We made it to the races yesterday and what a madhouse. In Oct there was about a quarter of the people that were there yesterday and I don't think the volunteer staff was prepaired for the croud. But in the midst of all the confussion we managed to have a good time and get three passes in with "Elwood". With Bigredtodd's '60 F-100 (Earl) as my official tow vehical we went through tech without any issuse and pulled up to the line for our first solo pass. With the flaggers signal I eased down on the go peddel and was off. (this was my first time out so I didn't want to hit it hard) Everything went well till I hit second and a big cloud of smoke came off the right side of the engine. At first I was worried that something bad had happened but apon inspection I had just popped the dipstick and shot some oil on the header. So we come around for a second run. This time I'm more confident and ease up to the line, the flagger signals me, I run the engine up to about 3000 aginst the brakes (the drums held wonderfully), the flag went up and my foot went down! This is the best expirience of of my life, well my wedding night was pretty good too, Elwood took off like a gun tracked perfectly strait and I went through three gears without a hitch. I've got a smile on my face that can not be removed now and we come around for a third pass. This time I'm thinking I'm a pro so I pull to the line, run the engine up, the flag drops and I'm off. Passed the finish line one of the airscoops flies off and at that instant I get a face full of oil. The engine is still running OK as I shut down to be towed back so I don't think I hurt anything.
After thinking about it for a while I think what I did wrong was in my engine build. As you all know I like to pressureize the rockers, well somewhere around 7000 rpm I think that there was just too much oil returning to the valley by the filler neck and my one and only breather. The pressure in the crankcase just blew the oil up towards the filter on the end and out it went. In the "Yellow Brick" engine we have restricters to the rockers, it sliped my mind for my own engine. Well I will be cleaning the car today and thinking about restricters in the feed to the rockers and better crankcase breathing.
The car runs and drives great, I'm sure My Mom is looking down with a smile on her face.
Thanks to everyone for your support, especially my pit crew. Charlie, Todd and Rick.