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Ok, for the record;

Saturday, Race #1: Qualified 9th of 12 cars. Finished 10th? (went off)
Saturday, Race #2: Started last. Finished 10th?
Sunday, Race #3: Qualified 9th of 11 cars. Finished last. (ran out of fuel)

The numbers really don't do the weekend justice and to be honest, racing at the back of the pack is just as fun as racing at the front of the pack.

On Friday, I did three practice sessions to shake down the car and everything was fine. However, in Sunday morning's practice, the low coolant light came on (temp light slow blinking). By the time I got into the pits, there was coolant pouring out from under the front bumper cover.

We got the bumper cover off and everything looked fine (of course), but our best guess was that the lower radiator hose was leaking where it attaches to the radiator. Both the radiator and the lower hose were replaced during the repair so that connection was completely new but those factory clip-style hose clamps are known to be questionable so we threw a standard screw-type hose clamp on and hoped for the best.

That seemed to do the trick but by the time that I got the water refilled, qualifying had already started, so I went out to qualify without the front bumper cover and watching the temp gauge closely. I won't blame my 9th qualifying position due to any of this as that was probably where I'd have ended up regardless, but it did add a new level of stress to qualifying!

I'll post up details of the rest of the weekend as I post the videos.