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Del Worsham suffered a rare broken cam shaft on his first pass, which not only caused him to abort the run but also managed to demolish most everything in the power train, and then had his blower belt break a hundred feet short of the finish line during the late session. Fortunately, Worsham was on a stout pass and still clocked in with a 4.794, good enough for the No. 9 spot overnight.
"On the first pass, it was on a decent run, nothing spectacular, but that was by design," Worsham said. "We wanted a nice baseline so that we could stand on it a little tonight, but it just quit out there around half track. When we got back to the pit, the engine was a total mess, with pieces everywhere. I don't remember the last cam shaft we broke, but there you have it.
"Tonight, it was running well, though the clutch wasn't locking up and the engine was really zinging down there. I'm sure that had something to do with the belt finally giving up before the finish line. But, I'll take the 4.79 and we'll move on to tomorrow. All in all, not bad considering we broke a cam and broke a belt on two runs."
BROKEN CAM, BROKEN BELT, BUT STILL A 4.79
Del Worsham suffered a rare broken cam shaft on his first pass, which not only caused him to abort the run but also managed to demolish most everything in the power train, and then had his blower belt break a hundred feet short of the finish line during the late session. Fortunately, Worsham was on a stout pass and still clocked in with a 4.794, good enough for the No. 9 spot overnight.
"On the first pass, it was on a decent run, nothing spectacular, but that was by design," Worsham said. "We wanted a nice baseline so that we could stand on it a little tonight, but it just quit out there around half track. When we got back to the pit, the engine was a total mess, with pieces everywhere. I don't remember the last cam shaft we broke, but there you have it.
"Tonight, it was running well, though the clutch wasn't locking up and the engine was really zinging down there. I'm sure that had something to do with the belt finally giving up before the finish line. But, I'll take the 4.79 and we'll move on to tomorrow. All in all, not bad considering we broke a cam and broke a belt on two runs."
