I gave Marc batteries for the proximity alarm before he "crossed the fence of no return" at the starting line. It didn't matter, because when he went to install them, the metal contacts that the batteries push against were gone on one side!
Time for BITD to MOVE UTV Start w/ ALL 4 Wheel Vehicles
- Thread starter JoeyD23
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If that's the case start TT, Class 1 and so on at 5:45am. Put bikes, quads and UTV after with a midnight cut off.
I'm so country... I'm my own damn cousin.
I agree. I heard that the refresh rates for the trackers is 60 hz. That's once every second, and a RDZRT poster (Weyrich, I believe) said that the TT's travel 80 feet in one second. We were about 25-35 feet off course when we were hit at RM 443, so the math says there was nothing the #19 TT could have done, other than begin slowing down sooner when approaching slower vehicles. It's a race. A race they would have no chance of winning if they had to slow so far in advance. The ball is clearly in Casey's hands on this one.
I made my last post on RDZRT a few days ago. The majority of those guys are keyboard bullies, and when opportunity strikes, so do they. I told one guy, "F-you (But I spelled it out, because I was so pissed), and the editor replaced it with, "I didn't pass high school". That seems consistent with the flack I get in that forum. These are the reasons Marc doesn't post. Your point will not be heard by people with earplugs in. They even went as far as to blame our car for the Herbst incident at RM 443, even after seeing the proof I posted on how far off course we were when we were hit. I'll add them here now, as to clarify the incident.
In the pic with the Monster Mav in the background on the right upper middle of the shot, you can see the point of impact. It is in the front center of the pic. Yes, we were stopped when we got hit, and the impact from the collision punted our car, TT attached, at least 75 feet forward from the point of impact. In the pic with Marc standing there, you can see the tire marks on the ground by Marcs feet where the TT pulled back off of our car, and conversely, you can see in the distance the point of impact. Lucky for Marc, he races in a tank!
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I spoke with the big dog at RDC. I asked how the mods handle edits and stuff. He said there is database of funny quotes that automatically change bad words. It's not meant to offend people.
I'm so country... I'm my own damn cousin.
Thanks Rusty, that's good to know. I'm a ''glass half empty'' kind of guy, so I assumed it was malicious
I finally edited all the TT passes from V2R, we were stopped at pit 5 for 3hrs working on the car, the video is from RM192-370 at pit 11.[ame]http://youtu.be/gByWXyUCaKQ[/ame]
finally edited all the TT passes from V2R, we were stopped at pit 5 for 3hrs working on the car, the video is from RM192-370 at pit 11
thanks for the Video, good communication by you guys!
thanks for the Video, good communication by you guys!
Yes, it took some research but I found a 12v adapter with a built in resistor that replaces the battery, audio input through the USB. Only problem is it created some static in the audio being hard wired to the car.
Really well done...I think you capture exactly the experience...and illustrate that the UTV's ARE watching our mirrors (as the intimidation/Fear factor is HUGE)...and that you can get caught very quickly and suddenly- you guys communicate clearly (and seem to have fun) and have a system that seems to work well being cautious to a fault- which isn't a bad thing when the alternative can get you killed. I do think that Casey needs to see the video..which I think is the norm amongst the vast majority of the not just UTV's, but all of the limited cars.. he also needs to see how that Trophy trunk NEVER did use the horn (you can clearly hear all the others that did) to give you a warning and just hit you blatantly...which is strictly forbidden by the rules!!!! (unlimted vehicles CAN NOT hit a Blue light vehicle) he should be penalized big time...Casey says it at every drivers meeting..but I do know that nothing is going to happen..this has been happening for years w/o any negative consequences. Now we are starting behind them, all of this is hopefully moot...we'll see. Again, a really good video.. we definitely will be adding audio to our Go-Pros very soon- as it adds a whole new dimension...some of your comments are priceless!
Thanks for taking the time to produce and share ... hope to see you guys at the Blue Water GP!
WOW!!! that video brings it all back to me. I also was hit with zero warning, no horn or siren,and it was an eye opener for sure.all the others I heard clearly.even when they do give you a warning you better be prepared to dive off the road no matter what or they will help you off the road.unfortunately the utv's cant just drive over everything in sight. we have to find a safe place to get out of their way without wrecking our stuff. yet they cant wait for that.now we get to play in 3 foot ruts and more monsterous silt beds. LOL . cant wait, it will be more fun.
http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/threads/why-i-love-trophy-truck-racing.119236/
watch the video, Acer has a rear view camera system, might want to consider it for the Nav in place of focusing all your attention on the mirrors.
Pretty good idea, mind you I doubt anyone here has his budget.
watch the video, Acer has a rear view camera system, might want to consider it for the Nav in place of focusing all your attention on the mirrors.
Pretty good idea, mind you I doubt anyone here has his budget.
The rear view camera's aren't very expensive. Obviously R Acer probably purchased very top of the line equip but the cheap EBAY ones work too. I put one on my prerunner to test it before we put one in the race car. Screen placement is critical as well as type of display.
