Nightmare Race Scenarios?
Have you worked so hard on a build, that you're super pumped about. Tests fast, lookks good, and you send it off to race only to be put up against some of the best in the comminity?! Nightmares I say, NIGHTMARES!!!
Obviously this is humor, but also, a healthy level of respect for those who rock! Gotta start somewhere.
What gives you the worries when shipping your car off to race?
Discussion
What worries me?
That I'll never see it again.
- Ohhh that’s a good one. I know a lot of guys are missing some of there cars from other racers. It sucks. I hope it never happens to me! I’ll be sad. But at least I’ll have their address. Ha ha — rush_racing_league
- Having their address doesn’t always help. They can still refuse mail and return to sender. — SpyDude
I've noticed that the ones I spend all sorts of time prepping are early exits. Of my 4 career top five finishes, three were thrown together at the last second and shipped off with a prayer that they would finish a lap.
- You know what, it is so true. I try real hard and have a car that is awesome, put together with meticulous precision, and it’s slower than the mainline with graphite. Ugh. I can’t build fast things. Ha hav — rush_racing_league
USPS. I've had one miss a deadline by arriving five days after the "Expected Delivery Date", two lost forever never to be seen again (both in the same package, though), and two utterly destroyed in transit.
- That is mine as well. I cringe every time I ship cars out. — Partsman73
- My race truck for GTR went out two weeks before the due date …. it showed up a week AFTER the due date. I wound up in the halftime show. — SpyDude
USPS is my fear as well. My Mustang for Marco Polos race did a tour across the country and didn't make it to him. But it eventually made it's way back to me. I also fear getting knocked out in the first round or not qualifying. There's so many seasoned, excellent racers out there!
I don't want to have to go against blueline or anybody lol but most of my cars are slow anyways...
I haven't ever had USPS fail on me. Tbh I don't know why.
The only ones who haven't returned my cars are Jungle Falls and Bay City (although that one is still a question mark) but you never know
For me whenever I ship out I always pray the lubrication stays intact or close to lol