We ran our second race of the season yesterday (12-8-2012) and had similar results to last month. The "Electrocutioners" #8 car won again. They beat me by one lap (total laps for the two races run) with a total of 126. I got second place with my #94 at 125 laps, and my son, Jim Jr, got third with the #13 at 123. He was leading the first race until he had a flat tire about 4 laps from the end; three spokes had broken and one of them punctured the inner tube. I ended up winning the first race by two laps. In the second race, Jim Jr lapped me twice to get back two of the four laps he lost in the first race. Unfortunately, the Electrocutioners lapped me three times to take the win by one lap. I gotta lose weight...

My old #86 car had chain problems in the first race. We did some sprocket and chain realignment between races and solved that issue, but 31 minutes into race 2 the motor started smoking and lost power. The reason is still in question. Ralph was running a gear ratio we have used many times before, so the motor was not overloaded. 30 minutes later, the motor was still too hot to touch! Apparently the windings are burned up, but why? Maybe something got in there and shorted it out somehow?? We'll take it to an electric motor guy we know and find out...

Next race January 19.