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Well.. I had intended to run the Toledo event but my bad luck from last year has followed me all the way into this one. I broke the oil pump drive gear at a test-n-tune early in the year and had to have the engine rebuilt. Took it out to the next event and made it all the way through the first gear ...

Please contact me if you have a set you would like to part with..

Thanks,

Johnny B.

Well alright! Glad to hear that you guys are going to be around to see me kick some 500 butt this year! :twisted: Lynn, I see you are still having that incredibly bad luck that has been following you around for a couple of years. I hope things get better. I've made a few changes myself and am anxiou...

Okay.. What? Is everyone going to avoid me like the plauge?

Is that the way it is now? Sportsmanship out the window? LOL! Well I can play that game as well..

I will be back this year and more determined than ever to prove the car can still be fast in spite of the fiasco from last year..

JGB

Carification... Mike, I was stating that I thought the F1st guys were already running a Dry Sumo and that it is not allowable in our rules.. I would like to see the sand seals added as "Strongly recommended" in the rules.. i Added one during my rebuild and it has not leaked a drop os oil s...

I am looking forward to another year of racing. I believe have secured a new concrete site in the the Great Lakes region and may have 5 or so events on it. On the lighter side, I have installed a new oil spray mechanism on the back of the vee since the one last year worked so well for my fellow comp...

Guys, I can't imagine what a Tech inspection could have done to prevent the multiple occurences at the Nats. It seems to imply that I was negligent in my preparation of the car. As I have stated in the past, I have never seen a failure like this in the past and I remind you that I used a different b...

The rains are gone. The Bogarts have been inquired about. They are worth $800 and shipping from California...

Don't miss out!

JGB

I have a set of Hoosier F1 rains on steel wheels. 6.5x20x13 and 7.5x20x13. I'll take $400 for all and you pay any shipping. I aslo have a set of Bogart SOLO VEE wheels for sale.. 8"x13" and 10"x13" like new. The rears have a 5" backspace. I'll have to check the fronts. $600 ...

Never use bales/bails (?) for your valve covers or you risk being dragged into Hades with me...!!!!!

Input from my engine builder is to put seals on the iside of the covers as well as on the outside where the bolts go through and you will not have leaks.... Just FYI.. I think the difference in SOLO as compared to the road racing guys is that we have such violent maneuvers and are generating more th...

Thanks for your candid reply. It is greatly appreciated. Your Grandfather was a wise man!

Both John and myself were beside ourselves with bewilderment of how this could possibly happen twice. I would be willing to wager that no one could ever duplicate the failures again even if they tried....

To those concerned, I humbly apologize for the unbelievable chain of events at the Nationals this year. Both I and my co-driver were devastated that we affected any and everyone at the event, so much so that we withdrew and left immediately. I have never experienced nor have I ever heard of such an ...

OK! Gettin' pumped here! I can't believe that Hoosier ran out of rears for us.. I have made several phone calls and worked with them, the distributor and Dave Kutney to get them... I finally will have them delivered to the motel Tuesday... Talk about cutting it close... Has anyone else experienced t...

Okay... I have adopted the 1.48 3rd that Scott used to run and a 1.26, I think, 4th..... It worked great with the 1600 but with the 1915 it is even better....

All I'm giving up for now....

Until later,

Johnny B.

Hello everyone, As some of you know I run SOLO and I have a need to cool the car between runs when I have a co-driver. You guys run in the wet, do you ever worry about damage from the water on hot heads? I am thinking it is no different than an air cooled motorcycle engine in the rain. Am I wrong? I...

I'M IS!!!

Were there any changes mentioned of our cars?

JB

What is the HP of a top 600cc MC engine?

Your comments are always welcome here... and I actually do have friends that drive those other cars.. :lol: I was not looking for a reason to protest as I would much rather beat them on the track. I was just concerned about what appeared to me to be a questionable modification for a performance adva...

Okay Art... Cool your jets man.. 8) I was just wondering about the legality of the modifications and you have explained it thoroughly. I was not aware of a couple of the SIR rules and I truly appreciate you sharing your comments with us. I suppose we can quit beating this horse now... :P All the bes...

Well, I understand that this particular car put in another bar running horizontally but at about the side pod level.. I believe the other one removed that bar but still has two running along each side down low..

I also would think that the modification would decrease there torsional ridgidity.

JB

Okay guys, Here's an update.. The pic that you posted is not the way the car looks now! It now has the diagonal side bar removed and so does Bleumenthal's car. Even with all the verbage that was posted, I still do not see a loophole.. Maybe I'm just stubborn. There is nothing expressly stated in the...

Well, that certainly is enlightening! Is the MAC going to look at this? But back to my original question... Is removing the sides of the cockpit legal? Do we need to write the SEB for clarification on GCR legal?

JB

True. We can do lots of things that road racers can't but those things are all written in the rules. The 500 GCR states that they can do just about anything with the frame as long as it is deemed safe.... My point is that what they are doing would not be deemed safe within the road race rules and th...