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the weekly maintenance on a dirt car is pretty nuts. oil and spark plug changes are every 2-3 weeks. valves have to be gone over at the same interval.
every suspension point has to be checked to make sure we didn't bend any heims or bolts as well as checking to make sure all the bolts are staying tight. we actually check the bolts at least twice during the racing night too.
tires get chewed up in just a few weeks, rims can get bent from even the most casual contact and breaking a shock is a pretty common thing from all the abuse.
dirt racing is not cheap, there is money to be made at the top of it. unfortunately randy isn't there yet. he races out of pocket, mostly from paycheck to paycheck. he would have more prize money to spend if we could have avoided the engien problems all season. can't tell you the number of times that car has been in the top 10 when **** started acting up.
right now he is 8th or 9th in points. that shoudl result in a check at the season ending banquet and hopefully help him put together some better equipment for next year.
randy's budget is prolly the #1 thing keeping him from winning. he has no trick lightweight stuff on the car and most drivers wouldn't put his "race" engine in their pick up truck. hopefully he can put together some sponsorship over teh winter and fix some of that.
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