Cops actually had to shut down a couple intersections at night after the Syracuse Nationals let out because guys (local according to news reports) were doing burnouts. They even had the fire department hose the street down - I guess some of them were going so far as to bleach their tires. In the middle of this I have to go up to the store and detour out of my way. People all over the sides of the road in lawn chairs, like it's a spectator event. No guardrails anywhere around until you get close to the interstate exit. All it takes is one guy to lose control and plow through 50 people. Not only is he and his car ****ed, so are a bunch of what could be kids, parents, or both. Just like those folks in the Duesenberg up in Michigan - If you want to do a burnout in front of a crowd, thats what we have drag strips for - That said, I've done my share. One time as a kid they were doing the oil and gravel thing on a road, had just done one lane and I burned out across it. It pulled up all the gravel there and you could see the marks I'd made until the next time they oiled the road down. Was nice to be able to pop the clutch in that car and lay rubber. But hell, I was 18 and that was a long time ago, too. If I want to do a donut, I go out in the field with my Suburban, so the only one I would kill is myself.
Yeah it's me honey, That's right, the car I just spent 3 years building is wrecked. ...Yes, I spend a lot of money on it. ...Yes, I'm still drunk... ...Yes I'm in jail... ...Yes I need bail... ...Yes I realize the last time we had ***, is the last time we'll EVER have ***... ...Yes, I realize we'll never be spending any more oney on beer or cars... Nova owner on phone wife from police station: Priceless!
I've banged more than on up being "cool". But I think the best I've ever seen was at a cruise at an old hotdawg stand we used to go to. This guy shows up in a kind of a tuner lookin' beemer. He was about as out of place as a porkchop at p***over. Anyway long story short he decides to impress everyone when he's leaving, and tries to light it up it gets away from him and he does a 180 and stuffs it into the bank. I drug him home with my old beater pickup just because I could. I hate to see anything get broken but sometimes its just hard not to laugh.
HAHA, UMMM. YEAH, I MEANT FRAME OFF IN THE SENSE THAT THE CAR LOOKED LIKE IT WAS METICULOUSLY RESTORED... YOU GOT ME.
There is alot of NDF's( non driving F@#ks)in the area.. Last year at a Corvette club picnic (my father in law attended)... A guy in the same situation with a fresh car dumped the clutch and destroyed it in a ditch across a few large rocks...Wish I had pics of that for you sadistic *******s
A friend of mine is just now rebuilding a model A coupe. It is really beyond repair but he is going to save it. The owner took it to his high school reunion about 15 years ago. Just finished (900 mi.) 28 coupe, SB 302, 4 spd, Jag rear. Had a little to drink, smoked the tires in front of the crowd, spun it around and smacked a tree right at the drivers door. Killed him and what was even worse his son was right behind him and saw it all. I try to think of this when I think about doing something stupid. I've had motor mounts break and the throttle stick before. Maybe that is what happened to the Nova owner.
All the time. A friend of a friend had just finished a 63 Vette, got it running the night before and went to bed. So we're there the next day, he decides to do a burnout & roll forward the last 10 feet back into the garage and stop. Yep, right thru the toolbox, bicycles and back wall of the garage....
Years ago at Pebble beach the featured cars were Delage and Delahaye with all of the fancy custom bodywork. At the end the contestants leave the field by filing out a one lane service road between the 18th green and the ocean basicly. For some reason a tow vehicle was coming in so one Delahaye owner obligingly backed up to allow the truck in. Unfortunately he failed to look behind him and smashed into the days second place winner as a crowd of us tried to yell a warning. Owwwch! Man, that was one pissed off orthodontist.
These pictures will make you sick... A stuck throttle on a big block camaro on cruise night ended up flipping this deuce over on it's roof.
Once after I moved, I had to leave my 58 Poncho (Tri-power 4-speed) at the old place for a while. My Bro was supposed to move it to his house and I was coming down to pick it up the next weekend. My bro had this 66 Plymouth that he thought was hot, but was only loud, so this is the first time he drove something that would really burn the tires. He grabs a few guys and they go around doing burnouts and finally he says "I wonder what it will do going around a corner?" Well, "what it will do" is total a parked Honda. Bent my bumper and fender and the guys said they didn't even budge in the seats, even without seatbelts. I suppose it's my fault for not letting him drive it before with me in the car. Naw, it's his fault.
I once saw a guy, who was formerly Amish, but left the fold or clan or whatever it's called, do a big smoky burnout in a brand new F150. I was at a house warming type party. They just finished their new house. The Amish guy was a friend, and he did the cement driveway for them. He had joked he would be the first to put down some rubber on their beautiful new virgin white cement. So, as he left the party, he lit up the shiny new F150, laid a nice set of stripes, and took off. On launch, he hit a big trailer that was parked off to the side. The trailer was a rented chicken cooker, the size of a 1.5 car trailer. Being a huge barbecue grill, the thing was all painted black. It didn't show up very good in the night time out in the woods. Ran the truck right up half on top of the trailer. Needed a front end loader to lift the truck off. S****es down the entire length of the truck. Felt bad for the guy, but laughed my head off. Never heard what happened with the owner of the chicken cooker.
Retro, Damned I just missed this. As soon as I left you and Zach I went home. Rumor is that your first post was right. Did you see the cuffs? and rumors says it wasn't his car! BTW, what do you mean first legit run? I didn't see no inspection sticker!
I had some friends back in my hometown who were (hell still are) big time into going out in the woods, getting drunk and 4X4ing all over hell and back. One day they decide to drive their jeeps over some big round hay bails. The type that are like 4 feet tall. One dude makes it up on it and the heat from the catalytic converter (yes it was a NEW JEEP) catches the hay on fire. It burned his jeep to the ground. The fancy aluminum wheels melted and ran down into worm holes in the ground. What an idiot. This guy was also the town cop for a while. Yeah, BRENT, if your reading this, I'm calling you out. **** YOU. Your girl Melinda has ****ed everything in the town. Of course you probably don't care you ****ing idiot. HA HAHAHAHA.
And I was thinking it was a generational thing... What was I thinking??? This video proves there's no shortage of stupidity. (and its funny as hell!) http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=771C98B2-A95D-4509-8F60-57BB0FD18B57&kw=24&p=2
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