Pacific Northworst GP - The Ridge - Who's in? (Page 3 of 4)

Last year, everyone tried to avoid being stuck behind the car that smoked too much (the Corvair).
This year, you may have people lining up behind you to get a whiff of smoke!   

Seriously, I'm looking forward to meeting your team and seeing your car.

Having a car for me to drive is somewhat doubtful (as of today it isn't running), but I will be there regardless.
Spank, Sparky Pete and I are car-pooling, and I'm sure that 15+ hours in the truck with those guys
will permanently warp my brain.   

We are  not a dispensary actually....they do things quite a bit differently here in WA in regards to legal weed. You can't grow it and sell it here....only one or the other and we grow, not sell. Our legal system here sucks big time actually and many growers are going to be going out of business here if something does not change. Our little company does OK...but we just keep our head above water so it is not lucrative if one expects to make any money from their job which is generally the idea behind a job. It has been a labor of love for us....we like to grow cannabis but we are not sure how much longer we can do it for no financial return:-/ That is another story though and entering this race is to take our minds off all that serious crap:-)

My daughter and I made a mutant vehicle for our first ever Burning Man a few years back...this was sort of like that but we weren't racing her....just driving around at 5 miles per hour in the dust and we had to push start her more than 1/2 the time:-) This has been kind of similar...coming up with a theme.....getting her all decked out.......melting in the easy bake oven we call the eastern Columbia Gorge.......so much fun!

Our paint job is so terrible! We rented a sprayer from the local hardware shop and it started spraying out a giant stream of paint where the handle and the hose connect. We have florescent green paint everywhere! It is dripping all over the car but it looks OK from a distance so most people won't see how horrible it is I hope. I just keep telling myself....it is for a 2 day race....don't worry about it. Next year....we will start fresh and build something totally ourselves and it will be hopefully better done. For now I am just glad any of the paint stuck to her at all and can't wait to get her to the track:-)

We have 6 drivers registered but only 4 of them can actually drive so we may have a shift or two open CowDriiver if you don't mind driving a silly piece of junk and if she lasts long enough for multiple drivers to have a run:-)
Susy
W.O.W. Weed

Do not hate on the cutting edge Blue Smoke technology pioneered by GM in the 60's. It involved a new upper and lower cylinder lubrication system that extended the life of the piston and reduced cylinder wear. A similar system was being developed by VW (for the Beetle) and is still offered on some of their models.

I would love an opportunity to drive your car, even if only for a few laps.   As for the concept of me minding a "silly piece of junk", remember that I own and race (for certain very small values of "race") a Humber Super Snipe.   The words "silly" and "piece of junk" were made for my car. 

I'll come looking for you as soon as I get to the track.   Of course, I'm car-pooling with Spank, so who knows when that might be. 

The car has been repainted, but the sticker has been retained.

Have finished the wiring! We are practically ready to race! Well, we haven't actually turned the engine and there are no brakes yet... But my new dash looks hella sweet! And the theme is practically done!

Right on schedule!

"Foxxy Karl" went and got his own gas over the weekend, he just needs a transmission leak fixed and he'll be as good as questionable

asking THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS!

Seems like that is a pretty solidly B class car now. You guys are definitely fast enough to be in B class. You are faster than some A class cars. I think you would probably have been in B sooner except for some (or one) of your drivers penchant for making up new lines where they aren't and doing some creative sheet metal rearranging.

But I am also in the camp that believes in keeping C class pretty pure and deeply awful.

So, so many cheaturz towing up from California. How are us poor folk that live a simple life of growing weed and resodding our roofs supposed to have a chance?

I would like to thank all the workers and crews at the Ridge for a great race and a fun and safe weekend. Thanks to Judge Tom and Judge Phil for being stern yet caring stewards (spellcheck: HEINOUS). Al, Steve and Lisa for all the help getting the car through tech (saw Nick). Thanks to our neighbors, MacGyver Motorsports, for the fluid when we cooked our brakes. Thanks to my team, Troy, Darryl and Wes for all your hard work and sacrifice getting our fast and squishy race car ready and off the wrecker. THANK YOU TO MY BEAUTIFUL AND SMART AND CARING AND SMART AND LOVING AND SMART AND THOUGHTFUL AND SMART WIFE, RINDEE, YOU MAKE ME WANT TO BE A SMARTER MAN! Without you I could not foolow (correct) my dreams and create your nightmares, you complete me.Lastly, I would like to thank the British Empire for making such LeMony autos, Jagvair, MG Metro, and Austin Landcrab, taking home the jewelry. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Thanks to all for the wonderful weekend! I regret that I never got to see the Jagvair in the paddock with its front trunk, er, hood, er, bonnet raised, but I suppose in itself the paucity of opportunities spoke well of the car.

God Save the Queen!