Scanners and Headsets
Rugged Radios H41 Review: Two Seasons at Bristol and Talladega
Three seasons of ownership, two full seasons at both tracks, one bad left knee and a pair of glasses that finally stopped hurting by lap forty.
Three seasons with one behind-the-head headset, and the small fit problem that was ruining every Sunday in the grandstands.
Three seasons of ownership, two full seasons at both tracks, one bad left knee and a pair of glasses that finally stopped hurting by lap forty.
A behind-the-head band is not a gimmick. It is the difference between a cap that fits and a cap you carry.
What three seasons of grandstand listening taught me about hearing the race instead of just watching it.
Three seasons with one behind-the-head headset, and the small fit problem that was ruining every Sunday in the grandstands.
A scanner is only as good as what you can actually hear through it. Here is the order I set mine up, from the parking lot to the last lap.
A three-season scanner headset review from a fan who wears glasses, wears a cap, and has a bad left knee.
Two seasons, four races, and about forty hours on aluminum. What a padded seat with back support actually fixed, and the three things it does not.
A flat pad and a backed seat solve different problems. After two seasons of Bristol and Talladega, here is the honest trade.
Two seasons, four race weekends, and one bad knee later, here is what actually changes when you stop sitting on bare aluminum.
One Sunday in Row 40 at Bristol, a bad left knee called it quits. Two seasons later, here is what rides in the truck to every race.
Five steps Ray Talley actually uses at Bristol and Talladega, in the order he does them, for a race day that doesn't end with a hobble back to the truck.
Two seasons, two seats, four tracks' worth of afternoons. Here is what the Everlasting Comfort stadium seat does well, what it does not, and the three things I would change tomorrow.
Two seasons, four race weekends, and one honest note about what happens to the ice.
Two seasons of hauling a soft cooler into the grandstands, and the one job a hard cooler still does better.
Two seasons, two tracks, and one soft-sided bag that goes in on a single trip and comes out the same way. Here is what actually earns its place in the truck.
A hot Sunday, a long walk from the lot, and the one piece of gear that stopped being a hassle.
Two seasons of hauling the same soft cooler into the grandstands taught me where the ice goes, what to chill the night before, and why the packing order matters more than the bag.
Two seasons of grandstand use, four race weekends, and a short list of things that still bother me about a cooler I keep carrying anyway.
Two seasons, two Talladega weekends, and one joke that has never once gotten old. Here is what a novelty movie cap is actually good for.
One is a joke you wear to a race weekend. The other says which car you root for. I own both, and here is how I split the difference.
After two seasons of Talladega weekends, the cheapest thing in Ray Talley's bag is the one he reaches for first.
My son bought me a movie joke cap as a gag. It turned out to be the best icebreaker in my race bag.
A cap helps, but it is one piece of a system. Here is what I actually wear to Bristol and Talladega when the forecast says hot and the grandstand has no shade.
Two years of Talladega weekends, one adjustable strap, and a few things the listing photos do not tell you.
Two years, six cases, and a shelf in the basement that finally stopped collecting dust.
Single cases or one big wall cabinet? How a collector with limited shelf space decides.
Six cases, six cars, two years on a basement shelf. What changed, and the two situations where a case is a waste of shelf space.
Six 1:24 cars, one shelf, and the dusting routine that finally stopped.
The order of operations for getting a diecast collection off a crowded shelf and into something you can actually look at, learned the slow way in a Hamilton, Ohio basement.
Six cases, two years, one shelf. The fit number that actually matters, the two things that annoy me, and who should walk away.
Three seasons of ownership, two full seasons at both tracks, one bad left knee and a pair of glasses that finally stopped hurting by lap forty.
A three-season scanner headset review from a fan who wears glasses, wears a cap, and has a bad left knee.
Two seasons, four races, and about forty hours on aluminum. What a padded seat with back support actually fixed, and the three things it does not.
Two seasons, two seats, four tracks' worth of afternoons. Here is what the Everlasting Comfort stadium seat does well, what it does not, and the three things I would change tomorrow.
Two seasons, four race weekends, and one honest note about what happens to the ice.
Two seasons of grandstand use, four race weekends, and a short list of things that still bother me about a cooler I keep carrying anyway.
Two seasons, two Talladega weekends, and one joke that has never once gotten old. Here is what a novelty movie cap is actually good for.
Two years of Talladega weekends, one adjustable strap, and a few things the listing photos do not tell you.
Two years, six cases, and a shelf in the basement that finally stopped collecting dust.
Six cases, two years, one shelf. The fit number that actually matters, the two things that annoy me, and who should walk away.