Race number 3, Sviestad 22/8 1998


Drivers: 
MrBeam,
Clapton, 
Desmo and 
Reodor. 

Time: 8 hours
Changes since last race: 
Lowered front damper/spriing combo.
A new  front/spoiler combination (In fibreglass, reproducable this time).
Renewed and tested ignition system. She was revving and pulling at 7500 
rpm at testrun.  


Prerace.
MrBeam called 250 km from track with a dead car, he was trying to show up
later but didnt manage.
An oil hose broke during warmup in the pits.

Start 900.
Clapton started and got blackflagged after 500 meters, same oil hose....

1000.
Clapton got out again and came in and said that she wouldnt rev.
She was giving gas ok in return hose.
After checking all ignition connections she was running again but
had a slow spot at 6000 rpm and some misfire at above 7000. 
And the kick wasnt there. 
1100.
Clapton still out there, and suddently going very slow.
Hi did a Rådström (driving with the windscreen full of bonnet/hood 
sheet metal). The bonnet pins had worked loose under pressure.
1200.
After some fixing we had secured the hood with m10 bolts and could go on.
Desmo was running steady and then we got flagged in for leaking again.
1300.
We found that there was some gas coming out somewhere in the right rear 
side (wherefrom??, ther is nothing there). We cleaned everything and went 
out again.
1400.
Reodor took over after some laps and a gas fillup, and came in after 
15 laps dizzy by fumes.   
There was gas again in the same place. It felt dangerous to run so we 
started to search.   
1500.
We fixed a leaking petrol cap by making a new and screwing it in place.
No more tankstops.
Now we had to pushstart her.
Reodor went out and managed to run some longer but suddently all the power 
was gone. She didnt run that well with rear handbrake on..... 
Out again and the misfire was building up. Letting her rest some ten 
minutes was curing it for the moment.
1600.
In the end she was doing just a lap and a half before losing power.
Desmo tried to get the flag but this time she wasnt even mamaging a full
lap. 
There was no pressure in the fuel system after stopping. 
5 weeks to next race and som fault diagnosis to do...
WE'LL BE BACK!!!!!

Epilogue.
Monday morning. Desmo found out that if the petrol pump isnt doing the
job the starter will and should refuse. So, if the pump is going dead 
slowly this would be the result.
Maybe the pump was cooked while trying its best to suck petrol through
an almost blocked hose a couple of races ago.