Of all the things a race car does (accelerating, turing, braking, and combinations there of) it spends the smallest percentage of its time braking. Now, that’s not to imply that brakes are unimportant, quite the opposite. The most important skill a race car driver can have is good braking technique, and his most important tool…
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The Merk is in the shop …again.
As you can see, we’re hard at work making the Merkur safe. This is a topic that we take very seriously, especially in light of recent events. You may have seen footage of the crash at Sears Pointless, but we actually witnessed it. It’s given us a whole new perspective on what a “safe” race…
Merkur Build 1: A journey of a thousand miles begins with…
In the case of a race car: the first strip. And, boy, has there been a lot of that going on. Luckily we earned a few extra dollars for our work as ladies’ night was a huge success. 😉 The wiggly stuff next the the change? Yeah, that's maggots… Seriously though, we’ve made a ton…
Memories of ChumpCar: Becoming a Racer’s Wife
When trying new things, friends are always armed with advice on whether you should go for it or not. There are also situations when people advise you when to be strong and when to be afraid. When to jump and when to stay on the ledge. And most often such advice are reflections of the…
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Friday After months of blood, sweat, tears, and plenty of rivets, one tech inspection could make or break our weekend. Would they declare that the LabRat is a cheater car and give us 500 penalty laps? Would we have spent all this time building a car just for a “nice” weekend at the raceway, watching?…