News from Pits

News from Pits, By Andy Stark

I should say from the frozen garage.

Just a quick update on winter projects that Frank and I are working on. Franks car is well on its way to becoming healthy for the 2003 season. We have a new transmission on the way and two new engines being built. Frank has also completely redone his fuel tank and trunk. It is not only safer but much better looking. Frank has also been busy fixing some cosmetic snafu's on the body of his car. His car should be in top working condition by the end of February, plenty of time for the first race in March.

My car (Andy) is also moving along quit well this winter. Most of my work has been of the bartering nature so far. I would like to extend a thank you to Creig Houghtaling for donating two sets of TR6 inner axles to the racing cause. His axles went towards building new stronger racing axles for my GT6. Once the axles were cleaned up they were shipped off to Steve Smith in Nevada. I would like to thank Steve not only for helping with the axles but for all the help and advice he has given me while building my race car. With out Steve my car would not be complete as I write this. The axles are now waiting installation when the weather at least gets above 20 degrees. I have to say the axles are so well done they are almost too pretty to install on the car. Thanks again Steve.

Other than the axles I am replacing the drive shaft and the engine bearings. The drive shaft has a bad spline that might have been causing some of my high speed vibration. The engine bearings are just maintenance. I plan on changing bearing every two to three races to prevent a catastrophic failure.

Looking at the season ahead I think we are well on our way to having a good start. A great thing is we don't feel in a rush. I guess experience is starting to pay off.

A quick note on Mossport in June. I am looking for some support for that week. I am pretty sure Jack Fansher is going but he will not be enough. I need at least one other person on the crew. I also need someone that has a truck or SUV to help carrier spares. This race has four days of track time. I would hate to break down and not have spares. If anyone thinks they can help give me a call. The dates are June 26th thru 29th.

See you at the track

Andy