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Ash @upallnight.racing · 13/09/2026

I could get used to the view from the 3rd floor of Brooklands hospitality at Silverstone! Here's lap 1 for your perusal. Back inside on a comfy chair watching the TV feed now, because frankly, standing up sucks for me at the moment!

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 11/09/2026

I think I am set up for ELMS weekend 😎

An ELMS pass and lanyard, my wrist with my Omologato IDEC, and two ACO wristband passes

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 11/09/2026

In the interests of not letting this bastard cancer take everything I enjoy from me, I am loading my bag up with dressings and painkillers, my mate is picking me up, and we are off to this for the weekend! Whether I have to tap out early remains to be seen, but I have hired a wheelchair to help...

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 05/09/2026

I don't know exactly how long I've got, but my specialist was fine with having an SR1 form done for me. For those not ITK with these things, here's the short and skinny: (🧵/n)

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 03/09/2026

Post a picture of you from another era 📷 The aftermath of Reading Festival, I forget exactly when but 2000 or 2001 I think. Good times. Would go back right now if I could!

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 30/08/2026

You know you're more poorly than you feel when a crap, immediately followed by a shower, results in 21 minutes of exercise according to Whoop. Was light headed by the end of the shower 😱 Having a lie down now.

Whoop band exercise heart rate chart. Lots of Zone 3, and more 4 and 5 than you might think.

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 27/08/2026

Aww man, not Peter Cullen now too! FFS. Huge part of my (some would argue ongoing) childhood. Prime was/is a proper role model and I will accept no argument on the matter

Optimus Prime's death scene from the 1986 Transformers movie

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 25/08/2026

Surely nobody is that daft, right? Right?!

BBC News page, headline "Drugs dug up at Creamfields site ahead of festival". Underneath a photo of loads of drugs laid out on a blue tarp, it says "Police are asking anyone who buried a rucksack or holdall to get in touch if they want it back"

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 14/08/2026

Think Samsung got gen AI to write this, or the work experience kid? Mind you, either of them should've caught "Lightening" 🤦‍♂️

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 14/08/2026

The man speaks sense! I didn't know he knew me. Heh.

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 13/08/2026

Safe to say that my mate in HK has not disappointed. This is a truly unbelievable haul and I am absolutely made up 😀 The 3 R32s at the front are freebies for spending a certain amount, too. Result!

24 Tomica Tomy model cars, 16 black box premiums and 9 red box chases, sitting on a table.

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 31/07/2026

Been playing the demo of Corsair Cove all morning. Absolutely hooked, it's brilliant. Expect to see it on AshGamesBadly sooner rather than later!

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 28/07/2026

And the backprint. 💚💚💚

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 28/07/2026

Giving my one-of-one @creatinglightly.art original shirt a run out for the first time today 😎 Only to an appointment with a nurse, but it still counts 😂 Absolute legend for this, mate. Can't adequately express how awesome this is 🫶

Close up of "UAN Racing" on the left breast of a black t-shirt

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 24/07/2026

Hell. Yes. Love a Rothmans Escort. Used a pic of one I took at the Silverstone Classic 15+ years ago as my phone wallpaper for about a decade. This one, in fact 😂 Can't find the uncropped version, must be on my other PC.

Rothmans Escort Rally car sliding around at the Silverstone claddic many years ago

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 20/07/2026

This, on an Amstrad CPC6128. Shame about the cover car, but I still loved the game 😂

The box art of WEC Le Mans video game (1986)

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 15/07/2026

In better news, this has turned up! Major(ette) thanks to @throttlesteerer.bsky.social for this, I love it 😀

Majorette 1/64 Jaguar E-Type in Group 44 livery

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 12/07/2026

OOoooo, maptap has stats now! Was not expecting to see an average over 800. Will absolutely take that be be chuffed 😂

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 10/07/2026

Tell you what, @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social's t-shirt game is strong. Might be my new favourite shirt under current circumstances 😂

A t shirt, in medium green, with a poorly drawn cat on and "I'm at my limit" written underneath

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 09/07/2026

Everyone should be buying art from @ngautoart.bsky.social - he has a big stash of finished pieces that need homes! But not these two though. These two are coming to me 😎

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 25/06/2026

Why am I insanely excited by the Motorsport Manager 2 announcement? Oh, no reason...

Screenshot from the Steam mobile app showing 1,898 hours played on Motorsport Manager. Why no, I don't have much of a life, why do you ask?

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 16/06/2026

Hell yes, #WEC #Silverstone 6 hours booked 🥳 See you all there, I hope?

Email confirmation of my Silverstone booking with my real name scribbled out and Ash written above it

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 14/06/2026

Look at the state of that. I love a dirty race car 😍

The winning Toyota side on under the podium with the drivers standing on the roof. The car is FILTHY

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 14/06/2026

3 minutes before the race started I called it for Toyota. And I got some stick for it too. #LeMans24 #SmugMode 😎

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 14/06/2026

Receipts have been kept 🤣

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 13/06/2026

Out of bed 🥳 OK, so it took ages, help from two nurses, and 10ml of Oramorph to do it - but it still counts, damn it 😆

Mostly just a picture of an empty hospital bed. There's my right knee and the corner of a table in shot too. Not that interesting really.

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 11/06/2026

According to a doc from my team who just came to see me, I may not even be out before Sunday. So it looks like Le Mans on the tablet, and socials on the phone for this year's viewing. That's a bit depressing really but needs must I guess! Thrilling photo of my current state, just coz. #StillNotDead

My feet poking out from the bottom of the sheet in a hospital bed, with the curtain closed in the background

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 06/06/2026

Mate who is there with his 40 just sent me these. Good Lord. Yeah, OK, fine, I'm going to brave the weather 😲

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 06/06/2026

Local forecast. Believe it when I see it!

Weather app widget saying "Rain to end by 10:45"

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 28/05/2026

Yep, that will do nicely 😀

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 28/05/2026

Right then, let's see how shiny the new PC makes this game...

Forz Horizon 6 graphics benchmark loading screen

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 28/05/2026

I only finished downloading it yesterday evening 🤦‍♂️ Might get to play the damn thing one day. God do I miss the days of games on actual media. Buy game, install game, play game. Simple.

Forza Horizon 6 loading screen doing a 2.4gb update

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 27/05/2026

Pushed the PC as far I could last night to get some nice benchmark numbers, then dialled it back for stability's sake. OCCT stability test cooking as we speak, and finally, *finally*, resumed the Horizon 6 download 😂 I'll take top 4% and be happy!

3DMark TimeSpy benchmark result page. Scored 27,346 putting my PC in the top 4% of TimeSpy benchmarks

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 26/05/2026

Just call me the pin whisperer 😎🥳 32gb, running in dual channel, and merrily using its XMP profile. Result! Now to run Memtest64 for the rest of the day just to make sure its stable 😂

Screenshot of a windows desktop showing HWInfo64, CPU-Z, and Task Manager, all show details of RAM

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 26/05/2026

If the red line marks the bend point in the pin as I can see it, you're saying it needs to bend in the green direction rather than blue? I'd assumed blue

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 26/05/2026

Got the little shit upright, but how the hell do I bend it in half with only one hand?! (Other hand holds the magnifying glass, before you ask 😂)

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 26/05/2026

Finally got around to opening my latest piece from @ngautoart.bsky.social (I'd been keeping it nice and safe in the box until now) and, as usual, I can't take a photo that does it justice 💚 Seriously people, buy Neil's art! He's so bloody good! (Thanks for the extras BTW mate, very kind 😍)

The 1985 Bathurst-winning TWR XJ-S drawn in coloured pencils inside the outline of the Bathurst circuit as it was in 1985

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 26/05/2026

That would explain RAM channel A being fussy and difficult to diagnose. The bent pin is a MAB_DATA pin. So, channel A 🤦‍♂️ Proper bent-bent, that. If I screw up straightening it out, then that motherboard is almost useless as it takes down slots A1 and A2. So no DDR. No pressure, then 😬

Close up of an AMD AM5 socket with one very obvious spectacularly bent pin

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 23/05/2026

No prizes for guessing which car inspired the colour scheme 😀

White PC with mostly purple LEDs but the RAM LEDs are yellow

White PC with mostly purple LEDs but the RAM LEDs are yellow (Slightly close up)

White PC with mostly purple LEDs but the RAM LEDs are yellow (In the dark this time)

White PC with mostly purple LEDs but the RAM LEDs are yellow in the dark again

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 23/05/2026

Had to reset the fTPM on first boot (not a mistake from me, it happens with every new CPU I believe. Certainly had to on my 7900X, anyway), but once that was done... 🥳

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 22/05/2026

OK... I think the build is done. At least for v1.0 anyway. Next up will be plugging stuff into it, booting it up, and seeing what catches fire. Not doing that now though because holy shit am I tired Shiny though, isn't it? 🥳

A mostly white PC build with some purple cables

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 22/05/2026

Small csse drawbacks - especially when cramming a massive AIO in where it really shouldn't be - include godawful cable management, and some absurdly tight clearances that I definitely calculated beforehand and totally didn't just get lucky with

Zoomed in shot of a PC motherboard with RAM sticks mounted, showing a tiny clearance between the top of the RAM and the AIO fan

Top-down view of the VRM fan on a Liquid Freezer 3 Pro, once again showing a tiny clearance between the top of the VRM fan and the bottom of the radiator fans

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 22/05/2026

PSU in. Two banks of fans loosely fitted as I still don't quite know where they're going, powered and ARGB'd. Case USBs and power button/light wired. Extra CPU power cables wired. More sitting down and possibly lunch now on the cards because really very... 🥱

A white PC case/motherboard/fans sitting on it's side looking down towards the motherboard. Purple 12v cable stands out!

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 22/05/2026

More progress! Purple screws and mobo 12v cable looks as awesome as I thought they would 😎🥳 12v cable put up a fight though. Literally broke a sweat getting it to lock in. Hope I didn't break anything 😬 Time for a sit down and some Monster to kick me awake again 🤘😂

A mostly white case/motherboard/fans with a purple 12v cable going to the motherboard

Close up of anodised purple screws on the motherboard

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 22/05/2026

Next day, my arse. I've asked it before and I'll ask it again - why, in the name of all that is good and holy, does ANYONE, EVER, use evri?! Absolutely useless from top to bottom. Genuinely amazed they're even still in business

Order tracking page that says "Estimated to arrive by 26 May".

It was ordered for next day delivery on the 20th.

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 21/05/2026

For some strange reason, I'm not convinced you tried, you shower of [many deleted expletives]. Maybe its the 3 minute gap between notifications that tipped me off? FFS, why does anyone still use these clowns?!

Evri tracking page showing "9:28 Out for delivery" swiftly followed by "9:31 Unable to deliver your parcel"

I do not live 3 minutes from a depot.

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Ash @upallnight.racing · 20/05/2026

A mate is at Goodwood today. Apparently both of these are owned by Jenson Button. Not remotely envious. The C-Type was once owned by one J M Fangio. (FAO @creatinglightly.art 😀) *Dribbles ever so slightly*

Jaguar E-Type "CUT 8" showing battle damage, side view

XKC018, bronze Jaguar C-Type, side view in the Goodwood paddock

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