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ZDan · 10-12-2021, 04:22 PM

Sunday morning I was at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (South Oval config) for practice and then time trials with COMSCC. 1st session was going GREAT, I was having a fantastic time running with cars doing similar lap times

Then about 6 laps in the car lost all drive after the transition from banked oval to infield section in Turn 10. Thought I'd lost 3rd gear, but no drive in any gears, hrm... Coasted around and down pit lane and got a tow back to the garage.

1st thought was to secure a ride for the time trial as it was our last event and my class championship was on the line. I thought maybe the clutch just 100% let go. Turned out to be driver-side inner CV joint.

@TunaNoCrust offered up his TRD86 cuz he's fricking awesome

Then @gcranston told me he had a spare halfshaft! More awesomeness

We put my 235/45-17 Yoko A052s on TunaNoCrust's car with plan for both of us to run the time trial in his car, I figured it'd be late-afternoon/evening before I got the halfshaft installed. But a couple of club regulars who have helped me out massively before showed up and with guidance from gcranston we had the bad halfshaft replaced within maybe an hour to 90 minutes, so I was able to make 2nd practice and then run the TT in my car!

Won the time trial, set COMSCC T50 lap record, won T50 championship for the year.

Big thanks to @gcranston, @TunaNoCrust, and S2000 guyz Roe and Andrew

10-12-2021, 04:22 PM	#1
ZDan Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Drives: '23 BRZ Location: Providence, RI Posts: 4,672 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,011 Times in 2,097 Posts Mentioned: 85 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Broke CV joint at the track, but recovered thanks to the power of FRIENDSHIP! Sunday morning I was at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (South Oval config) for practice and then time trials with COMSCC. 1st session was going GREAT, I was having a fantastic time running with cars doing similar lap times Then about 6 laps in the car lost all drive after the transition from banked oval to infield section in Turn 10. Thought I'd lost 3rd gear, but no drive in any gears, hrm... Coasted around and down pit lane and got a tow back to the garage. 1st thought was to secure a ride for the time trial as it was our last event and my class championship was on the line. I thought maybe the clutch just 100% let go. Turned out to be driver-side inner CV joint. @TunaNoCrust offered up his TRD86 cuz he's fricking awesome Then @gcranston told me he had a spare halfshaft! More awesomeness We put my 235/45-17 Yoko A052s on TunaNoCrust's car with plan for both of us to run the time trial in his car, I figured it'd be late-afternoon/evening before I got the halfshaft installed. But a couple of club regulars who have helped me out massively before showed up and with guidance from gcranston we had the bad halfshaft replaced within maybe an hour to 90 minutes, so I was able to make 2nd practice and then run the TT in my car! Won the time trial, set COMSCC T50 lap record, won T50 championship for the year. Big thanks to @gcranston, @TunaNoCrust, and S2000 guyz Roe and Andrew