Retiring. Thank you all!!!

[davet]

We recently ran our last Scout race and had a pretty successful run over the last few years. We were only as successful as we were because of the advice of so many people here.

Since we were only running Scout races I didn't invest in the quality tools. We did some things derby build wise that were unconventional. I even got into a bit of a pi%$ing match with the King (Kinser) over our build process. This was unnecessary and my fault. I apologize to Kinser for this and to anyone that read that thread.

I want to thank Cygnus for graciously inviting us to his house to use his track to diagnose a bad wobble we had when run on our Menards homemade track at home. Turns out the wobble was caused by our track, imagine that.

Also, a big thank you to Microbrush for freely sharing his expertise even though we race the same Council. He has awesome no-glue wheel shields that we ran this year with great results.

Late night questions to members here with the Chat function helped me sleep better too. One of these as recently as a few days ago to Quadad.

Over the last few years you guys have been very patient in explaining things that were second nature to you like cant, drift, COM, axle drilling and reprep. Honestly, I think I asked more questions here and spent more time studying this darn derby car stuff than I did getting my 2 yr college degree. Sad, but probably true.

My son really got a kick out of your replies whenever we posted our race results or pics of his newest vision as it came to be built. Thank you for the kind words for my boy.

 

[Vitamin K]

I'm sorry to have you leaving the racing world, man. I don't think I am the only one who secretly hopes that you will be plagued by the itch until you find a reason to come back. /images/boards/smilies/wink.gif

 

[Cubscout Dad]

How about a retirement party...........

 

[Kinser Racing]

No apologies necessary, it's the interwebz. Lol

That being said. I still stand by my statement that you have skills and should race with the pros.

 

[davet]

No apologies necessary, it's the interwebz. Lol That being said. I still stand by my statement that you have skills and should race with the pros.

Thank you Sir! We are fast scout racers but it would take another few years to figure out what you guys already know. Seeing what Lightningboy and Microbrush ran on the same track we ran on made me feel like there's so much we don't know.

I came here with scout racer mentality and met pro racer mentality. I'm not at that level and that's why I put so much effort into trying to understand why you guys were doing what you were doing. You guys were telling me things that you've already tested, understood and knew to be true. I wanted to know the why. I believe 1/2 of what I hear and 3/4 of what I see.

 

[B_Regal Racing]

I wanted to know the why. I believe 1/2 of what I hear and 3/4 of what I see.

You are not the only one. I am always skeptical on advice someone gives me until I try it for myself. What works for one may not work for others.

 

[TRE]

way too much time put into this hobby, but it is fun