[Fot] Heartland Park-Kastner Cup

[Greg ''Lunker'' Hilyer]

>  TR4 battle royal with grass flying and tires smoking.
> Unfortunately, for Greg, His whole car was smoking by the near end,  
> he was
> out of the mix with a broken battery terminal and was parked on the  
> side of
> the track with so much smoke I thought his car was on fire when I  
> went by.
Sure glad someone saw that pass - sure was fun! Two wheels on the  
rumble strip and two riding the grass on the inside and giving the  
boot the whole way.
When my race was over I parked off track and immediately smelled  
smoke. The grass over there was tall, brown and dry. The corner  
worker was not going to cross the hot track, so when I actually SAW  
smoke, I bailed and unloaded the fire extinguisher under the car.  
About the time the flat-tow got there the batt terminal had made just  
enough contact for the car to re-start. Then came the scary part -  
The corner worker told me the race was over and sent me back out.  
Thinking that everyone was on the cool-down lap, I was actually  
waving to the corner stations when Tony came by again. Thought he was  
going a bit fast for the cool-down lap but it didn't occur to me I  
was on a hot track until a couple more cars went by. Boy did I  
scramble to get off-line after that!
All in all, a wonderful event with my favorite crowd. I think Connie  
and I may have kept some of you guessing by alternating sessions. As  
it was, I got 2.5 sessions for the event [we missed friday] and that  
suited me just fine. I don't mean that I'm happy about getting beaten  
by a battery terminal but...
It is becoming way to common that my trip TO the event was more  
exciting than the race itself. Perhaps more on that after I've de- 
compressed a bit more.
Our thanks to all,

Connie, Barley and
Greg "Lunker" Hilyer
TR4 #314
Albuquerque NM