Well, we thrashed and made it to the Darlington. What a week, just getting to the track felt like we won the biggest race ever. Started off with baby steps to make sure we were good, 1st pass half track pass, 2nd pass full pass pretty soft, 3rd pass personal best for the year….. but disaster struck in the shutdown.
Highest highs to the highest lows all in one day. Racing is a tough sport and takes a lot of patience, time and money. Car is making progress, but we have a pretty good punch list before the car comes back out.
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That’s frustration. He wasn’t even in a hurry to put out the flames this trip😅 You gotta be able to laugh I guess. Randy’s a hell of a man. He keeps his chin up and comes right back for more with a never say quit mentality and attitude 👍🏽
Sucks for Randy not his fault glad he’s ok and car has minimal damage !!
You all have done Great. Keep learning. Can you use a fuel cell with a bladder inside so it wont rupture and spill. Just thinking
Damn I hate to see this. Glad Randy is okay.
Turbo John please talk Randy into moving that fuel cell in the trunk. Just put a 3 gal cell in the back. Keep up the good work 🙏🏻 stay blessed y’all
Both cars got loose after 1/8 mile and understandably so after seeing all the pollen
sorry to see this, but it's actually kind of minor damage…. just glad Randy is ok
That really sucks for Randy and everyone that helped to get him back at the track. I had to say this but being a veteran I noticed that the flag on Milton’s sleeve is facing the wrong way. Stars always running towards the fight not away from.
At least y’all are getting all of the bad stuff out of the way early in the year.
I wanted to come meet you for the first time but you looked a little busy so I didn’t bother but I did catch a glimpse of myself in your video lol that’s all that counts keep going brother
That is rough, but you guys take it like a champ! That’s why I love this channel. Keep up the fight guys.
Like I said two weeks ago (that car is cursed)
I have a solution. Slow the car down for ol randy. He obviously cant handle the car. He locked up the brakes before the chute even came out fully. You guys live there you know the weather how many other ppl crashed it on shutdown? Zero. He was only on about a 4.90 pass nothing crazy then he stomped the brakes didnt let the chite come out. And hes got two chutes on it so its ironic he wont use even one. The guys trying to cheat asag so hard he has a 3200hp car which is so unnecessary. Sorry guys but the truth hirts randy cant drive
Randy you will be back keep your head up
Equipped with a trusty stack of 200 Mph tape & ready to run.
And it looked like to me the guy used the CO2 fire extinguisher which is way less messy than a powder
And Randy has two parachutes how come only one comes out?
They don't have to spray the whole track but they could run the sweeper all the way down
If that wreck happened to my car would have taken me a year to fix it
Almost like his front tires locked up can he adjust a little less break on the front to help keep the back from coming around.
Damn, I know he feels bad. Hate that
Sucks to see him wreck again. May be time to invest in a fire suppression system
That red color seems to be a bad omen for you maybe change back to black i hate for ya
Randy keep your head up!! Bad luck will pass…
i hate to say it but randy shouldnt be driving a car that powerful, hes a awesome guy but he needs less power
I felt that 😔 Randy seems like such a
Humble All around good guy & seeing this happen twice in a couple weeks just sucks. But I know you guys will get it back again. 💪
Dang it, hang in there guys sorry to see this.
Proof that racing is a mental illness !!! How many times can you get kicked in the nuts and keep coming back and asking for more please !!!😢
Hey John is there a reason it appears randy was on the brakes about a 150 out on the run were he wreck? Keep digging don't quit.
Absolutely….The Highest of Highs and the Lowest of Lows…….
After all that an u still don't have a fire extinguisher. I believe u need to find another hobbie
Hang in there Randy.
Just seeing him back racing was a huge win ❤
Glad you are OK Randy again one of my favorite builds on YouTube along with johns hope to see videos of it beaing worked on.
why dont y'all just build something you can pull off the trailer and enjoy
sure you don't got 7s. do 10s lol just can't be enjoyable doing this 2 times a month.
Only one parachute came out & was a uneven pull on the rear ,, just run one chute in the dead center of the car ..not 2 ..
Put that fuel in the back
Glad Randy is OK. Car is NOT Nearly as Bad as last weeks Accident. Randy was Driving that thing but when the Wheels Cut Loose we just go for the Ride. God Bless you ALL, with the Support Group that Car gonna be Beautiful Again. Best of Lick, I’ll be watching
❤🙏sorry guys to see this happening to y'all don't deserve this
I watched this live and my heart sank. Thankfully it wasn’t as bad as it looked on the live feed. What I really don’t understand is why no emergency vehicle on the big end? Good thing there was minimal fuel.
Anyways glad Randy is okay and always remember it could be worse.
I blame the smart car . That shits bad luck
For one after a crash you do not rush going back to the track before that car is put on a jig to make sure something isn5 bent that your not seeing and i called it when you posted the video working on it at the garage that yall was rushing it and was going to end up crashing it again but what do i know only been building chassis for 25 + years and have seen what happened here more times than i like to count sorry randy but stop rushing things that car need l8ned out before you end up without a car and getting hurt
Glad you’re ok brother .. u guys have no quit and that’s more respectable than anything man .. keep your head up
I'm just glad that Randy didn't get hurt! Cars can be fixed! It's going to be alright!
Sorry guys
Man please buy the white fire extinguishers at wal mart they are 15-20 bucks and Keep them in the cars. They never get there fast enough and it’s always some old guy with bad knees coming to save you. Just leave the front end off It’s the world trying to tell you something.
I was watching NCProModder's live stream and he switched cameras just as the parachute opened. I'm glad to see it wasn't as bad as it looked from the starting line. You probably should get a bigger parachute. The chute needs to be big enough that you don't need to brake on a track of that length.
Randy cant drive 😂😂😂
You are inspiring. And you guys are tough. Thank you for taking us on the ride with you. God bless you guys and your families.
I think if you would have had 2 chutes I think the car might have stayed straight who knows just got to get that monkey off your back good luck