So sorry to see what happened.  Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Dammit, man! What rotten luck.

Glad everyone came out of it unharmed even if the vehicles didn’t.

I’ll be looking for another grill shell for you.

Sorry for your troubles.

great tip; must look into this option then – thanks

Hey Bill,

You may want to remove that “Race it == Break It == Fix It == Repeat” sticker from the side of your car…. or just keep the part that says “Race It == Repeat”  and skip the Break it == Fix it steps………..

As Royal says, — and I paraphrase — “now you have a winter project”

But it drives and no chassis damage — and you know…[Read more]

If you get a stereo with a remote control, you can put it anywhere.

Great Bob; glad to be of some help.  Once you’ve completed your dash board hole project, please post a photo of it here.  Insofar as an alternative stereo location is concerned, I located mine in the driver’s seat box.  It works great there; you just need to acclimate yourself to ‘blind dialing and tuning’, etc., otherwise it’s worked out well…Mike

OH NO!  Not fair.  Race completed, Trophy, no damage and then this on leaving?  Super bummer!

I’ll bet that before this, you were wondering what to do this winter.  “Keep a stiff upper lip” Bill.

Check out the setback in my other posting “Here We Go Again”

A good showing then, overall.

Four seconds sounds like a huge improvement to me.  Congrats!  Especially since you’ve just begun to test it.

I guess the balance is ok else you wouldn’t have made such gains?

How much do you realistically think your time improvement will be after you get the car tuned in and you learn how to drive your new machine?