Sure fire sign STO is going to die.
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Since I am still in recovery mode from the Great Bastrop County Labor Day Conflagration of 2011 The competitive part may be an ongoing project. The first step is to get the safety things done and the oil pan replaced to get it on track. Then the suspension upgrades. No need to make power it you cannot get it to the track. Then engine/drivetrain.
I hope to have it all done by 2013 when the Run Offs come to Circus (damn it I mean Circuit) of the Americas. Not sure which is the most wishful thinking, the having it done part or the COTA part.
The cage builder said he can have it back to me in time to have it on the track for the TWS Super Tour. Hope to see some of you there.
I need someting to replace this
Since this
caused the insurance company to total it is seems like a good choice.
I hope to have it all done by 2013 when the Run Offs come to Circus (damn it I mean Circuit) of the Americas. Not sure which is the most wishful thinking, the having it done part or the COTA part.
The cage builder said he can have it back to me in time to have it on the track for the TWS Super Tour. Hope to see some of you there.
I need someting to replace this
Since this
caused the insurance company to total it is seems like a good choice.
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Ron Earp
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I need someting to replace this
Is that a graveyard of burned race cars or do you torch yours when you're finished racing them?
Grounds burnt too... looks like a wildfire or something came through...
The fire was labor day weekend. 34000 acres and almost 2000 homes destroyed. Took ten days to get it controlled.
The Toyota in front had just been picked up from the body shop being repaired after the MSRH crash with Cooper. The engine hoist had the engine and trans hanging ready to go back in. The Miata was going to be built for my son's race car. The BMW was my daily driver. There is another Supra on the jack stands just out of frame that just needed the brakes bled and a safety inspection to go back on the road.
I have carried 20000+ pounds of burned and twisted metal to the scrap yard so far.
Scorched Earth is the leading contender for the new name for the race team.
The Toyota in front had just been picked up from the body shop being repaired after the MSRH crash with Cooper. The engine hoist had the engine and trans hanging ready to go back in. The Miata was going to be built for my son's race car. The BMW was my daily driver. There is another Supra on the jack stands just out of frame that just needed the brakes bled and a safety inspection to go back on the road.
I have carried 20000+ pounds of burned and twisted metal to the scrap yard so far.
Scorched Earth is the leading contender for the new name for the race team.
) this summer. Thousands of people lost everything. Jerry was one of those unfortunate guys that lost pretty much everything but the clothes on his back.
Z3_GoCar
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I'm alway sad when I see burned out cars after wildfires. There was one a couple years ago where they were showing a burned out Porsche 356 (steal body too not a replica). I kinda wish there was a protective blanket you could put over a car to keep it from burning, usually there's not enough time to deploy anything though, like when the winds are really blowing. A fire moving at 40-50 mph is nothing to take lightly. So, glad you're alright (started to say OK, but I fear that's an insult to a Texan 
) and building a new car! GLWTB.
) and building a new car! GLWTB.
JLawton
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That's a great point! Having had to deal with homeowners, car and specialty (race car) insurance all in the last months I learned a LOT. Mostly the hard way. I few points:
If you don't have comprehensive on your street car and something happens to it at your house (fire, tree crushes it, etc), you're SOL. From both the car insurance side as well as the homeownersside. Same thing with boats, ATV's, etc. They need to be listed on your homeowners to be covered.
Specialty insurance for race cars (transportation and storage): I almost didn't get covered on my race car after a branch smashed it because it wasn't at the location (shop) that I had listed on the policy. $5K worth of damage.
Things you don't think about until it's too late.......
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Now that the summer break is here he has more time to work on it instead of fixing tore up Miatas. I took the junk yard roof up yesterday so he could weld in the side supports to make the T-top into a hard top.
