Racetrack Stuff

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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:39 am

DTMiller wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:22 am The speed deltas between me and the drivers in the top run group with Chin aren't really that different. Here's me going 100 miles per hour and the nascar cup car just barely gets past me:

WOW! He did really struggle to get by. :roll: Properly constructed there is seldom a substitute for cubic inches.
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Post by DTMiller » Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:49 am

It was really nip and tuck going into that corner with him just barely giving me room. I talked to him in the paddock and he apologized for squeezing me.
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:40 am

DTMiller wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:49 am It was really nip and tuck going into that corner with him just barely giving me room. I talked to him in the paddock and he apologized for squeezing me.
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by DTMiller » Sat Nov 17, 2018 4:21 pm

Is it good or bad when you turn the wheel left and the car just kind of goes straight? Asking for a friend.
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Sat Nov 17, 2018 6:17 pm

DTMiller wrote: Sat Nov 17, 2018 4:21 pm Is it good or bad when you turn the wheel left and the car just kind of goes straight? Asking for a friend.
I know a guy named Slakker that this happened to shortly before his car jumped a tire barrier. So I vote: Not Good.
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Post by FRUNKenstein » Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:37 pm

I thought that in racin', you turn right to go left? Not sure where I picked that up, I just remember some old guy saying that once.
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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by gnat » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:27 pm

So not only do you not know which end of a car is supposed to face up, you don't know how to steer either? And I gave you a good instructor review? :?

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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:43 pm

FRUNKenstein wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:37 pm I thought that in racin', you turn right to go left? Not sure where I picked that up, I just remember some old guy saying that once.
Sometimes you do exactly that...
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Post by FRUNKenstein » Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:43 pm

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Re: Racetrack Stuff

Post by 32wildbilly » Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:51 pm

FRUNKenstein wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:43 pm tumblr_lyc6a4y6qR1r07mdjo2_500.gif
Now you got it even if that was from the movie Cars. I like my pic better, of course I'm biased.
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