Patrick
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I used to race stuff. Now I help make stuff go to space and sometimes make shirts that are vaguely motorsports related. https://www.redsixspeed.com
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1986 Chevrolet Kodiak Enclosed Hauler
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Patrick@hekkcat.bsky.social · 3d agoI sure as shit dont need another project, but look at what a badass tow rig this would be
Some team out there must need a real good driver for 3-5 years while they build up a young talent. SVG deserves better than Trackhouse.
Hell yeah. It fits. Lady and gentleman we have a 4 speed.
Patrick@hekkcat.bsky.social · 4d agoAre you fucking kidding me
I sure as shit dont need another project, but look at what a badass tow rig this would be
Other than maybe throwing a V8 in it someday; this things finished
Cole Trickle the car owner wins a race gets excited and runs to victory lane Gets there looks around & it’s empty just 2 guards eating ice cream cones He asks “where is everyone?! what’re you guys doing?” Guards point and say “eating ice cream” Camera slowly pans to the front stretch TV interview
The two speed trans idea is officially a bad idea. S10 T5 appears to be pretty skinny though!
Patrick@hekkcat.bsky.social · 2w agoOh…. Oh no.
How long can I ride my '16 Dodge and '08 Nissan (with a combined 370k miles between them, currently) into the ground before I am forced to buy something new enough to do garbage like this?
852dude@852dude.bsky.social · 2w agoThis sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.
My daughter and my wife are writing a story on their laptops and my daughter says, “mama what kind of story are you going to write? Dinosaur, dogs…” Me: “how about a handsome husband?“ Wife: “I’m writing something non-fiction.” The hell I do to deserve that??
These cars are so amazingly simple. I love it. Someone could pretty easily strip one down to a bare chassis in one day if they really wanted to. I’ve put about 6 hours total work into mine so far at a casual pace and all that’s left to remove is the steering column, diff and fuel cell.
Patrick@hekkcat.bsky.social · 4w agoI’ve just had a really good idea. At Honda Racing Corporation, give me a call.
I did a burnout on my driveway at a pool party and not one person took a photo. Come on gang!
This World Cup lead in to IndyCar is useless. It took way too long and I’d imagine most people have tuned out by now.
I’ve just had a really good idea. At Honda Racing Corporation, give me a call.
Patrick@hekkcat.bsky.social · last mo.Check it out nerds
The rule is you can’t “advance your position,” not that you have to “gain a position” to get a penalty. Bubba went from behind the top two to side by side with them, he advanced his position.
Some things *I* love about America: -Dale Earnhardt Jr -Using lessons learned from his father -Going from 5th to 1st on the final restart -Winning the Pepsi 400 at Daytona -Yesssssss -That was beautiful
Fred Smith@fredsmith.bsky.social · last mo.Some things I love about America: - the Indianapolis 500 - the role of open debate in thoughtfully designing a structure of constitutional democracy - the work of Thomas Paine - the work of James Cameron - the C8 Corvette ZR1 - the ambitions behind Reconstruction - regional fast food
insane chest pain this morning, started to try to tough it out but had that awful reminder a few weeks ago to not do that. So here I am.
His facility with the race team, several motorcycle dealerships, a bougee coffee shop and his PPF shop thats more like a museum is like 20 minutes away from downtown and in an area that is noticeably very wealthy. There's no chance that any riff raff is nearby his compound.
IndyCar News Bot@indycarupdates.bsky.social · 2mo ago'It's pathetic' | Indycar driver Graham Rahal calls Indianapolis a 'complete dump' on social media - from WTHR #INDYCAR
Heard that the NASCAR teams are going to swap out cars on Sunday night / Monday morning at what's left of Auto Club Speedway Wonder if I could time that right & park with the kids on an overpass and watch them drive past our house. Can't imagine we would be able to drive over and see them up close
Just imagine how fired up Kyle Busch would be to try to keep up with Hamlin on the all time wins list. Doubly so if he was still at JGR.
You ever think about how slow race horses are? These clowns would get smoked by a sprint car. Get some steroids in these equestrian laggards.
So my neighbor randomly says to me, "oh you went to Indy? Check this out." And proceeds to show me this Zak Brown helmet just casually displayed in his house. Wild!
Thunder Roadsters have become appealingly cheap to the point that it only makes sense to cut half the bodywork away, bolt on vintage Firestone tires and go run time attack events like I'm A.J. Foyt.
