I forgot to reply to this thread.
The threads were completely stripped off the ball joint. Still don't know why.
Good news is that the damage was as minimal as possible. A new ball joint and a new CV boot later and we're back in business.
I slapped the car back together and did a big cruise. The small one is about a 50mile 1 afternoon affair, and as the organizers say, it's the warmup run for the big 3 day adventure towards the end of the summer.
The first day consists of about 150 mile trip up to the first racetrack, Canaan Motorsports park, a tiny little track that is actually a private owners personal track that he rents out for track days.
Second day we drove across New Hampshire to the second track Club Motorsports, which as you'll see in the video is basically built on the side of a mountain and has the most elevation change of any track in this region.
Third day we did the "Kanc" cruise, which is along the kancamangus highway through new hampshire, one of many high speed twistymountain roads (Think mini tail of the dragon) and the locals set up shop with cameras.
Anyway enough talk, here's a video of the best weekend of my life, filled with all the car stuff above, and yet by the end of it the cars didn't matter. THe people, the experience even outside of the cars was amazing. Great accomodations, great food throughout (who would've thought up in NH), and everyone wants to party and let loose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVlgqDTXPKE&feature=youtu.be
