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KMPR Archive: October, 1997

2/7/2022

 
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My cousin, Justin Aten, sent me this awesome shot last night.

Its from Sugar River Raceway in October, 1997. Dad and I setting up my somewhat low-budget transmitting on-board camera for my upcoming 8th grade science fair project at Erin Elementary School.

We used an R&D sewer inspection camera from work (my family has owned UEMSI / HTV since its inception in 1989), coupled together with a battery pack and a transmitter taped over my collarbone. The kit wasn't light.

Out on-track, it transmitted the video back to our van, which had a TV/VCR combo broadcasting live what was occurring on-track, while the VCR recorded it. The feature event was run under the lights that night, and a crowd formed around our van to watch my feature.

Perhaps it had too much family involvement to win the science fair, but it was a rather stellar feat. The camera still sits in my Go Pro box, and the footage is still sitting on a VHS tape.

And for history-sake- I led the feature until the final lap. The carburetor trigger broke, and the engine loaded up. It became a dog off the corners and I was passed by Kyle Porter for the win. The Porter family let us borrow a set of sticky tires that day (SRR ran different rules than what we were used to,) so perhaps it was meant to be!

-JD

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