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Hi, I'm Ian. I'm preoccupied with cars and driving them to the limit.

With daydreams of one day becoming a professional race car driver, I joined a team of guys with similar delusions to race at the 24 Hours of LeMons, an endurance race for $500 beaters. Hilarity ensues. Track our progress on the Kudzu Kommandos blog.

In addition to the lemons site, I keep a blog of cool car photos which catch my eye: motomania.tumblr.com

And a blog of iconic watches: timekeeper.tumblr.com

Oct
26th
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Formula One - the stepping stone to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
— SPEED TV host Bob Varsha, joking about F1 veterans Nelson Piquet Jr., Jarno Trulli and Mika Salo’s recent tests for lower-league NASCAR programs.
Oct
16th
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AutoBlog’s intro to kart racing: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7

AutoBlog’s intro to kart racing: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7

Sep
28th
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The power is immediate, the torque immense and the speed it delivers mesmerising. I particularly like the way the exhaust makes a derisory snorting noise when you lift off. It’s as though it’s saying: Why are you slowing down?
— Jeremy Clarkson, on the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder
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This is what people of a certain disposition don’t understand: that a car can be a tool but it can also be so much more. It can be a heart-starter, it can be a drug, it can be a piece of art, it can stir your soul.
— Jeremy Clarkson
Sep
27th
Sun
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Petit Le Mans 2009

Petit Le Mans 2009

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Petit Le Mans 2009

Petit Le Mans 2009

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Petit Le Mans 2009

Petit Le Mans 2009

Sep
26th
Sat
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Waiting out a rainy Petit Le Mans this evening with RLR BMW M3 driver Bill Auberlen.

Waiting out a rainy Petit Le Mans this evening with RLR BMW M3 driver Bill Auberlen.

Sep
13th
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Wrenching & Aching

I should know better than to wait until late afternoon to work on the cars in the driveway. By early evening the gnats and mosquitoes are swarming and then there is always the inevitable pressure to get everything finished and cleaned up before the daylight fades.

I changed the brakes on all four corners of the 530i in under two hours Saturday afternoon - an improvement for me, and pretty good considering I had no power tools, a compact jack and only two jack stands.

This evening I spent a good half hour on my back trying to put synthetic transmission fluid in the M3. Cursing the fire ants which kept biting me, I slid under the car on my back for the tenth time and snagged my forehead on an exposed bolt. Who doesn’t need a bleeding head wound, right?

Now that the tools are put away, I mentioned my wife that maybe I should start budgeting for a hydraulic lift and nice set of air tools. “Dream On,” she says.

Damn my back hurts. And the bandage on my forehead looks ridiculous.

Sep
4th
Fri
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rax262:

12th Annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.  Just made this for my mobile phone background.

My clan will be there.  As usual, we’ll be set up on the turn five hill overlooking the esses.

rax262:

12th Annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Just made this for my mobile phone background.

My clan will be there. As usual, we’ll be set up on the turn five hill overlooking the esses.