saw ''miss geico'' today
08-08-2009 | 10:47 PM
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At SBI today, Miss Geico broke off a part, maybe called a tunnel flap, and it went up into the support for the rudder.
So my kid goes up to the guys and asks if they need a vacuum pump for fixing the glass. What they needed was a 3/8" thick 5056 aluminum flap part 36" wide cut out, bent, and welded. So he offers to make it. He drove back to Baroda, opened the shop, made the part. He's heading back to Michigan City now to bring it to them now.
That's cool, my 21 year old kid is helping Miss Geico run tomorrow.
BTW - if anybody needs an awesome fabricator, my kid is a perfectionist. He likes making one-off pieces. Hopefully somebody from Geico will give him a plug here. He really wants to get into High Performance racing in a big way.
So my kid goes up to the guys and asks if they need a vacuum pump for fixing the glass. What they needed was a 3/8" thick 5056 aluminum flap part 36" wide cut out, bent, and welded. So he offers to make it. He drove back to Baroda, opened the shop, made the part. He's heading back to Michigan City now to bring it to them now.
That's cool, my 21 year old kid is helping Miss Geico run tomorrow.
BTW - if anybody needs an awesome fabricator, my kid is a perfectionist. He likes making one-off pieces. Hopefully somebody from Geico will give him a plug here. He really wants to get into High Performance racing in a big way.
Great to hear that there are still good people out there, willing to go the extra mile to help someone out and to make sure that Miss Geico can race tomorrow and put another great show on for all the race fans who have come to watch her and all the others race. I hope he gets some business/recognition for his efforts and there is always a need for talented and most importantly good people in the High Performance Industry.
08-09-2009 | 02:45 AM
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Hey everyone I'm waybombs kid. My good buddy Chris Spitale and I helped the team until 3:00 in the Morn! The boat will race tomorrow.. BTW Pops its T6 6061 with a thickness of .250 
I just wanted to give The team MAD PROPS! They are very nice people to work with and all I can say is good things about them!
Kevin
I just wanted to give The team MAD PROPS! They are very nice people to work with and all I can say is good things about them!Kevin
08-09-2009 | 10:54 AM
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08-09-2009 | 12:16 PM
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08-09-2009 | 01:36 PM
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Sarasota was scheduled to be the last race for the MTI. If they want to keep up with the other Mystics, they are gonna have to run theirs.
Last edited by Sean H; 08-09-2009 at 01:39 PM.
