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Legend Car Engine Removal: Tearing Down My Wrecked #63 for the Frame Shop

Legend Car Engine Removal: Tearing Down My Wrecked #63 for the Frame Shop

The wrecked #63 Legend car has to go to the frame shop, so I tore it down and pulled the engine by myself for the first time. A broken lift, a mystery wire, one stupid bolt, a ratchet strap, and the Facebook guys who swore you can lift it by hand. Here's the order I'd use to pull a Legend car engine next time.

durch Chad Byrumauf September 26, 2026
I Hate Racing: I Wrecked My Legend Car, Then My Trailer Bearings Blew

I Hate Racing: I Wrecked My Legend Car, Then My Trailer Bearings Blew

Worst race weekend I've had. I wrecked the 63 car in qualifying, lost all my track time, then the trailer bearings gave out 14 miles from the track on a Sunday when every parts store was closed. Two nights in a Comfort Inn later, here's the damage and the trailer maintenance lesson I paid full price for.
durch Chad Byrumauf September 15, 2026
Total Loss? I Wrecked My Legend Car

Total Loss? I Wrecked My Legend Car

I wrecked my Legend car at Dominion Raceway, and I did it to myself. No excuses. Here's the walk back to the pits, what the right front looks like now, how I check whether a race car is actually totaled or just ugly, and why I'm already ordering parts.

durch Chad Byrumauf September 04, 2026
Chad's #63 Legend Car up on a dolly in the Midlife Classic Cars shop in Greensboro, NC during race prep

What Nobody Tells You About Owning a Legend Car

Everybody films the racing. Nobody films the week before it. I'm back in my 90-degree Greensboro warehouse with no AC, prepping the #63 Legend Car for Charlotte — rebuilding a car dolly, hammering a bent bumper, chasing a dead transponder, and de-glazing brake pads I'm still not sure I'm doing right.

durch Chad Byrumauf August 19, 2026
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