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Speedycop Melting faces and making smiles in motorsports and on Main Street with unique automotive creations.

01/07/2026

Mrs. Speedycop and I did the most incredible at Raccoon Mountain Campground & Caverns outside Chattanooga a little over a week ago! It was hands-down one of the coolest things we've ever done. It's NOT for claustrophobic or larger folks, due to the many extremely tight spaces you wiggle through on your stomach. Our guide Jack was AMAZING, and took us through some optional places that stretched this 2.5 hour (on average) tour into just under four hours. This longer tour takes you deep into the ground to a remote 70' underground waterfall in a 110' dome, while seeing tons of , , cool formations, and wildlife like bats, salamanders, spiders, and crayfish. Yes, it's physically taxing. Yes, we got filthy. Yes, it *can* be dangerous. Yes, I'm already planning to return and do it again, this time doing every side quest our guide can handle! Who wants in?

What kind of invitational hillclimb event should we host first on the new driveway? Think extremely affordable (somethin...
01/03/2026

What kind of invitational hillclimb event should we host first on the new driveway? Think extremely affordable (something super cheap to buy or build) and not too powerful (for safety/liability reasons), where driver skill means more than deep pockets. Maybe a 1.3L max STOCK car challenge (Geo Metro, Festiva, Daihatsu, etc.)? Let's hear your suggestions!

Might be a few hours early, but HAPPY NEW YEAR!May God lead you, keep you, and bless you in 2026.I LOVE YOU ALL!
01/01/2026

Might be a few hours early, but HAPPY NEW YEAR!
May God lead you, keep you, and bless you in 2026.
I LOVE YOU ALL!

My family could really use your prayers. My youngest brother Aaron Bloch (on the right, earlier this year) was killed la...
12/31/2025

My family could really use your prayers. My youngest brother Aaron Bloch (on the right, earlier this year) was killed last night when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in San Bernardino. I don't have many details yet, and we're still processing this devastating news. 2025 wasn't quite done working us over yet it seems...

Go hug your loved ones tightly!
Tomorrow isn't promised for any of us...

I love you all!

The Wall Street Journal featured us again yesterday in the article linked below! It's a tremendous honor for us to be th...
12/30/2025

The Wall Street Journal featured us again yesterday in the article linked below! It's a tremendous honor for us to be the favorite WSJ automotive article of renowned author A.J. Baime for all of 2017. In this final column, A.J. covers one article from each year, after writing more than 600 since 2013 for his weekly My Ride column. If you have access, the whole thing is well worth the read! It will be in an upcoming print edition as well. I'll share the issue date once I know which one. Thanks again, A.J.!

12/29/2025

Mrs. Speedycop and I checked out the Tennessee Aquarium today in Chattanooga. There were lots of fascinating things to see! Enjoy the sights and sounds of the #1 rated aquarium (according to their website) in the country...

12/28/2025

Mrs. Speedycop and I are enjoying a few days with the dogs in a campground near Chattanooga. We've never been to Rock City on Lookout Mountain on the TN/GA line, so we checked it out today. Temps in the low 70s and a holiday weekend meant it was very busy, but it was pretty cool! They also do night tours with the Christmas lights up, but it sells out, so book before you go.

12/27/2025

We're just three weeks away from the next race at the Freedom Factory. Here's a throwback to my first Danger Ranger race a few years ago at Bristol Motor Speedway. I don't think Cleetus McFarland appreciated me brake checking him all that much LOL! Mark Smith, Russ Pasewald and I built that truck in 2 days, including a motor swap and a cage. We finished it in the pits before the race, then I led the first half and finished 3rd, losing to a NASCAR Truck Series champion. Not too shabby for a totally stock be**er on tall skinny dry rotted tires, especially for my first time at Bristol...

Merry Christmas All! Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior. May His peace rest in each of you, and His joy fill you...
12/25/2025

Merry Christmas All!
Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior. May His peace rest in each of you, and His joy fill your hearts.

12/25/2025

Enjoy these 90 seconds of assorted stunting and splodin' shenanigans on this Christmas eve.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

12/24/2025

Yesterday, a GINORMOUS dead tree fell behind our house. We heard what sounded like gunshots and fireworks combined for a few seconds, then nothing. I ran out back and started recording just as the tree fell the rest of the way. Odd that it fell in with no wind, considering the insane wind and rain storm we had the other night that knocked out our power. I had planned to cut and split firewood today anyway, but I figured I might as well take down the dead oak leaning over the driveway first. Anybody else heat their home and shop with wood, at least sporadically?

12/23/2025

I need to be able to haul more than two of our creations on occasion, so I traded my 2003 Crown Vic Police for a 2000 Kaufman 50' 3-4 car wedge trailer that needs a little work. The trailer was local to me and owned by fellow racer Cody Gentry. It turns out that his family (Gentry & Sons Trucking) used to haul Cleetus McFarland 's race cars, and this particular trailer hauled years ago. Small world! Jeremy Adams and I had done a bunch of work on this Vic to get it right, including rebuilding the rear axle. Cody's test drive consisted of doing some donuts in it with his young boys. They loved it!

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