Lose. It works wonders...
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It most certainly does.
The second half of last year was my hardest test of attrition to date. I wiped the front end off the car in early September and we had to seriously thrash to get it put back together in time for the NASA Nationals in only 10 days. We barely made it (the paint was hardly dry) and quickly got it up to speed, but then rolled the damn thing during Sunday's championship race. Right then I seriously left the heap in the shop for a week and didn't even set foot in there - I didn't even want to lay my eyes on it. We then spent the next two weeks fixing the car again in order to get it out for the last GLDiv regional before the ARRC - it was far from pretty, but I needed to test the chassis. It did well going under the track record during Sunday's qualifying. That felt like a huge accomplishment after the previous month I had. Over the next three or four weeks we then took to finishing all of the body work and painting the car to the point that many of you saw it at the ARRC. At the same time we also built a brand new engine for it, got it installed, and tuned it. Overall, it was about two months of pure hell. This was just my Dad and I in our shop at my house, that's it. After it all, going on to finish 2nd at the ARRC seriously made it all worth it and made me realize why I had the motivation to do it in the first place. But that being said, after getting home from the ARRC, I seriously didn't touch the car for almost two months and I loved every minute of it!
I think that knowing I had a good car that deserved to be fixed and deserved to participate in "the big race" made me keep working on it. Then when it actually did, it made it all worth it. I mean, it treats me pretty good afterall. :P
Kevin
2010 FP Runoffs & Super Sweep Champion
2010 ITB ARRC Champion
2008 & 2009 ITA ARRC Champion
'90 FP Acura Integra RS
'92 ITA Acura Integra RS
'92 ITB Honda Civic DX
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