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News From District 1 By Dennis Probst Jr. NAMBA District 1 Director Greetings from District 1. To say the 2018 season had a lot going on would be an understatement. I am a person who tries to look at the glass of life as being half full rather than half empty. Not always easy but with the help of my wife and all of my friends in District 1, even crazy days turn out great. On October 28, 2018 at Magnolia Lake, the last gas race of the season was probably the craziest day we had in a long time. Usually the last race brings its own drama with everyone trying to win their class for the year or hold someone off from taking first place from them. This year was no exception with a few classes being decided by 27 points or less! Early on everyone was having a good day while I was CD’ing the race. I then heard Anthony Verdura’s daughter Madison crying. Brian Jenson took a break from his table and stepped in to call the next race for me. Scott Langbein was talking to Anthony so I asked why Madison was so upset. Apparently, a stray dog was walking around the perimeter of the lake. The lake was once a source of clean fill dirt while building the Pennsylvania Turn Pike until they hit water. This causes the edges in most spots to have steep drop-offs. The dog was struggling to get up the side of the embankment. Scott’s friend went over to assist in getting the dog while Scott talked to him on the phone to direct him were to go. The dog got scared figuring he could escape into the icy cold water to get away. So now with the dog in the water, we had to stop racing and watched him swim to the nearby island. Keep in mind it is probably about 300 yards to the island from the shore. It was about 50 degrees outside and the water felt cold as ice. Watching this all go down, I decided to take one of the two retrieve boats we have and head to the dog. Luckily the dog made it to the island. He was tired and cold and could not make it up on the rocky island. I took one of the lines off the boat and was able to get it around his neck. When I finally got him up on land and eventually in the retrieve boat, the people on shore erupted in a loud cheer! I did hear later from Chris Costanza that the guys were betting that I would end up in the water and the dog would be sitting in the boat! That almost happened but luck was on my side. Fortunately, the dog had a tag with a current telephone Engine manufacturers machine large numbers of pistons and liners, and then select parts that will give the correct fit See the pictures below for the effect of piston diameter in the same sleeve. This part describes how the very best modern, high performance piston and sleeves are made. Porting and port timing are secondary but will be covered in later articles. The importance of rigidity and accuracy in the rest of the engine will also be discussed. Keep in mind that all issues of the NAMBA Propwash are available for viewing in High Definition color on the NAMBA web site. Flip through the pages just like your printed version (you can even hear them) and magnify the pictures for even better viewing. PROPWASH April 2019 29 Correct Piston Position Too Tight Piston Position Scott Langbein, one tired sleepy happy to be alive dog, Dennis Probst Jr, and a very happy Madison Verdura