71 Dart 410 stroker ..

Day 3 Friday.....Leave Motel...stop at Jack n Crack for breakfast sandwich....heading for the track...it starts to rain...suppose get 1 time run a 8 15am....ok....track dried...now 10 am...head for the staging lanes.....we are going to rip one in the cool morning air...nice burnout in 2nd gear....away she goes...11.32 at 115.....hell bells and it aint all well.....let is cool off...start looking for something wrong...checking timing...check valves...check to make sure damper has not slipped ......we had pulled number 1 plug out...and used a Straw down the spark plug hole to watch went we got to TDC...ok...going to pull all the plugs...all are clean as a whistle...ok...going to do compression test with finger...I crank engine with finger in no. 1....hand get douched with water from cylinder no 3....head gasket.....DOA...

One thing I noticed earlier went the engine was cold I went to remove radiator cap and it blew cold water ....was under pressure...

set the valve covers back on...put the nuts and spark plugs in the tool box....will push car back into trailer Saturday morning....we get to sleep in too...