[Fot] Sebring race weekend results

[Jamie Palmer]

I have seen others reporting on their Triumph race weekends, so as team
manager 
for RiffRAF Racing (ChumpCar World Series, '75 TR6), I will also.

To
put it mildly, it was a frustrating weekend.  By the time the checkered flag
fell at 9 pm Saturday after 11-1/2 hours, we had replaced and/or rebuilt the
following:
	* distributor
	* alternator (twice)
	* fan belt
	* cap and wires
(twice)
	* rotor button (twice)
	* front carb jet and reset float
	* fuel pump
* exhaust system central mount
On the bright side, we did get to race at
Sebring, and would have been somewhat 
competitive had we been able to keep
the car running.  So much for thinking we 
had it prepped adequately.  Next
race we will do better.
 
MyLaps results here: 
http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=599902
 
Pictures of event
(pretty easy to find us, we're the only Triumph, look for the 
camo #0) here:
http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=599902 (pics 
42-51, 216-217,
247---217 is really cool!)
 
Finished 24th out of 34 cars, but were one of
only 15 that took the checkered 
flag.
 
 
As a side note...what is the
group's opinion on electric fuel pumps vs. 
mechanical in racing
applications.  Some on our team are concerned about 
electric pump reliability
while others don't feel the mechanical pump is capable 
of sustained high RPM
operation for hours at a time (I personally witnessed fuel 
boiling (!) in the
mechanical fuel pump we are using and we melted the nylon 
filter screen in
the aftermarket mechanical pump we had).  Interested in the 
group's thoughts.
 
Thanks,
 
Jamie Palmer
RiffRAF Racing