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First Test Drive & Track Day

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Richard Petty '72 Tribute Car: Final Thrash Before Track Day..Will We Make It? (Bonus DW Story Time)

What happens here

The Richard Petty tribute car, now fully functional, is taken for its first test drive. The driver carefully navigates the car, testing its response and listening for any remaining issues. Subsequently, the car is transported to a local track (Caraway Speedway) where it performs parade laps, confirming its readiness for more aggressive driving. The team also sets the car's 'toe' using grease plates to ensure optimal alignment for racing.

Goal: Verify the car's functionality and performance with a test drive and track laps.

Tools and materials

  • Grease Plates — Setting the car's toe for alignment
  • Trailer — Transporting the race car to the track

What they say

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it's time for the first test drive let's see how this goes well now he's gone don't worry it's gone forever bud is beached or something he should be if he can find him that's all he's got to do does he not know how to do that i don't know he's just trying to answer that five-minute check-in spud is still gone we don't know what's happening how's how are you feeling about this not my problem he'll be there in the morning right so so this is like one this is like when when we were in arkansas he was giving me a hard time because i'm fighting the talladega and he's in the daytona which is like you know your grandmother could drive it down the thing and i'm i'm i'm struggling to get this thing to go in a straight line and he just keeps saying you're just being too aggressive driver driver you trade cars with me how fast did you go when i told you i didn't want to break your car it's not my car sorry car so we trade so i made him trade places in line and his story changed he says it was pretty evil yeah there's some guy driving down the road with his headlights off i was told this was a cool shot and it is we're putting it on grease plates now to set the toe and stuff which the whole concept of these was just explained to me but it's so the tire fighting or pits like fighting that pavement doesn't interfere with the setting what you're doing because i can slide on the other plate news to me cause i'm not from this world air cleaner fits barely the gutted hood just kind of bends around it right i'm really glad mitch is here yeah because we wouldn't have a oh why do you always shut the camera off i don't know i feel like you got your one liner in and then you're done you got something to say i'll keep it on well no no no it's on it's not any fun well we are here at carraway for the track rental with the richard petty car and it's raining so really don't know what's going to happen here the rain's slowing up so we're all out on here in the daily drivers trying to dry this place off anything is a race car if you race it kind of nice i've never been at this track before or really on any type of circle track whatsoever just kind of feeling it out i mean we're going like 35 miles an hour but this is cool to see it you know run it through your head look at all the scuffs on the wall all the scuffs on the apex things like that hopefully it stops raining all the people that have raised here yeah all of every single person stared at the same stuff i'm staring at right now…

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