Well...it was a perfect day for racing! The air was nice and cool and the track prep was great. I decided to put the bigger nitrous/fuel jets (34n-30f) in the car since we recently made a few changes to accommodate a bigger shot. We also did some suspension upgrades and are using a new set of adjustable rear shocks to tame the car off the line. We had just finished the new motor set up on Friday afternoon and this did not allow any time for us to test the car at a track...First round of qualifying, the car launched straight and pulled harder then ever. It sounded nice and crisp 1st through 3rd gears but as soon as I hit 4th gear it started to bog down. It felt like it went flat so I shut it down and coasted through 4th gear. It ran a 6.45 @ 103 MPH putting me in the # 2 spot after the first round of qualifying this was an 1/8^th mile race so that is equivalent to a 10.0X in the ¼ mile...I know that was at least a 6.2X pass if I would have been able to run it out which would have definitely put us in the 9’s. I got back to the pit and started looking at everything…the plugs looked real nice and I couldn't see anything obvious...until I went to fire the motor up. It was seized up!!! I put a socket on the pulley bolt and the motor didn't budge...so I was done for the day. I finished the day as a spectator! I started taking things apart as soon as I got home and # 4 rod is seized onto the crank but since it's in a position where it is not touching the case, the crank should be able to turn a little bit...well, it isn't...so that tells me that the crank is seized up also. It's probably the rear main bearing but I still have to split the case to find out. The good thing is that there are no holes in the case and the heads look OK. They did touch the top of the piston though...probably when the rod bearing was going away. We have a spare motor to run at Sacramento so I won't miss that race...it's a little smaller motor and is set up with less compression so we might not run as hard...that's ok though...as long as we don’t miss a race.