TOP GUN in Helena, MT 8-13/14-2016

[Mkelder]

Full story and vid yet to come...

As of right now, I'm stuck in Missoula with the choice of driving my Hoosiers home or going to a tire shop anywhere in this city in hopes I can get a performance tire setup.

I had a tire failure on the way home 

[MurrayPeterson]

Some might say it is typical of me at times but I really had to earn this one.....

http://greatfallsracing.com/race-results/
29 cones in 2 days?  Definitely well earned!   

[Reijo]

Full story and vid yet to come...

As of right now, I'm stuck in Missoula with the choice of driving my Hoosiers home or going to a tire shop anywhere in this city in hopes I can get a performance tire setup.

I had a tire failure on the way home 

Well, that is no fun .... at least you aren't in a really small town ... Hopefully you get that fixed up and you are on your way.   Congrats on some fine driving by the way!

R

[Mkelder]

Well, Sunday at about 4:30 I received my second place trophy plus my bonus reward  I decided I had time to get most of the home travel done so off I go.I got about 45min out towards kalispel when I noticed the car started to pull to the right a little and soon after a wobble. I pulled over and had a look. My tire pressure was down oddly so I pumped it up and listened for a leak, nothing! Ok good to go, I make it 10' down the road and wow it feels like my tire is square. This time I take wheel off after jacking the car and then I see where my extra air went, the inside side wall delaminated and air pushed into it and ballooned it like crazy! See pics.

So now I'm good and f'd. Last thing I wanted was having to hitch a ride back to town and get a tow so I decide to throw on all 4 other tires and goto Missoula because it was the closest at that point and most likely to have a decent set of tires in stock.

I spent the night there and first thing in morning run around to every shop in town, no one had good tires! I ended up having to settle on some crappy Federal 595 tires but at least they got me home and I can still autox on them if I have to.

[Mkelder]

http://greatfallsracing.com/race-results/
29 cones in 2 days?  Definitely well earned!   

It was actually the run with +9 that really won it for me, all within 20seconds of the course, apparently it broke the radios there was so much chatter...

I don't mind the cones, what would really bother me was all the off course people were doing and actually breaking their cars. One guy drove right into the fence and broke it! Poor 2016 miata didn't look the same after that.

[Mkelder]

Day 2 video up

https://youtu.be/GUUD6WGWqD8