Live from the Phoenix LODRS
 

Hello, everybody. I finally made it to the track about an hour ago. Flew into Ontario, CA on Tuesday. There was a minor problem with the tranny that needed to be fixed. Our tranny guy, Dave Flores, fixed it for us this morning. Then the last one of my old Goodyear tires on the truck went bad. Not sure when it happened, but it wouldn't hold air anymore. Went to the Walmart in Redlands, CA and took it off to see what was going on. The sidewall started to peel off by the bead. Took it in to get a Uniroyal tire, but this store didn't carry any. So I put the spare on went to the Walmart in Beaumont. That old Goodyear probably has about 100K miles on it, but it was good for $44 off the new one on the pro-rate. Only bad thing about it was it took at least two hours for somebody to start working on it. I have Uniroyals on all the rims now. They seem to be a lot better tire.

You know how Andy's Dad is always bragging about the weather in southern cal? Well, it was rainy and miserable there today. It's nice and warm here in Phoenix though.

Got a fresh motor and trans in the Whale now. Gonna try to do some testing and tuning tomorrow.

I'll try to keep you updated on what's happening here. I'm going to try something a little different this year. Well, better get to bed. Lost a hour from LA to here.

See you tomorrow.


-Toby

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Good Luck Toby!

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Hey Toby, greetings from D1. Looking foward to meeting you today at Phoenix. Maybe I can try to contribute to the post. They say that CA. weather should be here Sat/Sun. (that stinks!!) E

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Toby have they posted a schedule, nothing on the website for Div7.

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See you guys tomorrow.
Hope to see more cars go down the track, than last year.

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Sorry I haven't posted yet today. I've been busy making test runs. The cars isn't running as quick as we'd like, but it's running fine and there's no issues with it.

It's the usual test-n-tune day. Nothing exiting has happened. I saw a schedule up at the trailer. I'll go take a picture of it and post it here.


-Toby

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Here's Friday's Schedule:

http://i15.fastpic.ru/big/2011/0218/...48a32558ec.jpg

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Wish they were connected to 1320go.com today.

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I told you I was going to try something a little different this year. I've always wanted to get a video camera, but I never have. HD camcorders are pretty cheap nowadays so I figured why not? I haven't used a video camera since I used to use my dad's old 8mm camera back in the 70s when we would go on vacation. Hopefully I'll get better as the season goes on.

Since I'm uploading the videos through my phone, I have to reduce the resolution and quality to make the file size reasonable so it doesn't take forever to upload. I think they still look pretty good. I could just upload them to youtube, but youtube encodes the video again which reduces the quality even more. So I'm uploading them to a free file host.

To play the video you need to have the H264 codec installed. If the video won't play install this codec pack:

http://www.cccp-project.net/download.php?type=cccp

If you still have problems playing the video, leave a reply here or PM me and I'll see if I can help.


Here's the folder where I'll be uploading my videos for this race:

http://www.mediafire.com/?c2fmnxs59c6dq26

Just click on the the link and it will take you to the download page then click on the link to download the file.

This is just a video I shot real quick so I could have something to upload tonight so that you could make sure you'll be able to play them. Tomorrow I'll have more time to shoot video and hopefully I'll get some shots of the Super Stockers making their time runs.

Here's a preview of what's in the video:

http://i15.fastpic.ru/big/2011/0218/...61702d7426.jpg

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Thanks for uploading the video! It's always great to see Abe.

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Thanks Toby nice job. Keep all us stuck in snow country wishing we were there.

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That is great Toby. Thanks for once again outdoing yourself. Pictures are great but, as everyone knows, video is awesome. I look forward to seeing more. Thanks again, from all your friends back east.
Brian

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Very cool Toby. It's hard to do while racing to.

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x2

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Good stuff Toby, Any chance we can get you to mount that in the car as you go through Elliminations ?? lol wish we were there, good luck.

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I am heading out there in the morning (Friday). Been looking forward to this event all year. I missed it last year. I am going to be taking all kinds of photos. I will post. I think that it is going to be a great day.

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Nice job toby

Janne
B/S 348 Sweden

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Toby

Thanks, good luck, and have fun. We hope to see you this year.

Larry and Patsy

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Ok, I am not getting it , what viewer are you guys using ? I did down load the codex thing but it made no diff. I got sound no picture.

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Great idea - mount that baby inside and give lessons on finish line tactics .

You certainly have raised the bar on "Live" reporting ...................Super job Toby .

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They aren't going to start until 9 AM. Apparently the track is too cold. Too bad they couldn't have told us yesterday. I could have slept in another hour. :)


-Toby

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You installed the codec pack, right? You need to use Windows Media Player or any movie player program. The codec pack installs Windows Media Player Classic. Try using that. It's located in the Start Menu > All Programs > Combined Community Codec Pack.


-Toby

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Worked for me.....Thanks, I enjoyed it.....loved hearing an alcohol car in the background and it felt like I was there. Helps motivate me.......Sick of winter for sure.....

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Reloaded the Codec Pack, works fine now. Very nicely done with a steady hand....Thank you.

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Iol, I allready told him we were taking up a Collection for him to be a Permanent Live reporter to get him off the track but that did not work ! lol So Im working another Angle with this offer lol.

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you know toby you could get a sec. job with that camera of yours am thinking maybe the
(adult world) !!!!!!!!!! LOL. have a good time and good luck to everyone be safe. CHUCK E.

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Been having problems uploading today. It keeps stopping in the middle then it starts over again. I finally got it uploaded. It's the Stock staging lanes before the first qualifying pass. Now I'll see if I can get first round of Super Stock uploaded.

http://www.mediafire.com/?s5svccv6x5475

Preview:

http://i15.fastpic.ru/big/2011/0219/...a2442e5c0c.jpg

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What's Private Ryan doing there, polishing his wheels?

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They canceled the third round of qualifying so we are done for the day. Hopefully it doesn't rain too much tomorrow. I'm still working on getting SS Q1 uploaded.


-Toby

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Good videos,
The VLC player will play them too. Cnet reviewed VLC.

http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-P...-10267151.html

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Seems to be a little slow there? Or did nhra change the correction data?

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It used to be factored here but they made it an unfactored track several years ago. Phoenix and Bristol lost their factor the same year.


-Toby

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Super nice job Toby!!!!!!!

Tell Bernie C he needs a haircut..........................

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I've figured out a lot better way to do it. I'm uploading the files to my computer at home then I will upload the files to Mediafire from there. This way if I lose connection or whatever I will be able to resume the upload where I left off. Most free file hosts don't allow you to resume uploads so you have to start over.

I should have the files uploaded before I go to bed. I will post when each file is available.


-Toby

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OK, Super Stock Q1 part 1 is up in the same folder as above. I split it into two parts to try and make it easier to upload. It's not great, but it was my first time doing it. It's hard on an old man's shoulder to hold a camera up that long. :) I might have to invest in a tripod. I think I did quite a bit better on Q2 though. Hope you enjoy.


-Toby

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SS Q1 part 2 is now up. This is footage of them going down the track. I would put a preview up, but it really doesn't tell that much.


-Toby

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Stock and SS Q2 are now up. I think I did a little bit better on SS this time. Same folder:

http://www.mediafire.com/?s5svccv6x5475


Looks like the rain is going to hold off until noon today according to the weather channel site. We should be able to get one more time run in this morning.


-Toby

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Sizable head wind this morning. I just measured it outside my trailer and it said 8-10 MPH. Barometer is down about .2 also. Don't think many picked up in Super Stock this morning. Jim Rau and John Winslow said they slowed down .15 and .09 respectively, but Greg Luneack and Ryan McClanahan only slowed down .02. Definitely different conditions today though.

Just called Stock.


-Toby

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Weather report shows rain. How does it look there?

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Toby, Great job in video. If anyone is at home and has high speed internet and a playstaion 3 you can watch these on your big screen tv. Its way cool then.