a significant spike in driveline rpm. the clutch went nuts almost immediately afterwards. coincidence?

we run a 451 brad motor. it is the conway combo.

 

its hard to say exactly what happened or why. kinda seemed more like a freak deal than anything. only one finger broke.

 

shoulda called. new clutch will be at the shop friday... hope the old one is salvageable for spare. its debatable. i trust bob's judgement.