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roadracer97

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***** to hear that you had to shut down and about your health going downhill. good luck in whatever you do in the future. will look forward to an update?
 
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Work will kill ya...lol. I joke about it but its true. Every year when it gets cold is what we call "remote start season". It is the most profitable time for me. With my business I work on-site. From about November thru the end of march I pretty much install remote starters non stop from about 8am till sometimes 2am if a customer is willing to have me at their house that late. Then I get home and wire-prep the next days units or get orders ready to ship out. There are many nights that my wife wakes up in the morning to find me at my workbench with no sleep for 36-48 hours. I try to stay on top of it but usually my health starts to fail. Nearly every year I develop "walking pneumonia" or even worse yet I still go at it. I'm a one man army and nobody does it as good as I would. Now though with the older I get (39) and with our 3rd son (being delivered in just a few hours) I really start to rethink my future of hard work and need to seriously higher someone or lessen the load and stress. As I stated before something you love will turn into something you hate unless managed properly. Too much business can become bad business. Time away from family, especially children, cannot be recaptured. I look at my boys, now 3 and 7 and it seems they have grown overnight.

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IPACA9 said:
Work will kill ya...lol. I joke about it but its true. Every year when it gets cold is what we call "remote start season". It is the most profitable time for me. With my business I work on-site. From about November thru the end of march I pretty much install remote starters non stop from about 8am till sometimes 2am if a customer is willing to have me at their house that late. Then I get home and wire-prep the next days units or get orders ready to ship out. There are many nights that my wife wakes up in the morning to find me at my workbench with no sleep for 36-48 hours. I try to stay on top of it but usually my health starts to fail. Nearly every year I develop "walking pneumonia" or even worse yet I still go at it. I'm a one man army and nobody does it as good as I would. Now though with the older I get (39) and with our 3rd son (being delivered in just a few hours) I really start to rethink my future of hard work and need to seriously higher someone or lessen the load and stress. As I stated before something you love will turn into something you hate unless managed properly. Too much business can become bad business. Time away from family, especially children, cannot be recaptured. I look at my boys, now 3 and 7 and it seems they have grown overnight.

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Maybe it would be a good idea to hire a helper. Working 16 hour days is stupid, period. Your jobs suffer from it, your productivity suffers, your family suffers, you suffer.
 
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Maybe it would be a good idea to hire a helper. Working 16 hour days is stupid, period. Your jobs suffer from it, your productivity suffers, your family suffers, you suffer.
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Right. This little guy is gonna slow me down. Born yesterday. 8 lbs 3½ oz

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Alrighty guys.....I'm back!!!

Working with a new shop, ran by my business mentor. Track.One is coming back as the performance/racing leg of the company. Can't wait to show you guys more :)
 
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And I'll be sure to fill in the blanks on closing the company last year and everything I've had to deal with as well....its a longggggg story lol
 
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Wow talk about creepy. I was going through my subscriptions and saw this one and thought "been a long time since an update there".

Welcome back!
 
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bigpokie

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Did you by any chance open off of 4th out towards the fair ground ? I see a sign everyday I go to work that says track one.
 
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I work around the corner from the other shop that barely got off the ground. I may need someone soon to help me with a fresh Lvl 2 4l60e that won't act right.
 
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Mpower5266

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I just skimmed through the thread. Im from the Franklin area and a few of the names and faces look and sound familiar. I hope all is going well for you.
 
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It seems like they are just getting the shop going right now, saw some of their cars and customers rides at cars and coffee this weekend
 
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I didn't have any luck with the facebook link above. But I did a quick google search and found his two instagram feeds for him and track one. It looks like they moved the shop to a different area because the old one was too big or too expensive I think. It looks like they are getting everything installed and set up right before re-opening. Looks like its going well. Congrats!
 
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Yeahhhhh, so I **** at updates....only because we've been sooooooo busy.

I have a huge update to make soon, hopefully my post will be soon and not another month from now haha.

Here is a link to our facebook and instagram...its usually updated daily.

https://www.facebook.com/TrackOneMotorsports?ref=bookmarks

http://instagram.com/mike_trackone_zusin
 
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Awesome update shot. I think that picture clarifies your current position. Well done sir, your a master of getting back up and fighting!
 
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Hasn't been much time for updates but thanks guys. The new shop is BOOMING with business. So much to catch everyone up on.
 
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Just finished reading from start to finish, really really a good read. Hats off to you sir. As someone in a similar situation, I would love to hear more about the rebirth of your shop and how you got there!
 
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