Your trip sound reminiscent of my trip to race Redding a few years back, I swear everything that could go south DID! But at the end of the day the good seems to overturn the bad and I am blessed to play with the toys that I do.
Good talking to you there, after my second time run I was thinking I would come over and check out your car and see if anything we could do but you were gone, hope you had a safe one home. I myself was surprised $30 at the gate and then $10 for a fun run card so had $$$ left over for an event shirt. If the track is still open next year and still have this car I plan on having the box set up easily removable. Wish I had got the number on that two tone blue "69 road runner in the swap area as that is set up close to what I would like to get back into similar to my '68 road runner I sold 6 -7 years back, thinking of selling my car and building a low 10 second street - strip B body.
Hope to see you at the next one Cab!