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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

SCIV wrote:
Riktor wrote:

So just to clarify... the fuzzy Le Car would have been immune since it landed back on it's wheels?

WE GOT SCREWED!!!!






JK
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I think they should have kicked the driver and let the car stay... Made for good entertainment.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

in pertinence to flares
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i have absolutely no clue why if you can fit the wheels inside the fenders on your car you don't.

i'm making really ghetto flares, but now i have a question, could flares be exempt from the $500 rule? I think it would encourage more teams to cover up a little better.







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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

Can we have a rule exemption if you turn the car over end for end? Just asking.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

mikespeed95 wrote:

I think it would encourage more teams to cover up a little better.

....*mumble*...*mumble*...nudists...*snicker*





mikespeed95 wrote:

JudgeJohnny, what're you looking to change about the rollover rule?

Methinks the name, =P

30 Reply by BushWacker (edited by BushWacker 2010-02-23 05:10 PM)

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH HOLY CRAP!!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, That is Tire on Tire contact.  WOW
Shame on the Escort for too much offset, glad they're okay.
Big shame on that Cheating Miata for fender slamming the Escort into the Gremlin.
How'd you like to have been in the driver seat of the Gremlin when that Escort flew
right up past your head.   WOW

This goes into the top 5 Roll overs!!!!!

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/4381721755_a7efdf83f7.jpg

Is this the same Gremlin that the Escort bounced off of?
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4382481314_46bedd1611.jpg

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

yup. nice guys. they busted they're cranks trying to get that thing back in the race. they were set up behind us.

dave, get that thing together for the hooptie!

joe

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

SCIV wrote:
Riktor wrote:

So just to clarify... the fuzzy Le Car would have been immune since it landed back on it's wheels?

WE GOT SCREWED!!!!


Damn. Guess I missed that. The LeCar flipped????   



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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

BushWacker wrote:

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH HOLY CRAP!!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, That is Tire on Tire contact.  WOW
Shame on the Escort for too much offset, glad they're okay.
Big shame on that Cheating Miata for fender slamming the Escort into the Gremlin.
How'd you like to have been in the driver seat of the Gremlin when that Escort flew
right up past your head.   WOW

This goes into the top 5 Roll overs!!!!!

Cheating miata. You have to be kidding. Our fastest lap was a 2.06. Not even top 20 fastest by any means. As the chief perpetrator(Jay)put it and I quote " it's the only miata I've ever seen with body roll" so before you call us cheaters look at the facts. Hell I  think the festivus had a faster lap than us. Lol but true

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

mikespeed95 wrote:

i have absolutely no clue why if you can fit the wheels inside the fenders on your car you don't.

Wider stance equals better weight distrubution through turns... Ask the VW guys how their narrow stance ailes them.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

lol, duh, but this video shows your to an extent asking for trouble when you do that

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

big country wrote:
BushWacker wrote:

OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH HOLY CRAP!!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, That is Tire on Tire contact.  WOW
Shame on the Escort for too much offset, glad they're okay.
Big shame on that Cheating Miata for fender slamming the Escort into the Gremlin.
How'd you like to have been in the driver seat of the Gremlin when that Escort flew
right up past your head.   WOW

This goes into the top 5 Roll overs!!!!!

Cheating miata. You have to be kidding. Our fastest lap was a 2.06. Not even top 20 fastest by any means. As the chief perpetrator(Jay)put it and I quote " it's the only miata I've ever seen with body roll" so before you call us cheaters look at the facts. Hell I  think the festivus had a faster lap than us. Lol but true

Cheat cheat cheat.............

Maybe if your driver would lighten up on the door slamming an drove better then your times would come down.
Miatas are little race cars from the factory.  Unless you had catastrophic engine failure I'm not buyin.



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38 Reply by EriktheAwful (edited by EriktheAwful 2010-02-28 11:23 PM)

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

i'm making really ghetto flares, but now i have a question, could flares be exempt from the $500 rule? I think it would encourage more teams to cover up a little better.

If your wheels are sticking out past your fenders, then you're making mods for speed, not safety. Kinda like how I'd like to run an Optima battery in the cockpit for safety. I can be just as safe by keeping a crappy battery out under the hood and forgo trying for better weight distribution. You can just as well run narrower tires.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

EriktheAwful wrote:

i'm making really ghetto flares, but now i have a question, could flares be exempt from the $500 rule? I think it would encourage more teams to cover up a little better.

If your wheels are sticking out past your fenders, then you're making mods for speed, not safety. Kinda like how I'd like to run an Optima battery in the cockpit for safety. I can be just as safe by keeping a crappy battery out under the hood and forgo trying for better weight distribution. You can just as well run narrower tires.

I disagree, if you look at the escort photos, the Offset on the rims are wrong.
If they wanted wider tires they could of done so by filling the wheel wells. Getting the proper rims would of been a good start. If I recall they had steel wheels from the places that make wheels for the  oval car racers. These companies offer offset wheels at 25, 50 or 75%. so they could of made it right.
Now running wheels that have the wrong offset to get a wider stance for cornering. Not really important if the car has sway bars and struts. Im guessing this car had these things or the body would of hit the tires due to body roll. Either way, lesson learned for the next race.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

forddragracer wrote:

yup. nice guys. they busted they're cranks trying to get that thing back in the race. they were set up behind us.

dave, get that thing together for the hooptie!

joe

Dangit!  We ain't gonna make the Hooptie, unfortunately.  We've decided we have too many things going on right about then (3 weddings among the team members...bleh).  We will be at Yee Haw!  I wanna see your rocketship Lincoln fly by us.  We'll be BBQ'n again.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

Riktor wrote:
mikespeed95 wrote:

i have absolutely no clue why if you can fit the wheels inside the fenders on your car you don't.

Wider stance equals better weight distrubution through turns... Ask the VW guys how their narrow stance ailes them.

Actually, the LeCar runners know this problem best.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

komododave wrote:
forddragracer wrote:

yup. nice guys. they busted they're cranks trying to get that thing back in the race. they were set up behind us.

dave, get that thing together for the hooptie!

joe

Dangit!  We ain't gonna make the Hooptie, unfortunately.  We've decided we have too many things going on right about then (3 weddings among the team members...bleh).  We will be at Yee Haw!  I wanna see your rocketship Lincoln fly by us.  We'll be BBQ'n again.

THREE BALL AND CHAINS?????????????? DAMN!!!!!!

we will be there with maybe three (yup three) rides. if we don't blow them up, or something else equally stupid. the grill was swingin, dave. we'll look for you there.......
btw, this gives yall more time to work out the brakes

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

forddragracer wrote:
komododave wrote:
forddragracer wrote:

yup. nice guys. they busted they're cranks trying to get that thing back in the race. they were set up behind us.

dave, get that thing together for the hooptie!

joe

Dangit!  We ain't gonna make the Hooptie, unfortunately.  We've decided we have too many things going on right about then (3 weddings among the team members...bleh).  We will be at Yee Haw!  I wanna see your rocketship Lincoln fly by us.  We'll be BBQ'n again.

THREE BALL AND CHAINS?????????????? DAMN!!!!!!

we will be there with maybe three (yup three) rides. if we don't blow them up, or something else equally stupid. the grill was swingin, dave. we'll look for you there.......
btw, this gives yall more time to work out the brakes

Yup 3...take a wild guess as to what our theme is gonna be.
We might have two cars if I can get the Jensen Healey up and about.  We should have the grill again so it'll be party time again.  As for the brakes, front discs are already on the way.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

Wow, that roll, or flip, or whatever, launch, happened quick. I'm trying to imagine what the driver was thinking when he was suddenly looking down, out his side window, at the Miata.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

Here's a compilation of two of our videos, from the Gremlin and the sidelines, and the Tetanus Neon folks. I'm not sure who put it together and how they got our vids, but they did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fic2Uwqb … re=related

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

Wow the Gremlin barely moved. I expected it to be more violent from the Gremlins perspective.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

bam2002 wrote:

Wow the Gremlin barely moved. I expected it to be more violent from the Gremlins perspective.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

komododave wrote:
Riktor wrote:
mikespeed95 wrote:

i have absolutely no clue why if you can fit the wheels inside the fenders on your car you don't.

Wider stance equals better weight distrubution through turns... Ask the VW guys how their narrow stance ailes them.

Actually, the LeCar runners know this problem best.

Most Definitely!!  A wide body LeCar would be so awesome.  Hmm.  Maybe after the Hooptie.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

komododave wrote:

Here's a compilation of two of our videos, from the Gremlin and the sidelines, and the Tetanus Neon folks. I'm not sure who put it together and how they got our vids, but they did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fic2Uwqb … re=related

Wish I knew too... we gave the tetanusNeon footage to Judge Murilee and to (I thought) one of your Gremlin teammates. Guess I should learn how to put in a watermark if we're ever again the lucky ones with dramatic footage.

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Re: Fubar Racing Escort climbs Gremlin, flips

komododave wrote:
bam2002 wrote:

Wow the Gremlin barely moved. I expected it to be more violent from the Gremlins perspective.

American Iron, baby.  Can't beat it.

What I remember seeing, since I was looking more right than our camera, is the Gremlin up on its front wheels.  The Gremlin footage doesn't seem to support my memories, but memory is highly subjective.

It's a cool compilation, but I wish we were smart enough to make a watermark.  Oh well!  I just want the web traffic.  smile

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