long-time, no-see
10-26-2016, 04:19 PM
#82
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the brutal heat continued into late September (temperature reached 102*f, with a heat index of 119*f on Saturday 17 September), so I didn't try to begin moving things to my garage before visiting my Mom in Taxylvania for 2 weeks, and since 1 October I have been fighting my 2nd bout of gout since March, but am doing better than I did since the 1st battle 7+ months ago:
during my visit, I spoke with a financial planner, and decided that I will drastically cut-back on my lawn-mowing next year, so I can dedicate more effort to going racing in my latter years
the weather is getting MUCH better (highs in the mid 80*'s, lows in the 60*'s), and in the next few weeks I hope move into my new shop (I have no friends in the area to help me relocate things, and it'll be done by-myself), make a few changes to my tow-vehicle, get the race car home and off the trailer, and get it ready for competition:
as a birthday present to-myself, I started the Z28 in late August (for the 1st time since last December), and it guzzled 8 gallons of methanol on the trailer in short-order, probably startling the neighbors during their dinner-hour
I know you Northerners are parking your race cars for the Winter, but our season is just getting started down here ~ the 1st weekend (Sat/Sun) of November is a pair of $5,000-to-win No-Box races at South Georgia Motorsports Park (4 hours away), the following weekend is a trio (Fri/Sat/Sun) of $10,000-to-win S/P races at Bradenton (90 minutes away), followed by four (Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun) $12,000-to-win events the next weekend at Immokalee Regional Raceway (3 hours distant):
there are races the weekend of and after Thanksgiving at local tracks, while recent weeks have seen good-paying No-Box / Foot-Brake races in the Carolinas, and Bradenton's 2017 Points Series begins on 14 January
God-willing, I'll be attending many of these events next year, and contributing to the Winner's purses
10-26-2016, 05:36 PM
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2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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10-26-2016, 09:35 PM
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2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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Did the video work for you?
For some reason, it's not working on my devices or my desktop.
For some reason, it's not working on my devices or my desktop.
10-27-2016, 11:05 AM
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Bruce can't be a young man now, but he is one of the few who can rightly say "I've done it all"
10-27-2016, 06:19 PM
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I was hoping to see you at the "Not so Big Buck Blast next weekend, buddy...the weather has turned now...will be highs in the mid 70's and lows in the mid 50's for that event at SGMP...