It is nearly 11 pm and we have been at the track for about 14 hours. We have that feeling of sweat and dried rain water on our skin. All we want to do is go back to the hotel and wash the tire chunks off our skin. But before we do that, here is the news from the pits as we conclude Friday.
Dan Saitz went through the clutch hard on his run during qualifying round 2. The combination is still new, so they are still learning it in their Probe chassis. They will put more clutch in it tomorrow for the tuned up twin turbo combination.
Andy Mayes was working on his rear end. We were not able to grab them for a comment but it is a strong possibility they needed more gear like a few others have. Another reason we may have not been able to get a comment could have been that he was sleeping, and not fixing anything.
Steve Matusek was another candidate in need of more gear. They had their Strange rear section waiting behind the car as the crew tore into the rear end.
As we saw in Bradenton, the Gillam brothers have a hard time keeping their Mean Street car off the bumper. So Bruce Hemminger and Jeremy Gillam decided to add more weight to the back of the car. We don’t understand the idea behind it, but we are sure they do.
Number one qualifier Bill Trovato had his Xtreme Street car torn apart. Trovato was fixing his transmission. With qualifying being over for the night, it wil give him plenty of time to get the car back together for tomorrow’s final round of qualifying.