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GHIT 0068: NHMS 2019 Prep Week

Our ineptitude continues

Our plans are unravelling — Our preparation plans are unravelling

NHMS race weekend prep status.

One race, three cars, none working. The rest is good though.

On one hand we have the BMW E36 3 series from 1998. Issues, yes. It won’t start. It seems to not be getting power to the computer system and won’t turn over. We found one wiring issue and are tracking down any others, slowly. One good thing is that the prior owners live very close to our race, so as a last resort, we may ask for some assistance.

El Jeffe/The Bad Hombre: Braking issues abound. Still. The caliper/pads do not fully release from the rotors, which may be the issue we have been battling this entire season.

On this episode:

Alan breaks up into a game of boggle with things like DME, EWS2, etc.
Vicki breaks back in and tries to get us to explain what is going on
Bill breaks down the entire battle we have been having with the brakes on the race truck
El Jeffe brake theories, plan, and a review of the current status
An El Jeffe Transit story for the books
Alan talks about flashing ECU’s and seeking additional help to get the E36 running well again.
Alan does his best weatherman impression and forecasts clear skies for the E36
Kate even makes a quick guest appearance towards the end

It seems to be a standard week before the race. Now will this turn out? Tune in tomorrow, same bat channel, same bat time.

Or actually when we record at the track this weekend.

GHIT 0068: NHMS 2019 Prep Week

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GHIT 0058 Thompson 2019 Race Wrap-Up

New Drivers and a New to Us Car

Alan, Jennifer, and Bill with our “new to us” BMW E36 race car

This episode is dedicated to our friend Aaron Leinemann. He has had some unexpected bad medical news and a GoFundMe page has been started to assist. Please share whatever you can to assist Aaron and his amazing family.

On this episode, our team reviews the 2019 24 Hours of Lemons race GP du Lac Chargoggagogg(etcetera) AT Thompson Speedway in Northeastern Connecticut. We entered our Race Truck “El Jeffe” a 2004 Chevy S-10 with many Isuzu Hombre body panels and our new to us 1998 BMW E36 3-series car for our first race with it after buying it about two weeks prior. El Jeffe was updated from the former Stan Lee livery to and Avengers Endgame livery and the E36 was quickly themed in the paddock to be a Captain America car.

Bennett Rocketing Deadpool — Alan as Spidey

We review Friday practice and spend most of the episode covering the race on Saturday and Sunday. Highlights include:

New Drivers, several first timers at Thompson
Thompson track walk and review
Saturday and Sunday within El Jeffe
Saturday and Sunday in the BMW E36
El Jeffe brake issues and a potential fix and path forward to alleviate this ongoing problem.
Our 4 black flag debacle and how it impacted our position in the race (HINT not well)
Bill got to make two signs with Connor to slow the cars in the pits
A minor incident where a car came across the bow of the El Jeffe and removed moist of the front end facia
Saturday night’s Potluck Dinner hosted by the Three Pedal Mafia team for Stuntin’ and Explodin’ fest
We show our exceptional math skills several times this episode
Team awards for the weekend
Hella Sweet or Butt Terrible idea of the week
To do’s and improvements for our next race
Radio and Helmet communication issues
Then things devolved from there

GHIT 0058: Thompson 2019 Race Wrap-Up

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GHIT 0050: Our Lucky Dog Race and Portland International Raceway – 2019

We came, we saw, we were conquered.

Alan, Jennifer, Vicki, and Bill with a few drop ins cover our race weekend with the Lucky Dog Series at Portland International Raceway. It starts with a review of practice Saturday morning, then our 7-hour endurance race Saturday and our work to get back out late Sunday.

We compare Lucky Dog to our home series the 24 Hours of Lemons. While similar, there are differences, pluses and minuses for each, so we compare the two in the continual pursuit of the perfect low budget amateur endurance car racing.

There were a ton of great teams there, most of which passed us on Saturday as we were towards the slower end of the field.

We recorded this shortly after we completed Sunday so there is a bit of echo since we were in the pit. However, we did manage to give out our team awards for the weekend.

Racing Results for those who are keeping track at home:

Saturday: We were in 37th place when our engine went away Saturday and ended up at 41st for the day. We did not get to participate in the 2 Saturday enduros due to the engine issue. Our fastest lap was 1:38.664 by our guest driver Randy Pobst, but we managed to 1:45.870 as our internal team best. (Randy was able to get to 48th fastest lap of the day and Alan’s time would have placed us as the second slowest car in the 60 car field that ran a lap Saturday )

Sunday: We ended up getting on track after a long day of engine swapping and rebuilding and finished 3 laps and ended up finishing around 48th out of the 64 cars this weekend and 48th fastest of the 48 cars that ran on Sunday.

Fastest lap of the race weekend was 1:29.932 by Blue Bayou for reference to the relative performance to the field.

We came, we saw, we were conquered.

GHIT 0050: Our Lucky Dog Race and Portland International Raceway – 2019

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GHIT 0049: Lucky Dog Portland – Saturday Night Review

An interesting day

Randy Pobst with Jennifer and Vicki — Randy Pobst with Two New Friends

Here is how our day and night have gone. Its got a good, bad, and ugly, but what would you expect from us after all. Its live and unedited from the paddock, so sound quality may be less than stellar.

We had a bit of work to do.... — “We” pulled off our first engine swap at a race, barely.

Any questions, please let us know on our Instagram. We will try to cover them tomorrow or tomorrow night if we finish fixing the car.

Thanks again.

GHIT 0049: Lucky Dog Portland – Saturday Night Review

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GHIT 0048 Pre-Race Prep for Lucky Dog race in Portland OR (PIR)

Prepping for a race across the country

Well this episode started out as a quick update and we intended to show you some of the planning that goes into a race weekend when you have to travel a significant distance. What we ended up with was a bit of what we intended plus a whole lot more. We go over a training session using go carts, new ear plugs for racing and a variety of other things. Technical issues in the background abound as well, but they will hopefully be entertaining.

GHIT 0048 Pre-Race Prep for Lucky Dog race in Portland OR (PIR)

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