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Old Oct 16, 2011 | 08:57 PM
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Your competition is the lights and the clock. Not the guy in the other lane.
In bracket racing and index racing that's exactly the truth.
 
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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I don't expect to put up any impressive numbers. It's just for fun

I'm just hoping I don't get hooked... Injectors and turbos are expensive hahaha
 
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So is everything else

You gotta remember going in there's always the chance you might break something, even on a mostly stock truck. You probably won't, but there's always the chance.
 
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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Also have that chance driving down the road I know the chances are increased though
 
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Racing sometimes has its downsides.....

Dan Wheldon dies in 15-car Indycar crash in Las Vegas

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Didn't see the race, but I looked up the clip of the accident on You Tube. Pretty nasty.
 
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Flaming racers going all over the place........

Really ugly.

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Old Oct 16, 2011 | 11:38 PM
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I just learned that a Ventura PD officer appears to have committed suicide this morning while on-duty. Dispatch lost contact with him around 1:30am causing a man hunt for him. He was later found in the back yard of a family members home, with what seemed to be a self inflicted wound. A full autopsy is scheduled for Monday morning. The officer was 27-years old, and a 4-year veteran. His name hasn't been released yet. I'm concerned because I know many of the officers. Especially in his beat which is my end of town.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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I thought most modern P.D.s had programs in place to spot officers in psychological trouble.

Sorry for Ventura's loss.......

See: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/oct/...ave-committed/

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I'm sure Ventura does as well. I know they have great psychological programs available. The department has not yet released if it was knew that he was having troubles.
 
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Yea, the news article says they aren't commenting....

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More racing bad news, this time it's Rick Huseman.

Rick Huseman, off-road racing champion, dies in plane crash

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Old Oct 17, 2011 | 01:12 AM
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Today is a bad day...
 
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Hello everybody. Yeah today has been rough. I got a call from a lady this afternoon. I worked on her car 3 months ago and today it caught fire. I did the transmission then and other maintenance. Luckily for me it turned out to be a ps line that ruptured. I checked it and drove the car home for her.

So glad it wasn't the transmission...
 
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PS can cause a fire?
 



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