Man it hurt not to go racing this weekend

[pittsburghracer]

Beautiful weekend for a 5000-10,000-5000 dollar race weekend and I had zero desire all week to spend the needed three hours work to finish my duster. Honestly if it was a local one day race I could have done it but I wasn’t up to the extra work required to get the motorhome packed and hooked up. So instead I did some yard work that I was way behind on. I trimmed the yard Saturday and trimmed my long overdue shrubs today. The mess is all cleaned up and on my fire pit. I even got out my pole saw and trimmed the tree overhanging my house. Back to shop work tomorrow.

 

[coloradohill]

Looks good, sometimes stuff around the house has to take top priority. How's next weekend looking for a race?

 

[pittsburghracer]

Looks good, sometimes stuff around the house has to take top priority. How's next weekend looking for a race?

Saturday at Keystone is our night Of Fire which is a great show with even a top fuel dragster. Weather is let’s say so-so. Ya I gotta get and keep up with yard work so I’m ready for my knee surgery the middle of November. Gotta get the house cleaned up so I’m not embarrassed when I get home therapy.

 

[Kendog 170]

I did the same this weekend. At least it's done right?

 

[BVoelzke]

Same here my friend and I were all set to go to our local track for a pro dial race. Mind you the race is ran by an outside promotor and he matches your entry into pro dial ( we pay $50 and he matches the $50 for a total of $100 ) The track in the past charged $70 for the track entry / tech card so it would be $120 to enter .. overnight the track raised the entry / tech card fee to $100 so it now would be $150 to enter. A $30 change !!! I understand the track needs to make $$ etc. but it was just sneaky the way it was done . We both just stayed home and mowed our lawns.. I know of two other racers that didn't attend either for the same reason. I will be back there in two weeks when the pro dial entry fee is $60 . I am pretty close with track management and they did reach out to me to apologize as they thought I knew about the price increase but it was too late to attend by then.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

Besides the heat, that yard work stuff is exactly why I haven't made any progress on my build since late May.
Last year we had a bunch of bs stuff and didn't get much yard work done.
Well that made it way worse this year because weeds went to seed and over took a lot of the garden area.
I just about got it cleaned up.

 

[pittsburghracer]

Besides the heat, that yard work stuff is exactly why I haven't made any progress on my build since late May.
Last year we had a bunch of bs stuff and didn't get much yard work done.
Well that made it way worse this year because weeds went to seed and over took a lot of the garden area.
I just about got it cleaned up.

Doesn’t take long to make you get behind.

 

[Demonx2]

Beautiful weekend for a 5000-10,000-5000 dollar race weekend and I had zero desire all week to spend the needed three hours work to finish my duster. Honestly if it was a local one day race I could have done it but I wasn’t up to the extra work required to get the motorhome packed and hooked up. So instead I did some yard work that I was way behind on. I trimmed the yard Saturday and trimmed my long overdue shrubs today. The mess is all cleaned up and on my fire pit. I even got out my pole saw and trimmed the tree overhanging my house. Back to shop work tomorrow.

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Good for you - lookin' pretty spiffy! Rode my mower yesterday after church.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

Doesn’t take long to make you get behind.

I forgot to say, your yard looks very nice

 

[pittsburghracer]

I forgot to say, your yard looks very nice

Lol just a bunch of country Rye grass that looks half decent when it’s green. I’ll hop on the tractor probably Wednesday before another stretch of rain moves in for the weekend.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

Lol just a bunch of country Rye grass that looks half decent when it’s green. I’ll hop on the tractor probably Wednesday before another stretch of rain moves in for the weekend.

I thought the Lord blessed me this spring with nice grass on the back acre but nope, I was deceived...it was the devil & crab grass junk.
This fall I am torching all the vegetation back there which is mostly native and noxious weeds.

 

[oldkimmer]

Good job John. House and yard work sneaks up on ya. Your place looks very nice. Kim

 

[pittsburghracer]

Good job John. House and yard work sneaks up on ya. Your place looks very nice. Kim

Nothing fancy but exactly in the area I wanted to live. Surrounded by two farms and far enough away from neighbors but yet close enough.