At 5pm, the track manager drove over to check on us, and see when we would be leaving. I told him we had about 20 minutes left to finish the cars, then we would load up and be on our way.
"Alright", he explained, "I'm coming back at 6 to check, then I have to lock this place up". He pointed to the impound area, "too much money sitting down there to leave this place unattended!"

We fired up the Belvedere, after filling it back up with fluid...same result, still pulling all the time!
"Well, she has the gears we need, let's just go with it", Boone suggested.
I looked at Rachael and shook my head, "No...if we were at the second track, I'd go for it, but we've got our hands full, and to leave here with it like this doesn't make sense!

That decision was easy, the next was the toughest. I explained that we were down one mule, and we had to leave some of our stuff, but not one person wanted to leave any toys behind!