Question about race track...(Log Cabin)

[jojoracer]

We were racing up there one night Gary in the car
they were mixing limited with late models we were
running the 311 inch motor turning about 8900 rpm
running good Gary went off down in the corner # 3
car caught fire (flash fire) I figured it blowed. he takes
off walking back to the pits .. gets there and hands
me a bolt he found on the track, when the car gets
there on the wecker we look it over to access the
damage to the engine, mmmmm it looks OK we see
what started the fire .... a bolt holding the bowl to
the carb came out.. THE BOLT I was holding in my hand.
the bolt went back in the carb, Gary back in the car,
the car back on the track, and I think a 8 th or 9th
place finish (oh what a night) amazing but true..
when it was all over Gary laughing says how about
checking those bolts every week. I agreed.

	311 Speedway The New 311 Speedway is a 1/2 mile high banked clay oval located near Pine Hall, North Carolina.

[rockinrobselle1]

Anybody have 3/4 of a million they can lend me...

[hyperdad]

I remember the first race at Log Cabin. The track had holes in it after practice, they brought out the motor grader. We parked our car after the heat race, and during the feature cars were driving off down into huge craters, not holes.Everyone was raising their car up! Broken shocks, tie rods, and even a fuel cell knocked out.
The dirt had a high mica content and would not bond, it always moved or flaked off.They never got the surface right. the late Drake Shelton one said - " It' a beautiful place, they have everything but a track surface to race on".