If there is a downside to running RMRW Race Week 2.0, it's the timing: the late end of summer is okay if you love sunny days and hot weather, but if you don't, it's a sweltering drive in a temperamental racing machine, one whose temperature gauge is constantly dancing towards the "danger" area every time the speeds drop below 30 miles an hour. Shade, water, a good breeze and night-time racing are the things racers hope for most, and for many, relief comes only when they get to the hotel and turn the air conditioning up to "meat locker" for a few hours of sleep. And that relief only happens if you were lucky enough to keep the mill together, because there was plenty of thrashing going on at tracks and in parking lots as the unlucky did their best to fix whatever they turned to pixie dust and glitter sparkles.

Justin McMurtrie's Ford Durango lost the second gear sprag at Tulsa, but was able to be limped back to his house for a transmission overhaul so that it could continue on to Kansas.

But Tulsa was something else for the RMRW racers. The sun was out, but temperatures hovered around the 70-degree mark, which isn't just refreshing...if that's the daytime high, then the temperatures could only go down from there, especially once the sun started to set. That was a welcomed gift, especially after several racers had to fix damage that had occurred en route to Tulsa Raceway Park. We're pretty sure that whoever is answering emails for Oklahoma's Department of Transportation is sorting through quite a bit of compensation requests and spicy suggestions for using next year's budget. Some racers might have given their suggestions to officers along the way who were more than just a bit curious about the race cars that were cruising through their town.

Next stop: Geuda Springs, Kansas and Mid America Dragway!