Um... I'm Kind of Freaking Out Right Now

"SVTyler" (svtyler) 06/30/2015 at 20:39 • Filed to: None

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Simon Marshall (designer of the DeltaWing and Nissan’s LMP1 car) came into our pizza place today and, in an extremely abbreviated summary of the conversation we had, might be able to get me an internship next summer working with him , Zack Eakin , and Ben Bowlby . I don’t really know what to say besides AREYOUSHITTINGMEOHMYFUCKINGGODTHISIS-FUCKINGUNBE-FUCKING-LIEVABLEWHATKINDOFFUCKINGLUCKDOES-MYDUMBASSHAVETOHAVETHISFUCKINGOPPORTUNITYHOLYFUCKINGSHIT

We swapped email addresses and Mr. Marshall said he would “keep in touch” so I imagine I’ll have more specific information in the next few weeks. While we didn’t get into the details of what kind of qualifications he was looking for, he was impressed that I knew about his time at Lola and Braselton and that I was at Purdue for mechanical engineering so I got that going for me at least, which is nice. Seriously though, even if this doesn’t work out it was still surreal just to talk to one of the designers of the most batshit racecar of the last decade.

Spridget > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:42

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Daaaaaaaaaamn. First off, you are lucky. Second, Simon Marshall goes to your pizza place?

LongbowMkII > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:45

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I’m convinced that a large part of success is connections. Make the best of it!

Toyota Sucks Lots Of Sausages > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:46

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First day at work:

“Hey Simon, here’s my idea.....1 forward gear, 6 reverse gears, and we drive backwards the whole time...”

SVTyler > Spridget 06/30/2015 at 20:49

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Seriously, talk about coincidences. They must’ve moved operations up here to Indy; makes sense because there’s a few IndyCar teams in the area so I’m sure they can find some contract work on the side.

Bandit > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:49

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Jealous. I have one of the engineer’s email but never got a reply!

dogisbadob > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:50

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WOW that’s awesome!!!!! Good luck

SVTyler > LongbowMkII 06/30/2015 at 20:52

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Definitely will man, not many times something like this comes along.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:53

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I hope that you have fun with it!

Also do find out if Ben Bowlby is the kid from Super Bad all grown up.

Cherry_man1 > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:53

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SVTyler > Bandit 06/30/2015 at 20:58

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Sorry to hear that man, did you send multiple emails? I don’t really know what to do in that situation but everyone I talked about networking seems to think you annoy them until you get a reply.

SVTyler > dogisbadob 06/30/2015 at 20:58

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Thanks man!

Bandit > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 20:59

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I should. I have the engineer’s and the team manager’s email who I haven’t contacted yet.

SVTyler > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 06/30/2015 at 21:00

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Me too man. And now that you mention it the resemblance is uncanny...

DoctorNine > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 21:01

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This is the same way I got into medical school.

“You are pretty smart. Do you want to do something besides work at this gas station?”

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 21:04

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SVTyler > Bandit 06/30/2015 at 21:04

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Oh wow, you’re even better connected than I am. Maybe you could send out feeler emails just to see if they actually are looking for people; maybe they talk to each other and be like “hey this kid emailed you too? Must really want to work here” or something, I dunno.

Bandit > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 21:06

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Hahaha. May the best man win?

SVTyler > DoctorNine 06/30/2015 at 21:09

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It’s bizarre right? I thought I was just talking to him about racing and out of nowhere he’s like “yeah, you got an email?” Like I said, surreal.

SVTyler > Bandit 06/30/2015 at 21:11

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Good luck man, I think we’ll both need it lol.

SVTyler > Cherry_man1 06/30/2015 at 21:12

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Kinja ate your post, bro.

Cherry_man1 > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 21:30

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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 21:32

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HOLY SHIT! Lucky man! Best of luck to you! I hope it works out, but just meeting the man is an amazing stroke of luck / experience! :)

SVTyler > Cherry_man1 06/30/2015 at 21:39

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There we go lol.

Cherry_man1 > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 21:42

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Yup lol!

Also you may wanna check out one of my recent posts.

SVTyler > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/30/2015 at 21:50

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Thanks man!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 21:57

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You’d better keep us all informed if something comes of it! (You’re also in charge of acquiring pit passes and plane tickets for all us Opponauts if you end up there and at a LeMans race....right? RIGHT!?)

RustedSprinter > SVTyler 06/30/2015 at 22:03

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When people say “keep in touch” they never do. At least in my experience. :[

SVTyler > RustedSprinter 06/30/2015 at 22:42

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To be completely honest I’m not holding my breath (I can’t imagine the kind of qualifications they look for) but it was still cool to talk to him for a few minutes. Still though, positive thoughts, right?

RoboRed "The road to hell is paved with overturned Vanduras" > SVTyler 07/01/2015 at 01:04

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Congrats, dude! That’s pretty awesome. I hope everything works out.

EL_ULY > SVTyler 07/01/2015 at 09:08

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duuuuuuuuuuuude awesome!!!!!!

SVTyler > EL_ULY 07/01/2015 at 15:16

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I know, right? Here’s to hoping it goes somewhere.

EL_ULY > SVTyler 07/01/2015 at 15:21

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the cheers!

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > SVTyler 07/02/2015 at 02:04

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Damn. Show him how you play Fourza and you might end up in the driver’s seat.

SVTyler > Cherry_man1 07/03/2015 at 04:52

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Damn right you’re keeping the Torino, otherwise all we’d hear from you is how much you miss it lol.

Cherry_man1 > SVTyler 07/03/2015 at 08:44

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Or you would hear me bitching about how there are very few tracks in KS that have open track days