This one has a back story. After sitting in the staging lanes for an hour or so, our hero decides to take leave of his machine in favor of a hot dog at the concession stand. As he queues for sustenance, his faithful crew inches his blown Pontiac closer to the line on his behalf. Next thing you know, his machine is at the line, sans driver, and our hero only barely manages to sprint from the hot dog line into the driver's seat, helmet in hand, ready to take care of this whole 'go fast' business... enjoy!
Obviously, he didn't recalculate his launch rpm to adjust for the added hot dog weight. Not to mention the new front/back weight bias. I can almost gurantee that he didn't change the tire pressure, post hot dog. These are fine tuned racing machines. Every variable needs to be accounted for, or things like this can occur....
Oh man...I knew I was gonna look like a **** on that one... Uh...see..what happened was, I didn't have a chance to warm the motor and she coughed at the line. The lure of the hot dog got me... The car still ran 12.20 @120.5 mph spinning the tires till teh 1/8 mile mark. She was all over the place...kept breaking teh tires loose and hitting the shift light. **** or not, I don't care. That's still the funnest **** you can ever do with a hot rod. Thanks Blake. -Abone.
Now I will pretend it has never happened to me...and it certianly wasn't in a "pro" race car in front of 1000 people. Fortunately, I was just trying to get it into the lanes. unfortunately, I did it 5 times.
I like how you kept putting your shifter hand back on the wheel between shifts! A hot rod ya gotta actually DRIVE to go fast. F!@# YEAH!!!!!!!
Very kool man...Making all us Pharohs Proud here in Joe town. By the way ....Very nice recovery....At least ya didn't ***** jump him....Be cool guys and nice video Blake.
wow - that was killer - if that don't make the hair on your arms stand up i don't know what will - it sounded awesome.
at least you didnt throw the trans into neutral during the burnout. I know someone who did that once.
multi-tasking in the staging lane. I love it. You got the helmet cinched down tight, killed the motor, and still had a hell of a run.
Man that was done in true hot rod style,not like others I`ve seen on tv that start pounding there wheel and taking there helmet off and throwing it on the ground...................You Rule...............................
Man, that's a great video! If that doesn't get someone off their *** to turn off the computer and get to the garage and get something done, nothing will. In fact, I'm headed there right now. Thanks!
You're the only man on earth that can stall his car at the line... make a run, and still look cool. Sam.
'shackin his head at the end of the run' ...that's a good one! ...**** happens and it's always good for a laugh, I'll bet your buddies won't let you live that down It kinda reminds me of a local racer who was in line for a Wally ... Last race of the season and he's a top point leader, the 360 blows in his '28 Es*** during test and tune on Sat noonish. with the mopar powered ***aches out or the race he calls the wifey and tells her to get down to the track pronto and bring her new (one year old) Mercury Sable, Fast. Once she gets there he tells her that this is the Wally he's been chasing for 10 years and he needs a car to compete in (The company Van that brought him and the ***aches there, is loaded with Refrigeration service parts and ways over 10,000 lbs) 'Betty' reluctantly hands the keys over to him. All thru Saturday and into Sunday, the 2002 Sable keeps dropping time but about 1/10th with every run or so. ..Harry wasn't sure why he kept gaining speed but he made it to the Final Round on Sunday and like the prior races, dropped his dial in by another wee bit. On the track, Harry pulls up in the white 4 door sable, The top contender from Edmonton pulls up in a 60's Nova. At the end of the track, the win light tells the tail. Harry won by hitting his time on the dot. It was like a 16.88 dead on versus the 66 nova at 13. and change. (sportsman cl***) Harry is never going to live down getting a Wally in the wife's Sable after chasing it for ten years in his 5 window 28 ***Aches. The Sable? It was fine but Harry couldn't figure out why that thing kept getting faster and faster with every run... ...It turns out Ford put 'learning' computers in the line up starting in '99. ..So if you always drive with a light foot (like Betty), the ****** shifts sooner and the engine adjusts to the light load in the combustion chamber. Betty? She thought that Harry had been playing under the hood and he may have voided her Warranty because all the 'normal' shift points were out to lunch on Monday morn and the car wanted to fly on the way to the office. Guys, Great Vid, This is the kinda stuff that makes racing fun and challenging.. Shaking your head in disgust at the end of the run just makes it a human experience. .
Yea..I felt REAL cool.... Really, it was all I could do to keep from laughing my *** off. I kept thinking, man, I hope I didn't say ****! on camera... Fun stuff.. -Abone.
Bahahaha! I was sitting up in the stands with 2 Bridges watching the entire thing unfold...best part was Jeff ran a 12:20 after stalling the engine, breaking the beams, restarting and blasting off....th***a runnin poncho..and easily the LOUDEST street car at the drags!
Moefuzz... That's a good story. It's also why I don't like bracket racing. Rocky... I don't know, DW is pretty loud. It'll be interesting to hear him next to B***. I used to think my car was loud, until I heard those three.
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