After we traded, we put a new clutch in because it was fried and did a general quick prep to take it out to Barstow. It was night and day driving a 4 linked truck compared to the buggy.



The ring gear bolts in the third member came loose, we ejected one of them out of the back of the housing but it was still worth it. Currie hooked us up with a brand new third member and two brand new axles. Took it down to Plaster City to watch the HDRA race in 2011 and took it out whenever the 7S I codrive went testing just to get more miles on it. Later that year in October, we let the girls race Powder Puff in Barstow. First heat we got third in class 1450 after one of them got stuck and we had to give them a tug which wasnt bad. We had more experienced drivers run in 1400, but the first lap the motor was having some kind of electrical issue that a simple wiggle test fixed but about 15 miles later they put a pinhole in the radiator. We loaded them up with water and they would stop every 5 miles or so whenever there were people around and toss them a couple bottles to top it off. We only finished 1 lap in 1400 but all in all it wasnt bad for the first time the truck raced in our hands. Note the ribbon adorned crimson ghost on the hood... ha ha.



After this we took a run from Barstow to Giant Rock southeast of Lucerne to put some more dirt miles on it. We dropped the new radiator in the day before but forgot to burp the system, so after 5 miles the temp went way up so we stopped at Slash X and used some well water to top it off after burping. Shortly after making Giant Rock the stupid electrical gremlins hit and the truck would not run correctly. We drove towards the 247 hoping to make it back to Barstow without some CHP interference but the truck made the decision for us. A la my many cold nights in Baja we snagged a bit of fuel from the truck and lit a fire. This was kind of the nail in the coffin as far as needing to rebuild the truck from the ground up to get it to the point like the 12 car was, dialed prep and no DNFs.