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Miss America gets pushed back towards the hangar where the crew will begin the process of removing the race motor for inspection.
Although Brent Hisey and Miss America won't be racing this year that doesn't mean the team is stopping all work on the racer until next year. It only means the time-crunch type of pressure is off and the team has a boatload of time to fine-tune the racer for next year. The current plans include removing the race motor and sending it down to Rick Shanholtzer shop in Texas to determine if the nose case was the cause of the failure, or was it the motor itself. Earlier we reported that the nosecase was making an unusual sound when the prop is turned-over by hand when at a certain point in the arc... after the aircraft sat overnight and cooled off the sound is still there. We will know for certain the source of the failure after Rick does the teardown & inspection however it does appear that the crew has isolated one area of concern.
But regardless of the cause, and after the repair has been completed, the race motor will be shipped back to OKC and installed in the aircraft. Brent intends on flying the aircraft about twice a month afterwards and up until the Pilots Racing Seminar occurs in June. At that time plans are for Brent & Miss America to make their way to Stead so Brent can get some course time on the new setup, check the trim settings, as well as stage the aircraft for the race in September. That's right, the crew plans to leave Miss America at Stead after the PRS so that 2023 doesn't slip away like it did this year. It will certainly make it a lot easier on Brent, the Crew, and Rick - and it also all but guarantees what happened this year won't happen again.
That's all for now - we will update everyone as soon as there is new news to share on Miss America. Until then, continue enjoy the 2022 NCAR!
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