[Mike Carr]

A forgettable week was during the 2002 Numidia D1 LODRS. On Tuesday of that week, fuel pump went out in my Camaro on the way home from work at 2 am. Friday morning on the way to the track, bent the hitch of the trailer in a restaurant parking lot that was on a grade. Friday at the track, the alternator went in the Sunbird (thankfully Billy lived not too far away and was able to go home and get one that night). We had swapped batteries out of the Suburban to put in the 'Bird that day. Forgot to latch the hood al the way down so Friday night on the way back to the hotel, we got about 500' down Rt 42 and the hood blew up, nearly smashed the windshield, bent the braces and would not close at all....stuck at about a 90 degree angle. Thankfully Dad and I (with help from Billy again, as he was driving by and saw us) was able to bend them with a breaker bar to at least get the hood closed to drive back to the hotel and tie it/hold it closed with a rope. Quite a fun four days.