Hehe, anybody sore today :shock: 8) ??????
jb
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Hehe, anybody sore today :shock: 8) ??????
jb
Funny, I just got back from a 90 minute massage to fix my muscles! :lol: Sore as hell today and TIRED!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffburch
My back muscles are screaming at me and I didn't have to carry any boxes of nickels. Also, have a bruise in the middle of my back from the race seat. Totally worth it!
Matt and Clifton were both complaining about their butts being sore! :shock:
TMI !!
jb
Team Schwing was awesome! A big thanks to my team for getting the car prepped, it ran flawlessly all weekend.
MFW has longer arms than the rest of us and I had to drive with the bottom of the steering wheel during the race because I couldn't reach the top. I could barely reach the key to start the car!
Winning the race was the closest I hope to ever come to being a celebrity. I didn't have my picture taken that many times at my wedding.
If you don't race in this event next year then you need to at least go to watch and crew for someone.
Well, my legs and arms were bent most of the time in the car which put all my weight on my tailbone and after getting drilled in the rear bumper from the Ranger and then the Merkur, I am quite sore all over especially my neck and lower back. I was impressed I was able to go for an hour and 50 minutes on Saturday and thankfully only had to do an hour and 40 on Sunday. I think next year we may try the trash bag and "stuff it" foam to make seat inserts for the smaller drivers so I don't get all scrunched in.Quote:
Originally Posted by michaelmosty
The ranger hit the back of our car while I was driving also. The biggest SFB drivers were the Ranger, black 240Z and Merker.
And yea, my back and ribs are hurting.
You guys need to work out more.
I did 8 laps at the end of day before POS black mustang turned into me and wrecked our front bumper and radiator.
His comment " I didnt think you were going to pass me there"
Dropped in new radiator , taped up front bumper and ran 58 more laps to checkered.(Passed the schwingers 3 times)
Too late to matter though.
Set fastest lap time with car all taped together . Pictures to follow.
Was ready for more.
Good job Team Schwing.
CL
And 2nd fastest lap of the whole race.Quote:
Originally Posted by cjlmlml
We had an absolute blast! It was everything we thought it would be... until we began removing ourselves from contention via penalties. We knew that we were out there with lots of people who have never raced wheel-to-wheel before. We knew the judges would not listen to any excuses. We knew we had to run a clean race, and yet... we were not quite able to pull it off.
Friday was test-n-tune day. Almost right away we blew a power steering O-ring and did not have a spare. A fellow LeMons contestant was at our car within minutes with an enormous assortment O-rings - problem solved! Great karma here. We had fun in our 70's vintage, lightly-modified Harley Davidson golf cart. Favorite pastime: pull up to a group of people sitting in an $8K golf cart, challenge them to a race, wait for them to finish laughing, then leave them with two black stripes and a wheelie. Never got old. :-) Strangely, not everyone appreciated this.
We had an early, casual visit from one of the judges to our pit area. He proceeded to tell us that our documentation sucked and that we had better come up with something extraordinary to appease him. Said our current story would probably be good for a 100 lap penalty. Was he serious? Doubtful, but we decided not to chance it. At Formula M Racing, we believe in the old addage "Go Big or Go Home" and to that end we got busy and bought the makings for a giant shrimp cocktail (12" across) and a couple of pounds of filet mignon. When it was our turn for the BS inspection, we brought the gas grill over and treated the judges to Surf 'N Turf on the spot. They bought our bribe hook, line and sinker. Even after hearing the lumpy cam and seeing the Holley 4-barrel carb they only assessed us a 2-lap "symbolic" penalty for having a crappy fake Craigslist ad (which incidentally was not fake). Score: Mullets 1, Judges 0.
Saturday our second driver got a ten minute penalty for hitting a cone while exiting the track. He claimed it was the car in front of him, but of course it didn't matter. In the words of Jay Lamm, "You're Boned". Sad mullets. Score evened. The air brake, which had been very popular, suffered a broken cable at about 2pm and was strangely silent the rest of the day. Other than that, Saturday turned out okay and we ended the day in, I believe, 6th place.
Sunday the proverbial roof caved in. We had repaired the air brake overnight (and changed the picture to something more, um... "interesting") but it only lasted one hour before breaking again. It began flapping wildly at any speed over 30mph and we were sure a black flag was imminent so we pitted and cut the brake off of the car. Then our second driver incurred a 3-wheels-off penalty which we dispatched with a get-out-of-jail free card, only a minute or two lost. With no lifelines left, our next driver went off track briefly and was assessed a 15 minute penalty. To add insult to injury, the owner of the track assessed a team penalty for doing golf-cart wheelies in the pits! That hurt. Another 15 minutes in the penalty box. At that point we could do nothing but stand there and watch our 5th place standing slowly erode. Seeing as there was no longer any hope of a podium finish we did what all red-blooded Texans would do and "stepped 'er up a notch". A little later, two cars, one apex... you can probably guess the rest. We suffered a crunched fender, popped radiator, bent core support and another 30 minute penalty. After the penalty was served, we needed another 20 minutes to repair the car. The score was now solidly in favor of those acursed judges and we were forced to hang our mullet-clad heads in shame. Hmmm, nice sandals Bubba! You too, Cletus! Payless? Nope, red tag at Pick 'N Save! Etc.
We did manage to claw our way back up to 10th place by the end of the race and so just barely met our goal of a top-ten finish, and we snagged the "Best use of Banned Technology" award for the FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL air brake, so everybody went home happy. Unlike those nutty East and West-coasters, we did NOT drop our car off at the junkyard after the race. After 6+ months of work, that car is part of the frickin family and will more than likely be back to compete next year. We'll be older and wiser. Mullets will be longer. Golf cart voltage will be higher.
-David
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