Weekend Hobbies

So after I got done with my most recent duty station change(came home to PA to be a recruiter) I was having a discussion with one of my cousins and he asked if I wanted a new weekend hobby as he needed someone young to help out and join his team, I went to see what he was talking about and well I'll let some of these pictures tell the story.

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So The last car pictured runs a Donn Ott 410, all the other cars run a 360. The black car is my cousins original car that he has raced since before I even joined the navy(15 yrs ago) All the other cars are owner cars that he races for them. Tentatively scheduled for a practice session this up coming Saturday with first race April 8th. I will see about mounting my Go-Pro altho there are already some videos on You-Tube of him. Also on Facebook under Horst Motorsports there are in car video's.

wing cars look like a ton of fun... and super scary at the same time

Definitely looks like choas on wheels he had a good friend of his for in a crash last year so the danger is there.

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Not much to report from last night. My cousin is out of state for adoption purpose and we just prepped car. I mounted 4 new tires and then had to balance every tire in prep for the season. There is a rumored practice session Wednesday so we'll see what happens off that.

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That looks like a lot of work, lol.

iRacing just added dirt track... man it's fun!

Oh yea I feel like I got hit by a truck haha

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Do that for a couple of weeks, = big strong arms. :p

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Do that for a couple of weeks, = big strong arms. :p

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It's not my arms it's lower back and thighs that are sucking

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Okay, big strong arms, plus a sore back and thighs...:p

Hahaha should only have to mount and balance 4 a week now

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Practice night in advance of race night

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Tonight was major success, came looking to get good data and be ready for Saturday's season opener. Ended up breaking the track record,. Twice.

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Well done, that man! :D

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I took a really good animation shot that shows his entire through corner,. I'll play with some stuff and see if I can get it uploaded. I'll try also to snag a few quick videos to upload as well on Saturday

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This hobby looks............................................. .... expensive :p

Someone else's money hahaha

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haha. Be glad it's someone else's money! Good luck tonight!

No shit. Haha my cousin fabricates the chassis for the cars shit ain't cheap

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After 2 heats caught the pole for the finale.

He started and never lost the pole 3rd lap he had a half track lead until some cautions. In the end though he maintained his position and came home with the checked flag.

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Sorry for blurry pictures taking them from the trailer, I will upload some more once I am home and track uploads some more

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Congrats guys!

Rockin it, James! :D

Some more pictures uploaded from photographers and the track, was an interesting race.

When the green came down it looked like he had an issue and bunched the group up the car behind him bumped him and then he tore off(calculated move, as that driver immediately nailed the brakes).

One of the guys places a go pro in the car so when videos are compiled I'll get a link posted.

In the mean time there is this

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Tonight was race night again. Did well in the heats and was fast in the 2nd heat. But the good idea fairy wanted to make changes before the feature race and we just didn't have it in the car. Started 3rd for the feature and finished 3rd.

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Let's not make fun of his spelling though...

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awww... but making fun of people is fun :D

Looks like a blast. Too bad you didn't dominate again, ha.

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Looks like a blast. Too bad you didn't dominate again, ha.

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So the car is performing and Jason is driving his ass off. He has been battling an issue for a few seasons with his engine stuttering at acceleration. When everything​works the car will just simply pull away from everyone.

As they stated you win some,lose alot but being consistent is going to be the biggest goal. There is a points program so staying in the top 3 for every race will ensure good placing towards the end of the season.

Thursday will be maintenance and prep with next race on Saturday

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Fuel or ignition stutter? Maybe you should fix that instead of mounting tires :p

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Bwahahahha they have a guy that does engine. They think it's fuel related in some way.

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Last night was a pretty busy night, multiple classes and different events.

During time trials we had the 2nd fastest time posted however that was the most success we would find as during the feature race we started 14th and immediately started dropping places. Over 6 cars got into each other with 1 flipping a few times which let us finish were we started (driver was checked out and just banged up)

This week we are off(I believe they are taking the 410car to another track Friday) but I won't be back to the area in time if they do go.

Some changes were made to car before race, new shocks installed which could have been issue, couldn't get good sized tires(kept getting a 103 right rear and 93 left their target stagger difference would be 12 inches).

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My apologies for no updates. Last week I was out of town and they went to Lernerville Speedway with the 410, Ended up 2nd after what was said to be a great back and forth battle for lead with us having the lead at 2 laps to go when a caution came out and put previous leader back in the lead.

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Going to race this weekend? Looks like foul weather again :(

We'll see what happens with the weather

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Selinsgrove is cancelled for tonight, hoping they throw an audible and load up for somewhere else. Will know for sure here in about an hour

Going to Port Royal tonight. Getting final preps done of car now.

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Well we raced, during warm ups we turned out 3rd quickest time on site however things just didn't wanna go right the rest of the night.

Started 3rd in heat race but fell to 5th which put us starting 14th in the feature. We held that for a few laps maybe even pushed up to 12th but in the end car just wasn't good enough and ended up 14th.

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I have not forgotten nor did I quit/get fired haha. I took a break but to cliff note: last Saturday Jason finished in 8th,. Saturday night he started 14th and finished 4th. Currently sitting 2nd in points but that was prior to Memorial Day races so he might be leading now. I will be back this weekend

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Keep on keeping on!

Today is race day once more,. Getting car ready.

Something's not mentioned the car has no transmission, just in gear and neutral.

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