[Chefasaurus]

I had to pull a ton of strings to get registered for today's event, since my PayPal is all screwed up from some check fraud (Thanks, Nigerians!), and finally got it all squared away. Paid my $35, go over to the pit, where BEJAY1 is, as he offered me to use his Hoosiers for the event.


First wheel, the lug stud gets completely stripped, and there's NO threads left on it... they just sheared off. Pensive if they would even let me pass tech with 4 out of 5 lugs, the 2nd wheel was the exact same story.



That's a walk of shame, when you have to go up to the registration, timing, course assignment, tech, and the safety stewards, none of whom are anywhere NEAR each other, and tell them, "I'm not gonna pass tech. I need to un-register. Both wheels I tried to swap out race rubber with, stripped a lug stud. I can't run today."


COULD I have raced? Maybe. SHOULD I have raced? Maybe. But WOULD I have raced? Probably not. The last thing I need is to be the next guy on YouTube, and every automotive forum, posted as "watch this Maxima at autoX crash because he only has 4 lugs!" Not worth it.


It is what it is. C'est la vie.


I just spent $466 getting the Crankshaft Position Sensor replaced too, so that I would be ready for the event in time. Dammit.