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There was one that went through Nashville like 5-6 years ago I was able to catch as I was headed there for work. Plane landed about 30-40 minutes before the eclipse - people were already finding their place in the airport (skylights) to see it. I didn't quite make it to the office so I just pulled o...

Did the trailer come with a spare? If not u should at least know the bolt pattern and see if they are at Walmart

On one of the early pulls I manage to break one of the new clamps. This gave me a chance to see what happens when the chain snaps back, and in this case the blanket did a great job containing the chain - nothing went flying. Still couldn't convince me to stand behind the thing when under load, and t...

Left side frame structure • The bottom of the side structure at the base of the A pillar is pushed in about 1.5”. I made several attempts to grab onto this and just pull it back but I could not get any significant movement out of it. Most of them ended making an imprint on the back side which is no...

With only 4 competitors Crandon had more action that I was expecting. Racing trucks on dirt is a fun challenge, and I managed to not finish last and grab another post race interview. Up next is race 1 of 2024 ChampCar iRacing Series at Road Atlanta on Wednesday evening: https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Hockenheimring seemed quite familiar to me though I just bought it in iRacing. Must have been on it at some point in the past. Only 6 cars. Was able to hang with the lead pack for a while but eventually lost the draft. Still managed to hold my P4 spot so it was a decent result. Up next is Crandon (d...

On 1/21/24 I raced at Hockenheimring with XSLR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckQ88BRwEqA&t=1938s

XSLR is like a decathlon running races on dirt and paved both oval and road course. This was race 3 of the road course part of the season. The league is lightly attended so we only had 6 cars for the Monza race. Lost of camera time in this one. It evolved into three groups of two for a bit but then ...

updates from the past week: Frame machine: To fix the leak I removed the swivel fitting that was leaking. When I removed the swivel from the hydraulic cylinder, no fluid came out. This prompted me to fill the cylinder with fluid. After disconnecting the swivel from the hose, I connected the hose dir...

Spec-5 World Tour made the top 10 iRacing highlights for January. Check #3 - it was the 7-way race at the end of the Nordschleife race in the prior season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogWTipacl5I

Granted the video was taken in November.

Both mine and Kurt's C4s have the plastic LED lights - not a lot of miles yet but they work well.

Racing Monza Combined with no chicanes with MX5 in XSLR league.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsuayCzoqz8

Starts now

Quite a few updates this week Car history: I have discovered the location of the crash. I had attempted this before but this time it worked. I revised my search to look for “accident report search”. I found this: https://ohtrafficdata.dps.ohio.gov/CrashRetrieval which required date of incident (on t...

Couple of good stories:

Beg borrow and mostly steal stuff, ended up with a dragstrip littered with bottles and cans and an arrest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObHyssypBXg

Big scam by a Corvette dealer from the 80s-90s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKmaxgZjXQs

After a several month delay, work is resuming. Center console: Was damaged after the crash I believe – maybe police tearing it apart looking for drugs? Disassemble, plastic weld many of the cracks, clean up the console including inevitable drink spills inside. Plastic welding went pretty well – its ...