71 Duster 360 (new project)

Good day for a TnT...71 Dart unloaded ...while trying to start..momentary button breaks..usually have one..but not today...Tonya and I drive to autozone to get replacement...Tonya R&R the old one and it works...

While on our way back from the Zone...Christin and the Fuster call...while at tech the wire on the NSW fall off..and car will not turn over...get back ...walk over to staging lanes and jump the starter relay switch to get it running...back at pit..i put wire on and needs a small crimp on the spade...

Duster goes 10.88 at 122...Dart goes 10.71 at 123+....I go 13.40 popping and farting down the track...

Next pass..tonya is in front of me...watching her leave...i begin burn out...and look up to see what she had run..car is point at a 45 degree angle to wall...track offical says she and the car are fine...the car might have touched the wall..apparently after shifting into high gear the steering wheel came off into her hands...braking she got the car slowed but it then headed for the wall..and she slammed on brakes sliding the car next to the wall..

Demon and I pop and fart to another mid 13.....back at pit...off comes distributor cap and wire..nothing there...off comes valve covers...adjuster had backed off...no spare rockers with me...usually have a couple as we all have crane 1.6 ..Drive home to get spare...and need valve cover gasket.....got it fixed...

Dart goes 10.71 with out hitting anything with steering wheel staying on the shaft this time...I think she made another run 10.67 ....

Demon goes 10.85 at 121....

and my favorite 71 Duster goes 10.88...10.91..10.92 and another 10.91...

and we get to do it all over again tomorrow..

picture below show paint from wall...lol