[SouthTexas]

It may be located up front, sort of like the a/c on your car, but either way, the belt can break or get dislodged by a pile of marbles being flipped up or any other piece of track garbage for that matter.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks, I just thought he would have known he ran over something, What bad luck to be the ONLY car to have that happen twice [I think] this year. I should have kept notes, but didn’t realize how bad it would get. I know he lost a power steering belt.

His new spotter posted to us over on the pitboard, he will take good care of Jr for us now that Steve Hmiel has either chosen or given orders to help Truex in the Chase.

[tubebender]

The rear end oil pump is driven off the pinion shaft with a small belt. I thought the engine oil pump was on the front of the engine but the power steering pump is there also. It could be something as small as a chunk of tire rubber that dislodged the belt no mater where it is located...