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  • Rolex24 at Daytona Weekend: Into The Garages, Lap One

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    So as this olelongrooffan has mentioned a couple times previously, this past weekend was the 51st running of the Rolex24 at Daytona. As always, it was a blast to attend and I am grateful to a bunch of generous friends who provided me a comp ticket to it as well as a coworker who let…

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  • Rolex24 Heritage Exhibition, Lap One

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    As this olelongrooffan has previously shared with my fellow Hoons, this past weekend was the 51st running of the Rolex24 at Daytona. This year the esteemed Hurley Haywood was the Grand Marshall and I must admit, I remember this guy when he first started driving back in the day. My older brother, Bus-Plunge, was a…

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  • Rolex24 at Daytona Weekend: Let's Get This Started

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    This past weekend was the 51 running of the Rolex24 at Daytona and this olelongrooffan spent an alcohol induced a sleep deprived weekend just trying to see what could be seen. As the Hooniverse is a bit short on posts and all the Overlords are out and about, I thought I would pop up my…

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  • The Roar Before The 24: The Final Lap

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    So this olelongrooffan and some buddies are winding up our quick laps through the garages here at the Daytona International Speedway during the Roar Before The 24 a weekend or so ago. And as always I was searching out some off the wall crap to share with my fellow Hoons. I was only moderately successful…

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  • Long Shots: The Ferrari Challenge: I Love Race Week Mornings

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    As part of the Rolex24 at Daytona festivities this weekend, on Saturday, the Ferrari Challenge will have one of their 2013 events out at the Daytona International Speedway. When this olelongrooffan was out at the Roar a couple weekends ago, we got to see a souped up SUV with the rear hatch open filming a…

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  • The Roar Before The 24: Lap Two

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    Yeah, my apologies to my fellow Hoons. When I attended the Roar Before The 24 a couple weeks ago, this olelongrooffan despite having worn long johns, three layers of shirts as well as a scarf and overcoat later in the evening, well, I got sick as the Zombie Racer did last week. You know, up…

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  • The Roar Before The 24, Lap 1

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    So, as my fellow Hoons may recollect, this olelongrooffan mentioned in a post done for last week’s Truck Thursday, this past weekend was the Roar Before The 24, that is the practice session for the Rolex and Continental Series Grand-Am race cars out here at the local to me Daytona International Speedway prior to the…

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  • Truck Thursday: Transporter Truck Thursday Revisited

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    So this olelongrooffan is getting rusty. This morning on the way in to schlep some trailers, I decided to stop by the Daytona International Speedway to capture some images of the transporters in town for the Roar Before The 24 this weekend. There was no way in hell I could talk my way past that…

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