Moment of Silence
Saturday, September 27, 2008


Well, Paul Newman rode off into the sunset yesterday.

He said of car racing "It was the first thing I ever found that I had any grace in"

That pretty much sucks.

Here is a good story on how Newman felt about racing.

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The will to win!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008


Versus the will to prepare to win. I've always been a big Bob Knight fan, which is almost as bad as being a George Bush fan these days.


I'll paraphrase something that he has said. Basically everyone has the will to win, really who doesn't want to win something that they compete in. But the people that are truly serious have the will to 'prepare' to win. That is what leads to victory. In other words doing all the extra sucky things that put you in a position to be successful. He may have actually stole this from Bear Bryant, either way it is good advice.


In racing this means making sure the 'i's are dotted and the 't's are crossed. With the car and with the driver. Unfortunately that means more working on the car. I've gotten the brake issue sorted out with a new Master Cylinder (the main hydraulic gizmo in the brake equation). And the strange 'clunking' sound and shifting problem I had at CMP turned out to be a broken motor mount.


Your car is attached to its motor by these thick rubber things. In racing you replace these with hard plastic. Sometimes they melt and break, leaving your motor free to roam around the engine bay. Not a good thing. Changing these on my buddy Craig's car with a nice professional automotive lift took about 15 minutes. Changing them in my cramped, poorly lit, unventilated garage on ghetto jack stands took me about 3 hours.


There is a reason you don't see mechanics that make a living fixing cars using jack stands and rolling around on creepers. It sucks.
Don't forget Aug. 8th - 10th at Road Atlanta hopefully I'll have more trophy pics (see photo). That mug is what we're all working hard to win. High stakes - I think you'll agree.


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