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post Jan 6 2004, 02:51 PM
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For some this may be a new TV program, others not. It is called RIDES and it is on the Learning Channel 9:00pm West Coast, check your local listings for channel and time.
Its a kewl hot rod show, you could learn something.
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post Jan 6 2004, 10:00 PM
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Joe,

Jason is a hayuge car guy. Even if you don't like him, you have to understand why he's doing it. What car guy would turn it down. I think he'll be fine. The first coupla shows in a series are a learning process for those making them. His verbage and delivery will get better.
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post Jan 6 2004, 10:02 PM
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Seanery loves Jason (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Jan 6 2004, 10:05 PM
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heeth my thweetie! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

No, I've just seen him racing quite a bit, from club sports to pro level in Canada. I can't remember the series. He was in a huge accident, too.
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post Jan 6 2004, 10:06 PM
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Jason is a gearhead,he is the driver who crashed his formula ford ?? and almost died.
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post Jan 6 2004, 10:07 PM
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Didn't he smack himself up badly (& the car) last year at some track?

What boxstr said......

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He use to drive Mustangs but I don't know what he was driving when he got hurt. IRL car maybe???
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post Jan 6 2004, 10:15 PM
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I don't think it was a FF, maybe a Barber Dodge?
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post Jan 6 2004, 10:26 PM
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SPARTA, Ky. (AP) -- Actor Jason Priestley's race car crashed head-on into a wall at nearly 180 mph Sunday at the Kentucky Speedway, breaking his back and leaving him in serious condition with a concussion and other injuries.


Priestley, 32, crashed coming out of the second turn in the final practice for the Kentucky 100, an Infiniti Pro Series race.

He got sideways,and he corrected and then shot off the track," said former Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk, whose son, Arie Jr., competes with Priestley in the Infiniti Pro Series, an IRL developmental series.

"He turned right into the wall, and his first impact was basically head-on," Luyendyk said. "I saw it from the top of the roof. What I'm thinking is that's really the one big hit that he took that might have hurt him."

Luyendyk said Priestley appeared to have driven through "oil-dry," an absorbent material that had been spread on part of the track about 10 minutes earlier to soak up oil from another car.

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post Jan 7 2004, 12:22 AM
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That was a great show, nice to see how a concept car comes together. What is the general concenseus, like/dislike the Daisy.
Curious on cost if it came to fruition.
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post Jan 7 2004, 12:37 AM
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I like the car. I think though its very slabsided, and has no real lines. I'll admit I like its look better than the Carrara GT's.

I like the engine. Its a work of art. They could have spent some time going over the suspension though.

The show's Tribute to Shelby was it. If they had spent more time on the engineering, and how they hoped to not let down Shelby, it would have been a better show.
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post Jan 7 2004, 12:56 AM
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With all that electronic/computer "power", not to mention all those engineers, they had a hard time firing the thing up once it was all assembled. Do overhead cams go flat as easy as overhead valve cams do, if you keep cranking them without it starting?
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post Jan 7 2004, 02:58 AM
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I fell asleep 1/2 way thru.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) what I saw looked interesting
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post Jan 7 2004, 07:09 AM
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You would think that a high powered design team could have done a better job with the headlights. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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post Jan 7 2004, 07:36 AM
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Troy and the ebay mustang. There was a feature in our small town (3000 ppl) newspaper on it since he's here locally. It has been brought to my attention that he has done porsche restorations in the past. Might be an outlet for us Midwesters, if there is the need for a local resto shop.

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post Jan 7 2004, 11:56 AM
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I really enjoyed watching the cobra come together. Make me want to build a car from scratch.

Junkyard wars followed it - with the challenge to build race cars from junk (sorta like, well, never mind). One team build a mid engie vehicle and that won the day. Just like - well, you know.
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post Jan 7 2004, 12:38 PM
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Disappointing first episode. Not up to snuff to other TLC programming. The show started about hyping how concept cars are the design vehicle to introduce cutting edge of technology into the auto industry. But not a word about the new V-10 engine, the alm billet cut chassis or any other engineering design breakthroughs that were incorporated into the new Shelby Cobra concept car. Or what about going from drawing board to clay mach-up to hardware. They didn’t even discuss any performance specs after the car was test driven. This show was merely a media essay or “eye candy” for non-auto enthusiast viewers. Hope it gets better.

BTW, Jason Priestly totaled his new Porsche a few years ago up on Mullholland drive. I think he was cited for DUI.
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post Jan 7 2004, 01:59 PM
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I am not sure I should admit to this or not.......

I caught the rally bug my senior year of college. My buddy and I went halves on a fully prepared, but pretty outdated 85 CRX si that had one of the very first integra motor swaps. It was done by Ray Hocker (sp?). He sold the car to Jason and we picked it up from him for $3500.00 It was a blast to drive (other than the ribbing we took for the mettalic silver paint job and the "Pepe Jeans" decals that were all over the thing). Sold it to a guy in Boulder 7-8 years ago. It was pretty clapped out when we got it. There was no way it would have passed any tech inspection (not even an autocross) by the time my buddy sold it.

Back to the point - we flew into LA, met Jason at the airport and he took us over to a warehouse to get the car. We all grabbed lunch and the two of us started the drive home around 3pm after having him autograph the underside of the roof. He was a really good guy - very down to earth. You never would have known he was "some body".
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post Jan 7 2004, 06:46 PM
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So I guess if I can get the image of Jason NOT in 90210 He would be a car guy? Show me the dirty T-shirt with grease on the back on his elbow (ya know the spot you can't see when cleaning up for dinner?).
BTW Wrecking cars don't make you a car guy. Fixing them after you wreck them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Oh hell it was a good show I agree it should have had more tech stuff. Cutting the bolt shorter got more air time than the suspension brakes transmission. Guess I will have to buy one and take it apart to see how they did that.

Oh yea I want that Mustang test mule with the V-10!!!!!!!!!!!!
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post Jan 7 2004, 08:52 PM
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Any bets on which car would lap quicker at (say) Thunderhill between the new Carrera GT and the "New" Cobra.

I know where I'll be putting my money.
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