On Saturday afternoon, I was out doing some final tuning before I was to hit the strip later that evening. All was going extremely well, and I was literally giddy with excitement. This night at the track was to be the first true timed test of the newly rebuilt engine. From the runs I was making during the tuning, I could tell that the car was definitely going to be faster than ever. Finally, all the hard work, money, and waiting was finally going to pay off. Given how the car was pulling, I was certain I would get down into the 13 second range. The tires were even chirping on the shift from 1st to 2nd, something that didn't happen with the old engine!

During my final pass (I was logging O2/Fuel mixture levels with my software) I started to register the smell of burning plastic. Crap, I thought, then… I saw it. Smoke actually coming through the air vents into the cabin. HOLY SHIT!!! I immediately pulled over, turned off the car, and popped the hood. When I lifted the hood my worst fears were realized... there were already flames coming up the cowl. I gasped, and though how ironic, I was just holding a fire extinguisher in my hand a day earlier when I had purchased my race gas, and was thinking that I should have one of these. If only I had... :dispoint: :dpress: :cry:

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