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Old 01-30-2008, 03:57 PM
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Default You know your a Redneck Racer if you:

You know your a redneck if you:

-cut up your car to save weight.

-have more parts left over and the car still runs.

- take some one elses old scrubb tires to put on your car for the next race.

- Duck tape and hose clamps are your favorite car mods.

-leave the paddock gravel in your trailer, so you can fill the pot holes in the driveway back home ( Watts Brothers)

-tell the revinoorer those quart jars of home make hooch is the NEW ETOH blended race fuel.
( actually got this one from an Alcohol Enforcements Officer )

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you're making me feel bad.

-cut up your car to save weight.
of course

-have more parts left over and the car still runs.
it happens

- take some one elses old scrubb tires to put on your car for the next race.
uhh, all of last season

- Duck tape and hose clamps are your favorite car mods.
used a hose clamp to "fix" a rear tierod

-leave the paddock gravel in your trailer, so you can fill the pot holes in the driveway back home
i leave them on the tires, and then drive around the neighborhood spraying gravel everywhere

-tell the revinoorer those quart jars of home make hooch is the NEW ETOH blended race fuel.
if i knew how, i would.
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a picture is worth a thousand words



i'd call that neuvo redneck, my own brand of backwoods ingenuity.
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I live on other people's tires and brake pads.

Damn, that's gotta be one long cord to reach from your house to the track.
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Once upon a time this country had a grassroots home distilled fuels industry. Supposedly one of the reasons for prohibition was the oil companies wanting to put a stop to it.

Ford's Model T even had a switch on the dash that would readjust the carb for the alcohol fuel.

(And for the record, I am a redneck racer, minus the window unit).
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Awesome, I thought I was the only one who would consider sleeping in the car. Less money spent on hotel rooms = more track time.
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We Rednecks also purchase our body mods from JCWhitney



Camping in the truck isn't such a great deal anymore, as most tracks charge for power and camping. If you are honest, you'll pay as much to camp as you can get a room.
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
Camping in the truck isn't such a great deal anymore, as most tracks charge for power and camping. If you are honest, you'll pay as much to camp as you can get a room.
"honest"

i like the new hood paint!
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A friend and I (yakisoba on the forum) took a road trip last year to Road Atlanta. We both towed our cars on open trailers; my behind an RV and his behind his old, well used, Dodge pickup. Two corvettes on trailers got lots of attention along the way.

We stopped for gas somewhere in Louisiana (I think) when an older gentleman walked up and asked Tim’s wife if that was their corvette being towed by that pickup. She replied “yes” anticipating a comment on the corvette. He said, “I sure do like that truck. Got one just like it at home…Best truck I ever had!”

I know there's a good "you know you're a redneck" joke somewhere in there........
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You know your a Red Neck when you look at an old pick up truck vs a corvette.
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You know you're a Redneck Racer if:

- You'd like your tow vehicle to have the same engine as your track car.

- You have an "ANALOG G METER" dangling from your rear view mirror:
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Rustoleom Red.....almost matches!
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Originally Posted by linutux
You know you're a Redneck Racer if:

- You'd like your tow vehicle to have the same engine as your track car.

- You have an "ANALOG G METER" dangling from your rear view mirror:
you think thats impressive then you ota see my gas gauge!!! :rof
you might be a redneck racer if your coolsuit consists of a beer cooler some tubing an old football jersy and a fuel pump....LIKE MINE !!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
- Duck tape and hose clamps are your favorite car mods.
I've used zip-ties to hold brakes together on 2 different cars

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Originally Posted by TRACKMAN2
you might be a redneck racer if your coolsuit consists of a beer cooler some tubing an old football jersy and a fuel pump....LIKE MINE !!!!!!!
Thats frickin awesome!
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
We Rednecks also purchase our body mods from JCWhitney



Camping in the truck isn't such a great deal anymore, as most tracks charge for power and camping. If you are honest, you'll pay as much to camp as you can get a room.
Really depends on the track and who is renting it. I still sleep at the track more often than not. When there is a charge I look carefully at the full system cost - it is often cheaper, still, to stay at the track....

But most hotels would not approve of our redneck kitchen setups...

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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
Rustoleom Red.....almost matches!
Rustolem Red isn't a stock color?
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I was concerned my fiberglass hood would RUST if I didn't use Rustoleum, and didn't want to take any chances.........
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when your lawn mower has all the 100 stickers from the stuff in your car on it....eagle rods,comp cam,rci,,,,LIKE MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!


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