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Old 01-12-2008, 06:47 PM
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Who says you need a pit crew to change tires?

How to mount a race tire
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Old 01-12-2008, 08:28 PM
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If he was really good, he would have mounted a new tire
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That's better than the local tire shop does.
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Old 01-12-2008, 09:27 PM
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wouldnt i **** you off to waste that kinda luck on somthing as stupid as that.. one of our local joes, just started to play the scratch of tickets after watching his friends do it for years..friday before christmas he hit for 250,000 bucks thats my kinda luck...
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Reminds me of this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pwTnpJsWtU
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Old 01-13-2008, 02:23 PM
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That's better than the local tire shop does.
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Old 01-13-2008, 02:51 PM
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yeap,
Saw that before and still pretty funny
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Imagine two years from now Mythbusters trying to duplicate it.
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