Jessop Krocak, the fixer-upper guy
Posted by Chris on September 18, 2008
Jessop Krocak represents the 612 (Minneapolis, MN). He joins the team as chief fix stuff up and make it work. He brings years of hobbyist level mechanic ability to the team. He also learned how to build a cagehis first one being our Lemon's car. He is an international purchaser by trade. He has a wonderful wife and an annoying dog. His favorite saying is, "well, to be honest"
Ben Centrone, Internet Master
Posted by Chris on September 18, 2008
Ben Cetrone hails from Two Harbors, MN, way up in North Country. Ben is a recent relo to Minnesota from somewhere in Montana. He currently does some computer and Internet stuff that none of us understand. Should you want to have a bunch of pale skinned sweaty guys over for a LAN party, Ben is the guy to call to set up the technology. His method of driving is slow and steady and he won't give up his line. His nickname is Night Terrors due to an unspoken "incident." His favorite movie is anything anime.
Chris gets clipped and goes into the wall
Posted by Chris on September 16, 2008
This is the video most of you have been waiting forsickos. I was headed into this sweeper at 55-65mph. As I rounded the turn, the back end of the car made contact with the car that was following, the car snapped left, grazed the wall and then shot me right and into the far wall–head on. Me and the car managed to nudge the concrete barrier walls a foot and a half out of place.
The car lay, for what everyone considered, dead. But we had faith and rebuilt it and had it back out running some 4.5 hours later.
Pit work and switchovers added time
Posted by Chris on September 16, 2008
We weren't timely with our pit work or driver switchovers. In the future, we will be much more dilligent about how we do drivers changes, fill ups, etc. This is in-car with Chris after an exhaust fix and a quick drive through the pits, just to give you guys an idea of environment.
With 54 cars on track, it made passing a tad difficult
Posted by Chris on September 16, 2008
But we somehow managed to make it all work out. I guess it helps when you have one of the fastest cars on the track. Here are a few in-car videos of me driving the car–giving you a rough idea of how heavy the traffic was. This is all pre-Chris just hit a concrete wall.




The ads about the hybrid car is just kinda sick. I owned a hybrid car, which is a Prius and it just went well for me.…