Time to fill everyone in on the goings on at the Miss America hangar and let everyone in on the secret that we've been keeping. There has been some very good guesses and Wingnut hit it on the head (minus the tube). Kinda just like there has been some very good reasons why the news coming out of the Miss A camp has been a little slow. But first, here's a photo of Miss America as she sat in the hangar today - Saturday 5/20/23.
She sits much as she's been for the last 6 months - waiting for the race motor to arrive from Rick Shanholtzer's shop. I'm sure you are wondering with all the time that's transpired, the race motor should have been done and in the plane long ago - it certainly should have been installed and tested before now one would think. BUT there has been some major changes since September of 2022... and these changes to the Miss America race program have understandably caused some delays from the original plan. We learned about the first big delay when we learned that the stocker was going to be rebuilt and delivered with the race motor, causing the original delivery date on the race motor to be pushed back. Since then, it's been a waiting game. Later we learned that the race motor had been completed and tested. But what we didn't know at the time, AND more specifically, was that this was only the 1st race motor AND that the stocker had been put on the back burner for a much higher-priority build... a 2nd race motor!!! Now in the final stages of assembly (if not already done), it should be on the test stand early next week.
Although this is starting to really push the edge of the envelope in terms of time - the crew assured me that the plan to attend the PRS has not changed. Brent and Team Miss America are certainly going to Reno this year with everything possible, and as Brent told me earlier last month when I found out about the 2nd race motor - "I'll burn both of 'em down if I have to!". So yeah, he's serious about taking this to the next level - having a spare full-race motor in the pits along with a spare stocker kinda makes that statement, wouldn't you think?
Reno 2023 - BE THERE!!!!!!!!
In closing I wanted to show mitchcarley a few photos of Brent's other Mustang... as you can see it's a little ways off from being flyable and won't be at Reno this year. Looks like they're about 1 year away from completion - going to depend a lot on how many other projects the crew will be working on and how much time they can devote to Brent's project. As you can see it's coming along nicely... can't wait to see her in the air!
She sits much as she's been for the last 6 months - waiting for the race motor to arrive from Rick Shanholtzer's shop. I'm sure you are wondering with all the time that's transpired, the race motor should have been done and in the plane long ago - it certainly should have been installed and tested before now one would think. BUT there has been some major changes since September of 2022... and these changes to the Miss America race program have understandably caused some delays from the original plan. We learned about the first big delay when we learned that the stocker was going to be rebuilt and delivered with the race motor, causing the original delivery date on the race motor to be pushed back. Since then, it's been a waiting game. Later we learned that the race motor had been completed and tested. But what we didn't know at the time, AND more specifically, was that this was only the 1st race motor AND that the stocker had been put on the back burner for a much higher-priority build... a 2nd race motor!!! Now in the final stages of assembly (if not already done), it should be on the test stand early next week.
Although this is starting to really push the edge of the envelope in terms of time - the crew assured me that the plan to attend the PRS has not changed. Brent and Team Miss America are certainly going to Reno this year with everything possible, and as Brent told me earlier last month when I found out about the 2nd race motor - "I'll burn both of 'em down if I have to!". So yeah, he's serious about taking this to the next level - having a spare full-race motor in the pits along with a spare stocker kinda makes that statement, wouldn't you think?
Reno 2023 - BE THERE!!!!!!!!
In closing I wanted to show mitchcarley a few photos of Brent's other Mustang... as you can see it's a little ways off from being flyable and won't be at Reno this year. Looks like they're about 1 year away from completion - going to depend a lot on how many other projects the crew will be working on and how much time they can devote to Brent's project. As you can see it's coming along nicely... can't wait to see her in the air!
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