Some of the Hard Luck Stories
Mike Stormo was doing just fine when his car began to slow down. See hole in #2 piston and two holes in #2 cylinder of the low head. A chunk of the head’s cast iron is near the pliers. No known cause or verdict known for sure yet.
Leg 1: Gary Ebbert had a coil failure and lost about 5 minutes of down time.
Leg 2: Janet and Russell drove off route to Hot Springs on the Charlo leg. Close to 18 extra miles and probably gave up 25 minutes. Tony drove passed the turn to Charlo but recovered quickly. Nan’s engine broke an aluminum Chevy valve retainer about 32 miles from Charlo but only gave up about 8 minutes of time limping in with 3 cylinders functioning.
Leg 3: Mike Robison missed a turn to St. Regis, but recovered soon.
Leg 4:
Leg 5: Bill Mullins lost a coil box contact tang under time; fixed it and later on a 2nd tang broke off. Down time about 30 minutes.
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Leg 7:
Leg 8: Stormo lost a coil box tang. Down time about 5 minutes.
Leg 9:
Leg 10: Stormo’s engine crushed a hole in the top of #2 piston and subsequently the head punched out or vise versa. This time Stormo did not return his car to the run. The event happened about 25 miles away from the final finish line.