2018 Ford Mustang Pro Stock

Rough day at the track, Practice, 3 laps in car was poping out of 3rd
I brought it in, we got it in the air made some adjustments, looked like it would work.

Mitchell went out to Qualify, 1.5 laps in the yolk on front of rear end broke.
Whcih sent the drive shaft to side of track, Got towed back,
car in air, some spare parts gathered, was fixible but.

Oil tank had a huge dent in it, why it was not leaking was a surprise.
Safety hoop for drive shaft had two cracks in it, batter box fram was bent.
drive shaft by rights, should be re-balanced.
If car was fixed, we would have no test run, it would have been start at back of first race.
and hope for best, I decided to call it, as I did not want to do more damage or worse
cause a nightmare for another racer,

Sucks we didn't get to race, but the current fix is not to much work and relatively cheap
Unless I decide to upgrade reared :unsure:
Likely pull transmission to cheak ring gears and realign to be safe.
Next race is end of August, so we have time.

Should have know after last weekend, to much good
life has to balance 😁
Thats not fun
 
Hope all goes well at the transmission shop - jumping out of gear is never a good thing
Its a Gerico so, we already know if its a problem, its one gear, maybe 2 and they are about $75 and a week away
we actually beleive the shifter was not aligned properly just took time to show up,
but won't know till we look and have to take out, to get cover off to see.
Once out we also chek and likely replace clutch pack, they are only 5" triple disc packs,
so not something that takes a lot of abuse, normally check off season and once a year.
 
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