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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 7, 2023 16:12:41 GMT -5
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 7, 2023 16:34:00 GMT -5
That looks good Kyle. Really like that color of paint. Engine compartment is way too cool. Great job.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 7, 2023 18:08:22 GMT -5
That looks good Kyle. Really like that color of paint. Engine compartment is way too cool. Great job. Thank you Gary! I loved this color too. Tamiya Cobalt Green. I think I’ll use it again on something sometime. |
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Post by hurtubise56 on Jul 7, 2023 18:59:06 GMT -5
Very clean building style, I like it! Your detail painting makes all the difference!
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 7, 2023 19:17:34 GMT -5
Very clean building style, I like it! Your detail painting makes all the difference! Thank you! |
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 8, 2023 11:44:52 GMT -5
Not to change the subject but, the new paint scheme on the Sprintcar is cool. The Red and Black looked good too but...the blue and white with white numbers is super clean looking.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 8, 2023 14:27:31 GMT -5
Not to change the subject but, the new paint scheme on the Sprintcar is cool. The Red and Black looked good too but...the blue and white with white numbers is super clean looking. Ah Gary, it turned out great this year didn’t it? We like it better as well. Sponsor kicked in some more money so we wrapped the car in their colors which are blue and gold. We ran 4th in the Little 500 in May with our new look. And that was after losing several laps due to being ran over by a push truck after our first stop! Anyways, I appreciate the compliment. Got a lot of work wrapped up in that thing. 😂 |
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 8, 2023 15:51:55 GMT -5
Man Kyle...the little Indy 500 is a very cool race. I looked for you guys and couldn't find you. Now, I know the reason. Ya changed colors on me! LOL... 4TH place is great....not first but...after being ran over by a dumb A** in the pits...I think you did GREAT! I'm going back and try and find that race and watch the whole thing again. That's one of my favorite Tracks.
I forgot your Driver's name. There is a Logan Seavey that carries the 51 number...but the nose is black. Could that be you guys?
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 8, 2023 16:31:05 GMT -5
Man Kyle...the little Indy 500 is a very cool race. I looked for you guys and couldn't find you. Now, I know the reason. Ya changed colors on me! LOL... 4TH place is great....not first but...after being ran over by a dumb A** in the pits...I think you did GREAT! I'm going back and try and find that race and watch the whole thing again. That's one of my favorite Tracks. I forgot your Driver's name. There is a Logan Seavey that carries the 51 number...but the nose is black. Could that be you guys? Logan Seavey out qualified us Gary. He is an excellent driver and they have an excellent team. And we just missed it a tick in qualifying and had some bottoming out. Unlike in other sprint car events the Little 500 holds to the traditions of no duplicate numbers. Highest qualified duplicate number gets to keep it. So look for the white and blue 07, our temporary number, Jacob Wilson was driving for us this year. We got the last laugh though because he finished 5th. 😂 The kid that won in the Seymour 29 ran a perfect race. It would’ve been tough to beat him even without being ran over. |
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 8, 2023 16:48:58 GMT -5
What day did you qualify on Kyle. I'm watching the first day of Qualifying right now. I probably need to go to the BUMP day qualifying day...eh? Or did you guys make the field on the first day?
Update: I went to the full race replay and found you guys. Your driver was the ONLY guy that hugged those cool trophy girls on the introduction stage! I thought that was classy myself. Jacob Wilson is a Champion driver for sure.
One thing That really bugs me is the LACK of being prepared with the Audio system at the track. I have been a professional musician for over 50 yrs and the biggest thing at any frick'in gig is the P.A. They must not know what the 5 "P"s are all about... Prior... Planning... Prevents... Pour.... Performance. I would be so Darn P.O.ed at the audio guys it wouldn't be funny. Annnnnd to top it all off...they didn't get all the drivers introduced, at least not on Flo Racing. Now...I'm going back and watch the Race... If Dave Argabright (sp) don't put me to sleep first...LOL
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 8, 2023 17:44:23 GMT -5
What day did you qualify on Kyle. I'm watching the first day of Qualifying right now. I probably need to go to the BUMP day qualifying day...eh? Or did you guys make the field on the first day? We did qualify on pole day. Just not fast enough to keep our number. If you’re watching that you could possibly spot me on the 4 wheeler pushing the car up. Lol. We’re still number 51 on qualifying day. |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 8, 2023 18:09:01 GMT -5
What day did you qualify on Kyle. I'm watching the first day of Qualifying right now. I probably need to go to the BUMP day qualifying day...eh? Or did you guys make the field on the first day? Update: I went to the full race replay and found you guys. Your driver was the ONLY guy that hugged those cool trophy girls on the introduction stage! I thought that was classy myself. Jacob Wilson is a Champion driver for sure. One thing That really bugs me is the LACK of being prepared with the Audio system st the track. I have been a professional musician for over 50 yrs and the biggest thing at any frick'in gig is the P.A. They must not know what the 5 "P"s are all about... Prior... Planning... Prevents... Pour.... Performance. I would be so Darn P.O.ed at the audio guys it wouldn't be funny. Annnnnd to top it all off...they didn't get all the drivers introduced, at least not on Flo Racing. Now...I'm going back and watch the Race... If Dave Argabright (sp) don't put me to sleep first...LOL Also the track PA definitely needs some serious work and PREPARATION. Just like you say. And then it crashed on them on race day too!! Pathetic. I hope they spend some time and money on getting that all squared away. And doing more driver intro stuff you’re right. For qualifying we rolled down about 1 hour and 6 minutes in to the infield. At 1 hour 7 and 45 seconds when the yellow car spins you get the first glimpse of me and the car. He was aiming right at me. 🤣 At 1 hour 18 and 35 seconds you see me push our car up to be next. Then finally at 1 hour and 20 minutes you can see our qualifying run if you so choose. |
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 8, 2023 18:10:05 GMT -5
I started to watch that...but these guys at the Track don't seem to have it together. Things don't seem to run all That smooth down there at the X. I think it all started when the first car went out, and they cut him short a lap. At least they let him go back out and do at least 4 good ones.
I saw you on the front stretch when the drivers were buckling up to start. Isn't that you with the COOL sunglasses with RED Hair and beard on at the right rear of the car? Way too cool Kyle. I'm going to go back and try and find your qualifying run. I have started the race yet.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 8, 2023 18:21:33 GMT -5
That’s right. Always hug the trophy girls and shake hands with the men. That’s the way it always was. Jacob has won the race two times in his own car. He hasn’t raced in 3 years. My regular driver has been having some health issues and we’re friends with Jacob so he agreed to come drive our car. It was a successful outing. Now I’m going to share another terrible Amazon link with you. (Hopefully this one works better) so if it doesn’t work please try again. Has photos of the car, our pit equipment and outs, some competitors. But Towards the top of the album You can see some of the damage to the car after 500 miles. There are also a couple videos of our pit stops. I’m the right front tire carrier. Watch as we blow an air hose and recover, only to be run over by the push truck. This was due mostly to getting rear ended HARD by someone when we checked up for a spinner. It damaged the bumper and then the push truck guy hammered us and jumped over it. If he’s careful then we’re probably fine. Oh well. Then the right front air gun didn’t get the air turned on in our second stop. But we fixed the bumper. Only to be ignored by the push trucks! Very frustrating but part of the event. I love that race and look forward to it every year. The live pit stops are a blast.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 8, 2023 18:38:01 GMT -5
I started to watch that...but these guys at the Track don't seem to have it together. Things don't seem to run all That smooth down there at the X. I think it all started when the first car went out, and they cut him short a lap. At least they let him go back out and do at least 4 good ones. I saw you on the front stretch when the drivers were buckling up to start. Isn't that you with the COOL sunglasses with RED Hair and beard on at the right rear of the car? Way too cool Kyle. I'm going to go back and try and find your qualifying run. I have started the race yet. Red hair guy isn’t me. My hair is dark brown and I’ll have a hat on. Sunglasses maybe. Lol. I’d have to watch the beginning of the race to see if I’m visible on the grid. Anyway, Here’s that link. Hopefully it works and is interesting. www.amazon.com/photos/shared/aWZ2tTbRSl-cOSamuqR4hQ.gCUCNSlBlq5Fd5dcNA1clq |
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 8, 2023 18:46:22 GMT -5
Hey Bubba...I saw you for a brief moment from that stupid fuzzy top mounted camera. You were wearing a black and white ball cap right? I saw you after the yellow car spun. I thought Jacob did a Damn good job qualifying for just jumping in the car. Good Driver for sure. Sorry to hear about your regular driver. I hope he gets better soon. You and I know how drivers can't stand to out of the car for ANY length of time.
Where are the AMAZON links?
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 8, 2023 18:58:09 GMT -5
OK...got the link. It took three different tries, but I finally got it. Great pics Bad D.A. damage from the rear end you guys took. Love that clean trailer floor bubba!! Is that you keeping it clean like that? LOL
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 8, 2023 19:45:09 GMT -5
OK...got the link. It took three different tries, but I finally got it. Great pics Bad D.A. damage from the rear end you guys took. Love that clean trailer floor bubba!! Is that you keeping it clean like that? LOL Those links do not like our forum here. I’ve messaged them and emailed them to other people on different places and they go right to the photos. I don’t understand. Lol. But yeah that was me in the black and white cap. The tail tank was smashed and then the whole carbon fiber nose was shattered. Sprint cars take a beating over 500 laps. That’s for sure. We try to keep everything clean and organized. We do our preparations well before hand for everything. You won’t find us scrambling at the track. Unless something happens unexpectedly like a parts failure or something. Do the work at the shop and you’re automatically a step ahead. |
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Post by 1961redlegs on Jul 9, 2023 7:17:45 GMT -5
You did a great job on this one, I especially like the steelies and dog dish hubcaps. I love it!
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jul 9, 2023 8:29:36 GMT -5
You did a great job on this one, I especially like the steelies and dog dish hubcaps. I love it! Ha. We got off track a bit there. Thank you so much!! |
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