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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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rebuilding Rx3 after pretty bad accident

On July at the pan american nationals @ atco raceway I had a pretty bad accident with my Rx3. The car switched lanes at around mid track and I hit the guard rail pretty hard. car had some decent damage but it's all fixed and ready to rumble once more. pics of before and after..







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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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some of the damage. complete fiber glass nose was shattered!!
this was damage done to the rear quarter panel..




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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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new quarter panel..





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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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new 2 wheel bars



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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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Awesome work! Glad to see everything back together & heading back to the strip!
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 01:45 PM
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Great to hear ITO! Can't remember but were you driving, or one of your kids?
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 02:10 PM
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Great to hear ITO! Can't remember but were you driving, or one of your kids?
glad I was driving. I had a terrible headache for days and mri said i had 3 bulging discs on my neck
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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Did you figure out why it switched lanes midway through the track? (And did you fix it?)
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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Hey Ito are your quarters fiberglass? PM me back i need some racecar body help (RX3)for a different class
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Judge Ito, Glad to see you are back in action. From the looks of it, the damage was minimal, was that the case or was the damage a lot worse that it looks.

Anthony
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Judge Ito, Glad to see you are back in action. From the looks of it, the damage was minimal, was that the case or was the damage a lot worse that it looks.

Anthony
alot worse ant. complete front chassis clip is new
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Great news Ito.
Can't wait to see it go down the track.
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 04:42 PM
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2 vids of the accident. Good luck Judge Ito with everything and hope u get the record from Kamikaze
http://68.178.140.70/videos/06-07-16-005.wmv
http://68.178.140.70/videos/06-07-16-004.wmv
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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glad to see your back in action,i've been following your progress for a long time,don't stop now.
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Originally Posted by Directfreak
Did you figure out why it switched lanes midway through the track? (And did you fix it?)
wheelie bar to short. coil overs to soft. and a water leak.. hopefully we fixed it. I went with a totally different longer wheelie bar. 2 wheel instead on one wheel. adjustable strange engineering coil overs. and a tighter fit on the radiator cap. a stupid mistake that was costly..

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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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a different video of the crash..


http://agracingvideo.com/videos/otros/judgeito.wmv
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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thanks to everyone. Cris hopefully I'll test down in your neck of the woods.
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Originally Posted by Judge Ito
thanks to everyone. Cris hopefully I'll test down in your neck of the woods.

That would be pretty cool.
All the tracks are pretty closed untill the first week of January. Even Bradenton which normally remains open for private testing is closed this year because they are doing some renovations to the track retaining walls.
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Do you know Brian from 'Jah Works Racing' ?
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Originally Posted by Judge Ito
alot worse ant. complete front chassis clip is new
Wow. Sorry about that, I just saw the video's of the accident. Before the videos I thought it was just the read clip, glad you are ok. BTW, Don't leave the NE, crispeed is doing pretty well down there by himself

See you guys at etown and atco in 2007.

Anthony

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BTW, Don't leave the NE, crispeed is doing pretty well down there by himself Anthony
I believe Ito just wants to do some testing here in FL.
His visa was only granted for testing his race car.
If not then I'll have to revoke his visa for Florida and alert border patrol to be on the look out for him just incase he decides to cross the Florida State Line.
And if that fails I seriously doubt he will make it pass Kilo's terrority in Orlando.
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Old Dec 25, 2006 | 07:45 PM
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Ito
Do you know Brian from 'Jah Works Racing' ?
yes i know brian.
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complete New chassis front clip.


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also new steering rack.. front chassis was fixed according to NHRA rules and reccomendations..

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