K&K / FRAM TEAM GOES OUT WITH A BANG AT THE BEND

After a successful showing at the IHRA Motor City National in Michigan two weeks ago the K&K /FRAM Team was looking to continue their success at the 10th Annual Stratford Spectacular in Grand Bend. Their good fortune was short lived as the ignition problems that were hampering them earlier came back in a big way and cut their weekend short.

After running a problem free 7.44 in the first qualifying session things just kept getting progressively worse every pass. First there was a nitrous backfire at half track that caused an aborted run then a nitrous backfire just after leaving the starting line. The later occurred in the first round of eliminations but thanks to a red light in the other lane the guys were heading into round two. After checking everything over in the pits and changing a few ignition components they staged the car hoping for the best. What they did was give the 5000 plus spectators a real show. As soon as the car left the starting line it had a tremendous nitrous backfire through the carburetor. With a big BANG and a ball of flames out the hood scoop and the headers the car came to a stop about 60 feet out. Although the fire went out immediately the damage was done. The force of the explosion almost blew the hood scoop and hood right of the car. With the crew scratching their heads they towed the car back to the trailer.

After getting back to the shop the thrashing began. After a few long nights of going over every inch of the ignition system the team is fairly sure that a faulty distributor was to blame, although they will not know for sure until their next pass. That highly anticipated pass will take place this weekend at Toronto Motorsports Park for the IHRA AC Delco Nationals