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Lyle Barnett is a racer that was hurt pretty bad last weekend at No Mercy 6. 3rd degree burns and lung damage from the fire after the motor let go at the top end going about 180 mph. I don't have the ability to really donate a ton, so I stepped up and donated a picture to be used as a way to raise money for the family and Lyle's medical costs. Below is the post that Jason Digby, a good friend of Lyle put up on Facebook about how to donate and the picture as well. If you can't donate that is fine, but please pray for Lyle, he has a tough fight ahead of him Brian Wagner has donated a High Resolution Print of Lyle Wheeling the "BLUE GOOSE" Leaf Spring Camaro...close friend and owner Tommy Kirk loves to race but not as much as Lyle Barnett did....since Lyle didn't have a ride...Tommy basically turned it over to him and most every time down the track for the past few years, Lyle was doing the driving...This fund raising campaign has no time limit...it is very simple...you donate $20 to help his family with upcoming medical expenses and we will email you the original "non-watermarked, no strings attached" file for you to use as you wish...it is cropped to 8x10 but you can make it as big as you want....This is the car that Lyle is known to be blasting down the 1/8th mile strip in and this is a way you can be a small part in his journey of recovery for years to come....here is how it works...send $20 to paypal acc leafspringnation@yahoo.com and put "LYLE" in the comments as well as your EMAIL ADDRESS and select sending as GIFT so the family gets all of your donation and not paypal getting a cut......please share with anyone you can....if you will post "sent" in the comments below it will help us keep track of the progress...you must include your email address in the paypal transaction....thanks in advance for you help in this difficult time...and please keep praying for a full recovery!!!" http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/lt1wagner/lyle_zpswli0e42q.jpg

Great guy and an amazing car. http://www.dragzine.com/features/car-features/dominant-dodge-jason-digbys-1969-leaf-spring-dodge-dart/

Not for open wheel racing, hell one of those midget engines costs about $65k to build and $47k to freshen, Sprint car motors cost anywhere from $50-$60 and make about 800ish hp to the wheels on all motor.

Make it legal so the hipster-pot head fuck types shut up and have nothing to try and sound smart about. Maybe they will then understand the power their vote holds when the .gov throws a nasty tax on it and puts the screws to them :gabe:

I use it to make money as well, and it gives me hours of entertainment via people who take it to serious, air their personal issues, and anything political.

The irony of that entire situation was just amazing, some dumbassses still have it on their pictures too :lolguy:

Such a bad ass event, wingless sprints are so amazing to watch. Racing 3-4 wide while ripping off some killer slide jobs. These things are also hell to shoot, you don't know where they will be and I could only shoot through the cutout in the fence, so about 20 yards for something moving at over 100 mph... Full Gallery

I liked this and then shared it.

I'm looking forward to it, from what I've seen these little guys mix it up and go 4 wide all the time.

Hyde goes number 1 with a 3.94 on the giggle juice, unreal. Also, say a prayer for Lyle Barnett as he had one of the worst accidents I've ever seen. He has a lot of 3rd degree burns and smoke damage to his throad and lungs. He had to be air lifted out to a better trauma unit and things are not looking good right now for him He is a great guy and hopefully will pull through...

Looking forward to this race, if any CR people want to roll out let me know.

First pair up on Thursday's Q1 in Radial vs World is Stevie Fast vs Barry Mitchell $3000 grudge race with Mitchell getting the back tire! Guys already running in the low 4's and high 3's in Radial vs the World. http://livestream.com/MotorManiaTV/2015NoMercyVI

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This is what I was able to get up for the article, I still have a lot more to edit, along with LS Fest. http://www.dragzine.com/news/photo-extra-the-shakedown-at-the-summit-2015/

Anybody else going? Wife and I are heading up Saturday afternoon and are going to do the grass seating deal again. If you've never been to a dirt race this is the track to go to and the non-wing sprints are pretty bad ass to watch. Make sure to bring sun glasses or eye protection due to the dirt, and maybe a bandana to cover your face during the dust storm. http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/races/schedule/4-crown-nationals/ http://www.eldoraspeedway.com/ Might even get a pit pass to get some Turn 3 shots...

I'm looking at these two now: http://www.cnet.com/products/wd-my-cloud-ex2/ http://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-my-cloud-4tb-external-hard-drive-nas-white/2832018.p?id=1219079080973&skuId=2832018 Either way based on the all the input from the people who know more than me I will still back everything up on external hardrives just to be 100% safe and covered.

Well, this has been very educational to say the least. I think my best plan will be the NAS and then at least 1 seperate External that I keep stuff on. Buy one time, cry one time and avoid issues just like buying car parts, camera parts, and gun parts So now, for my NAS what do I want to stuff it with? What HDs do I want to avoid? The WD Cloud system seems to be a good choice for my needs, or maybe the unit I liked above.

I know 2 media people who got screwed by only using external hard drives, they fail and the cost to do what I need is not there. I think the NAS is going to be closer to what I need. Something I can mirror one drive onto the other to be sure I've got plenty of backup. I've tried using the upload style backup online, but when you are trying to upload a few thousand pictures and RAW files it takes to much time. So, as far as the NAS setups go, what are features I need to look for?

I don't think Dropbox will work, it takes FOREVER to upload files. Maybe as a failsafe backup, but right now I would like something I can plug into at home and just dump files onto it. At this point I thik a Terabyte would be all I need to start with, just to be sure I don't run out soon. I have not really looked into what size I need yet, I'm just trying to wrap my mind around how to get the device first.

I now have a need for a server to keep all my photo and video stuff on. So, should I try to build something, or our their pre made solutions out there? This will be something that never touches the interwebz and just acts as a place I put all my portfolio and other business media stuff. Would something like this work? http://www.staples.com/NETGEAR-ReadyNAS-100-Series-2-Bay-Diskless-Network-Attached-Storage-RN10200/product_195658?cid=PS:GooglePLAs:195658&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=195658&KPID=195658&gclid=CKbUg4WojcgCFQMJaQodqLgCDg&kpid=195658

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Well, we can buy some anmmo and shoot some of my junk, shotgun, AR, 9mm, and the tacticool 22 ruger.

If you want to shoot my full size M&P let me know. I love it, fits my hand great, shoots nice and it has ate every type of ammo I put through it.

So who will be at Norwalk this weekend for the best heads up race of the year? I'll be heading up Friday morning to do the media thing and hanging out with some creepy old guy in tech from time to time....