It hadn’t rained enough to make mud puddles here in over a year… until race day.
I’m not sure if the motor died because of the water but the throttle was sticking on the start line and it hadn’t even got wet yet.
This video is the start of the race up until it died. I kicked it for about 3 minutes after the video stops and finally got it started but it wouldn’t idle on it’s own or rev up past about 2k.
I limped it about half way around the track, trying to get back to the pits but it finally just gave up completely and I had to get towed back in.
Didn’t even complete one lap so it was a DNS. So much for starting the season off with a bang.