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Old 05-20-2011, 09:03 PM
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Doing some media/video work for Penske Racing Shocks, shot this yesterday. Nobody would let me drive, they would only let me film

Lots of cool garage/team access, got to meet a ton of racers/engineers
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Old 05-20-2011, 09:08 PM
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Sweet!
Nice vid, must be awesome to be in the garage!
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So what's with the duct tape at :58?
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It's amazing how clean everything is at that level of racing. Or, is that just because the camera is on?
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Old 05-21-2011, 12:20 AM
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So what's with the duct tape at :58?

I don't car how expensive the car is, SOMTHING is going to be held together with zip ties or duct tape. Period.
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So what's with the duct tape at :58?
Oh, with Penske, I'm sure it was titanium backed duct tape reinforced with unobtainium woven in as a backing material.
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Oh, with Penske, I'm sure it was titanium backed duct tape reinforced with unobtainium woven in as a backing material.
Adrian Newey would weave the unobtainium so it would twist but not bend.
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"Nobody would let me drive, they would only let me film."

They must have seen you run in TT!



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Doing some media/video work for Penske Racing Shocks, shot this yesterday. Nobody would let me drive, they would only let me film

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Old 05-21-2011, 08:31 PM
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Awesome! Outstanding work
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Sounds like fun. Work and play!
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"Nobody would let me drive, they would only let me film."
They must have seen you run in TT!
No they saw me driving around the garage parking area like an idiot trying to find a spot
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So what's with the duct tape at :58?
Oldest trick in the book, do something "odd" on X to draw your attention away from what you don't really want somebody to see on Y
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Oldest trick in the book, do something "odd" on X to draw your attention away from what you don't really want somebody to see on Y
Funny you should say that. I was at the All-Star race last night. Everyone was lined up and ready to go. Kyle Busch's crew walked over to his car with tire pressure gauges and knelt down next to each tire. It set off a chain reaction with the other crews checking and changing air pressures. Kyle's crew never touched the pressures, just a mind game. LOL.
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Funny you should say that. I was at the All-Star race last night. Everyone was lined up and ready to go. Kyle Busch's crew walked over to his car with tire pressure gauges and knelt down next to each tire. It set off a chain reaction with the other crews checking and changing air pressures. Kyle's crew never touched the pressures, just a mind game. LOL.
Do they even tech the cars for the allstar race? Lol
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Do they even tech the cars for the allstar race? Lol
All of them but Carl's......
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