Paul is getting some well-deserved R&R this weekend after deciding to forgo the trip to Montgomery to race in the Southern Outlaw Tour today. Earlier in the week, he was still aiming to give it a go, but on Thursday night realized that "this is not happening."
Since his Darlington breakthrough earlier this year, Paul has been building houses during the day and working on the Beast late into the night. "A lot of stuff" was damaged in the engine at Darlington, and Paul has been busy getting everything right again. Most of the work he can do in the shop, but he needed to farm some head work out, and got the job done by James Lyle, one of the guys who prepped engines for Bill Elliott during Elliott's domination of NASCAR. The engine is back, albeit with a slightly different camshaft that may require some tuneup adjustments at the track.
Beyond the mechanicals, Paul has also addressed the front end of the car where it has been deforming under the Beast's newfound top end speed. As you can see from the pictures, the Beast has been getting a going-over from front to back.
The Carolina Xtreme ProMod series that Paul and the Beast team are racing in this season is taking the summer off until September, when the weather has hopefully cooled off some. Paul understands that completely, and readily admits he doesn't like racing in the heat either. But with the Beast poised to really break out, Paul said, "I'm on a mission with this car now. I don't care about the heat. We'll go to the next available race, wherever it is." That next race will be in the PDRA series June 27-29 at South Georgia Motorsports Park at Valdosta, Ga.
We'll preview that race, which should be live-streamed. We'll wrap this up with a feature on James Lyle from his 2015 induction into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.
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