- 7:41 AM,
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017:
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- So I wake up this
morning with evvvvvvvvvvvvvvverything finally being
unlocked. This is a very strange feeling and one
I haven't had since April 21st. Doesn't seem like
a long time, but boy oh boy has it felt like it.
Mostly because there could've been 20 entries in that
time. I ended up making the "Kenny Week" one massive
entry/video because it felt wrong to make cliffhangers
every 5 minutes. This isn't a reality show to me.
There's also the issue of people watching only one and
not understanding, yadda yadda. Every time
I tried to split the stories it felt like
I was somehow INFLUENCING the story with
editing. So the story became the 2 week period where I
struggled with if I should make things public and
that's really how it should be. I don't like
interjecting drama when it's personal. Did we break
the record? Yay. That's good drama. Am I speaking
to my brother? FIND OUT NEXT TIME!
I can't do that shit. I realize that if this
became a series that would probably be out of my
hands, but for the love of fuck I can't push
those buttons. This is too raw.
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- BUT IT'S RACE DAY
- so let's share what is easily, clearly, indisputably
the best video of this project:
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space for spoilers...
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- Those three dudes
made that day one of the most memorable and fun days
of my life. I mean, looking at the entry number
it should be clear to you that documenting the JOURNEY
is what fuels me. If this was easy, what the hell
would be the point? There is also something quite
poetic about that car NOT performing. It all fits. It
makes sense. It wasn't ready. I have no idea why
Kenny kept telling me to drive it, I have no idea why
Kenny kept saying we'd EASILY beat 12.66 and said we
had to worry about the 11.49 rule where you have to
have a roll cage to compete. Is it possible Kenny
doesn't actually know what he's talking about... at
all? Not that he's lying, but he actually doesn't know
motors/times/drag races, etc? I really can't tell
right now. I saw the cars in the 11s. This car ain't
getting in the 11s even with ALLL the problems fixed.
It's also probably never getting much more than that
448.1 HP we got. There's simply no reason to believe
that considering what was done with the car. The more
I learn, the more I realize all of this was
WAY off. And I'm really scratching my head about that.
I thought this is what he did. I thought he built
cars and raced them. I'm starting to think he just
works at a place that does that? I keep thinking
about that shop bet he had with Drew. Drew knew it
wasn't getting into the 500s just by seeing what Kenny
did. Why would he make that bet? He's worked their
longer than Kenny. He knew. It would all be
fascinating stuff if not for this being my
brother.
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- What I do
love about all of this? You can't hide from a 1/4 mile
time. All your bullshit about percentages goes
RIGHT out the window when the green light hits
and you have to get that car to the finish line. And
after seeing what Ray had to deal with I think it's
pretty clear Kenny wanted me to drive it so he had a
fucking excuse for why it didn't make the time. Ray
has been doing drag races for nearly 20 years and it
was still, in his own words, a "horror" to try and run
that car.
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- The immediate
question is why the fuck would I rush it to the race
if it was so CLEARLY not ready? Because I was
following Kenny's lead. We were talking 11s the entire
time. He was so sure it would break 11.49 that we
talked about how if he didn't launch perfectly he'd
coast so he got a high number and they wouldn't kick
us off the track. So once Kenny was out of the
picture? Getting enough to break 12.66 seemed more
than attainable considering everything Kenny said. I
didn't give a fuck about the low 11s. I just wanted to
END this shit. 12.65? Awesome. Done. Now let's
NEVER put my car through this shit so I can
make it to Billy's birthday party already. The times
are all ego shit that I don't care about. Just want to
be able to say it's the Fastest Delorean in the World
because that's what the GODDAMN SHIRT says and I
want to move on.
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- Now that it's
clear that we are in the MIDDLE of this
documentary, I can process this whole thing a little
better. And again, poetically, karmically, that car
stalling and then not starting at the beginning of the
first race is exactly what should've happened. It was
stalling and not starting in Ohio. Nearly 2 months
ago. I told Kenny every time and he said it was
no big deal. Just wait a few seconds and it would
start. After the race, Ray and I replaced the
starter and it was the easiest fucking thing in the
world. Why he didn't do that 2 months ago is beyond
me. Clearly it was bad. Oh and side note - in one of
the videos I said Nicholas helped me with that issue
and obviously it wasn't fixed. He had simply mentioned
that he needed a new bigger battery for his motor or a
FULLY charged one, so I charged everything and
connected them together and it worked a couple times.
Thought it was enough, it wasn't. But I just didn't
want to make him look bad here. Good piece of advice,
it just happened to be a bit more than that. Still
probably need a stronger battery for the
engine.
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- Can I just
say how funny it is watching Goldie race? Can I just
say how funny it is that the Aussie fucker raced his
RENTAL CAR? And that day through his eyes? He
went from buying the Twin Pines Package to getting the
Unattainable Package spending the day with Goldie and
having the time of his life. So crazy. There was
actually much more to our "after-party" but we were
too tired to film it all. LOL. Also a big thank you to
Marshall for helping with the camera stuff. He came
all the way out just to help and ended up leaving
after our final run. It's crazy how this all came
together considering it wasn't happening until
Thursday night. 36 hours to pull that off? Whew.
Kickass.
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- Alright. There's
even more to chronicle that happened afterwards (that
will make you fucking livid) and certainly ends any
concern over hurting Kenny's reputation. Should have
that done tomorrow.
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- Ladies and
gentleman, we have ourselves a great
story.
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- Adam
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