05.26
When we last left you, the Sharks had just finished a heroic, all-day wrench to bolt up a new subframe and get their junkyard turbo’d BMW 528e back in the race. Sunday morning meant the moment of truth had arrived. Even though the roll bar got a little smooshed in, the Shark passed re-tech. Now it was up to Chief Perp Jay Lamm if they could race or not. Well, if all the sharks could race or not. See, during BS inspection Jay pulled all the Sharks aside and gave them a talking to. Despite the Goin’ For Broken moniker, the race would be an endurance race. They would be doing themselves a favor if they drove around the track calmly, instead of their usual Rodney King style of driving. But then they went and caused a half-hour red flag, and if there’s one thing Jay Lamm hates its red flags. Jump.
Jay’s decision was that Clay, the offending driver, couldn’t race. This didn’t sit too well with Clay (at first) as the Team D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. driver that hit him was allowed to keep racing. For one thing, she wasn’t singled out and warned by Jay not to drive like she stole it. For two, when Judge Martin had his little off-track excursion back at Thunderhill in the V8olvo, Jay not only yanked his bracelet but banned him from LeMons for life. And Jay and Murilee are pals. Amazingly, especially from my penalty-box perspective, the remaining Sharks ran the rest of the race black flag-free. Remember — this is the team that still holds the record for most black flags in a single race (racking up an insane nine at the first Houston race). In truth, the lone female shark (Antonia) did get nailed for a passing under yellow, but out crap-fest radios decided to crap out and we had no idea why she was there. So, we turned her loose. In conclusion, it really was a “LeMons Moment” getting the Shark fixed and you can bet your toe plates that the Shark will be back for Buttonwillow come August. [The Saga of the Sharks Part 1]
why am i not surprised it was clay who roofed the car?
It wasn’t roofed, just smashed and the wheel fell off.
Here jn lies the rampant misconceptions of what really happened. Almost every person that came by to see the damage said they were told by so and so that our car had rolled or sided. In reality it was never anything like that. The right front was knocked off and I drove it off and clear of the track. So, if GOD can’t get the story correct, then my belief in GOD, and his fair and balanced justice, is really shaken.
It is weird. The first thing I heard was that a car was on its roof. When I asked who, I was told it was the Sharks.
In fact, Jay instructed me to bike down and tell the Sharks all about the “Why am I on my Roof?” rule (if you wind up on your door or your roof, your race is done).
@BushWacker– for what it’s worth, in the control tower the corner workers radioed us that the Shark had “had a wheel fold under and is on its side.”
I don’t know about God, but Jesus was there and he saw what happened
Maybe the corner workers meant that the Shark was on the side, of the track. I do remember that it was 2 young guys working that corner. Oh well, Jesus saw it.
Whatever really happened, that was all kinds of fun. We had like 6 cars in that turn all working hard to get by. Much better than watching Monaco GP!