Last 10 comments by DiRF
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Comment for image #37161
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4-26-2024 @ 04:04:00 PM
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Toured the Charlotte Motor Speedway, ate at the Speedway Club, visited the Mike Curb museums, visited Richard Childress Racing shop, museum and vineyard (and ate lunch there), stopped at the Kaulig Racing Shop, hit the Richard Petty Museum, and then did a guided tour of JR Motorsports, expanding upon the "glimpse" I got earlier in the week.
Didn't get to see any actual drivers. Though, in passing and/or from a distance, saw Ty Norris, Tommy Baldwin, Darian Grubb and Joe Gibbs...
...aaaand I drove past Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who was driving the other way, just as I was about to pull in to JR Motorsports, but didn't realize it at the time. I overheard one of the shop guys talking about Dale having just left in his brand new Silverado, and I asked if it was the one with the orange and brown stripes down the side, and they confirmed. Caught it on my dashcam, though. http://photo.ricecop.com/pics/dalejrsilverado.jpg
I drive back home early tomorrow. |
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Comment for image #37161
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4-23-2024 @ 07:54:11 PM
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As a piggyback on that... still on my vacation in Concord, NC.
So far I've been to:
- NASCAR Hall of Fame (plus watched the Talladega race live in their widescreen theater with 200+ other NASCAR fans... which was a treat)
- North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame and Museum (where I saw the aforementioned Lincoln prototype)
- Hendrick Motorsports campus + museum
- Front Row Motorsports race shop
- Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing campus + museum
- Trackhouse Racing race shop (and got to see their pit crew practice up close)
- Joe Gibbs Racing race shop
- JR Motorsports race shop
- Penske Racing race shop
- Stewart Haas Racing race shop
- North Carolina Transportation Museum (built out of a restored Southern Railway roundhouse complex)
...and I'm still planning on visiting the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Mike Curb racing and music museum, Richard Childress Racing museum (and perhaps his vineyard), and the Richard Petty Museum. |
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Comment for image #37161
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4-23-2024 @ 07:45:19 PM
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So, apparently, Kranefuss wasn't the *only* team owner curious about possibly running a Mark VIII-derived body.
Saw another prototype in person, yesterday, at a museum. Penske Racing and Lincoln-Mercury collaborated to produce a prototype Cup car in 1996 that had a Mark VIII front fascia, hood, fenders, and greenhouse, but had Thunderbird side panels and a Town Car decklid. The aerodynamics that resulted were incredibly good, with more downforce, but less drag, than the outgoing Thunderbird body, and Lincoln-Mercury seriously considered producing a Mark VIII-derived street car to make that body legal, and were considering naming it the Lincoln Marauder.
Simultaneously, Ford was developing the Ford Taurus NASCAR body, and found its aerodynamics were similar, if not better than the Lincoln prototype, so they went that direction instead. |
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Comment for image #78637
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4-22-2024 @ 08:35:57 AM
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| Welp, Renault-Samsung Motors doesn't exist as a brand anymore. It's now just Renault Korea, with Samsung holding onto a tiny sliver of ownership in the company, a sliver they have announced that will be fully sold off in the near future. |
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Comment for image #43287
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4-14-2024 @ 11:18:13 PM
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| The thought that these might be considered ugly never entered my mind across all these decades. I just thought it was a neat looking minimalist roadster. |
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Comment for image #97209
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4-14-2024 @ 09:26:04 PM
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Visited the museum again.
He's added to his GT collection. In addition to these eight '03-'06 GTs, he's since added some '16-'22 GTs... uh, seventeen of them. (At least, that's as many as I counted) |
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Comment for image #98539
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4-14-2024 @ 12:08:02 AM
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By: DiRF |
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| Shit. Just announced the upcoming fifth season will be the last. I just know it'll leave me wanting more, much like the third season of The Orville did. |
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Comment for image #58586
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4-12-2024 @ 06:27:34 PM
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By: DiRF |
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| Based on the car behind it having massive chrome wheels, and there being informational placards, I'm guessing this may have been a display for a wheel/aftermarket part supplier. |
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Comment for image #50760
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4-11-2024 @ 07:29:15 PM
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| What're the odds this thing is still... well... in existence? |
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