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 2005 started off pretty poorly. I'm going through the runsheets to see what happened. Don't really want to re-live it, however. Swallowed another exhaust valve at the Texas Mile. This was a commercial shortblock (.030" over 302) with the good heads and stuff. Guess the valve clearance wasn't sufficient. I had built another engine for Martha's Deuce … almost had it in the car, too. Out it came, swap the good cam and intake and into the race car.
 
Speed Week was a lot of fun. Aaryn did 166. Annie did 163. Scott was next up and the car was in line at pre-stage when racing quit for the day. Fabian's rear-engine roadster was behind us in line. That night, it rained.  End of the story. Got some great pictures of cars in water, though.
 
Check out Floating Mountain above.