off the beaten path,,,,,,maybe a little fun

THE LEGEND · 12-11-2007, 12:36 PM

Dumb as a coal bucket. Thats really funny.

Back in the early 90's I had a guy come to me and asked if I would look at his delay box. He called it a computer as did a lot of "DUMB AS A COAL BUCKET" people did back then. I said whats wrong with it. He did'nt know. He had just put it in and kept redlighting. I asked what numbers he had in it. He said he put all zeros in so he could have a perfect light. I told him it must be a bad box LOL
Chip

Michael Beard · 12-11-2007, 02:39 PM

Wayne Golanka got to drive Billy Nees' U/SA Nova a few times. The first time, Billy gave him the talk-through of how to drive it. "Bring it up a little, bump it in, hold the brake as hard as you can, and mat it. And don't look at the tach!"

Wayne came back from his first run, with an .800 light. What happened?
"I couldn't help myself! When I put it on the wood, I looked at the tach! I couldn't stop staring at it!" he yelped in disbelief.

John DiBartolmeo got to drive the car, and got a similar speech. John's sitting in the car, with Billy leaning in the passenger side. "Hold the brake, and then put THAT foot on the FLOOR."

John's head whipped around, "Are you SERIOUS?"

I ran against him on his first time shot. I was in the Turismo, so even though he only ran in the 14's, he got to beat somebody to the finish. Keep in mind that the slowest thing John D had ever driven was his 12-sec Chevelle he won the first Bracket Finals at York US30 with. When he got out of the car, his grin was wider than his face. (I've had a couple of Super Stock guys drive the Turismo over the years, with similar reactions.... "This thing is FUN!") Kinda like a go-cart I guess.

TGould · 12-11-2007, 03:27 PM

1968, Continental Divide Raceway (near Denver). Sitting in the staging lanes(door half open) for Pure Stock Eliminator. A snow fence runs the length of the lanes on the driver side. They call us to go, I put in the clutch to start the Corvair and the car rolls backward ....clackety, clackety, clackety, BANG, hinge broke, door dropped. I got out on the passenger side, shut driver door, got back in, won the Eliminator.

david ring · 12-11-2007, 05:31 PM

I love talking to Billy Nees-he told be to build a four cylinder Chevy II-I love the early shoeboxes and of course four cylinder cars-if they'd come out the X/SA automatic class, I might have done it, but honestly, there is no money left over after the comp car eats what I earn up. Next best thing is the six cylinder Shoebox that a d2 racer has-really appreciated getting to see that car at the Sportsnationals in Columbus a couple of years ago. If I ever wanted to drive, my dream car would be an S-10 EFI four cylinder-there's a guy down in Mississippi that's got one that's really fast, saw that at Bristol one year-forget if its was the national event or a points race-but then there's that story of the comp car eating up....

But here's my story about Billy I was at the Keystones one year and Allyn Armstrong came over and needed something (I don't honestly remember what part-I think it had to do with the starter gear ring on a flywheel) and I said to him, we don't have it, but let me go get Billy Nees and have a look at your problem. Sure enough, Billy figured out what Allyn needed to solve the problem and told him he could probably get it at the junkyard around the corner from the track-sure enough, Billy's fix worked.

12-11-2007, 12:36 PM	#1
THE LEGEND VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fayetteville, n.c. Posts: 1,411 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: off the beaten path,,,,,,maybe a little fun Dumb as a coal bucket. Thats really funny. Back in the early 90's I had a guy come to me and asked if I would look at his delay box. He called it a computer as did a lot of "DUMB AS A COAL BUCKET" people did back then. I said whats wrong with it. He did'nt know. He had just put it in and kept redlighting. I asked what numbers he had in it. He said he put all zeros in so he could have a perfect light. I told him it must be a bad box LOL Chip

12-11-2007, 02:39 PM	#2
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: off the beaten path,,,,,,maybe a little fun Wayne Golanka got to drive Billy Nees' U/SA Nova a few times. The first time, Billy gave him the talk-through of how to drive it. "Bring it up a little, bump it in, hold the brake as hard as you can, and mat it. And don't look at the tach!" Wayne came back from his first run, with an .800 light. What happened? "I couldn't help myself! When I put it on the wood, I looked at the tach! I couldn't stop staring at it!" he yelped in disbelief. John DiBartolmeo got to drive the car, and got a similar speech. John's sitting in the car, with Billy leaning in the passenger side. "Hold the brake, and then put THAT foot on the FLOOR." John's head whipped around, "Are you SERIOUS?" I ran against him on his first time shot. I was in the Turismo, so even though he only ran in the 14's, he got to beat somebody to the finish. Keep in mind that the slowest thing John D had ever driven was his 12-sec Chevelle he won the first Bracket Finals at York US30 with. When he got out of the car, his grin was wider than his face. (I've had a couple of Super Stock guys drive the Turismo over the years, with similar reactions.... "This thing is FUN!") Kinda like a go-cart I guess. __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS Last edited by Michael Beard; 12-11-2007 at 02:41 PM. Reason: added pic

12-11-2007, 03:27 PM	#3
TGould Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Beaufort,SC Posts: 145 Likes: 18 Liked 32 Times in 6 Posts	Re: off the beaten path,,,,,,maybe a little fun 1968, Continental Divide Raceway (near Denver). Sitting in the staging lanes(door half open) for Pure Stock Eliminator. A snow fence runs the length of the lanes on the driver side. They call us to go, I put in the clutch to start the Corvair and the car rolls backward ....clackety, clackety, clackety, BANG, hinge broke, door dropped. I got out on the passenger side, shut driver door, got back in, won the Eliminator.

12-11-2007, 05:31 PM	#4
david ring Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oneonta.,NY Posts: 889 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: off the beaten path,,,,,,maybe a little fun I love talking to Billy Nees-he told be to build a four cylinder Chevy II-I love the early shoeboxes and of course four cylinder cars-if they'd come out the X/SA automatic class, I might have done it, but honestly, there is no money left over after the comp car eats what I earn up. Next best thing is the six cylinder Shoebox that a d2 racer has-really appreciated getting to see that car at the Sportsnationals in Columbus a couple of years ago. If I ever wanted to drive, my dream car would be an S-10 EFI four cylinder-there's a guy down in Mississippi that's got one that's really fast, saw that at Bristol one year-forget if its was the national event or a points race-but then there's that story of the comp car eating up.... But here's my story about Billy I was at the Keystones one year and Allyn Armstrong came over and needed something (I don't honestly remember what part-I think it had to do with the starter gear ring on a flywheel) and I said to him, we don't have it, but let me go get Billy Nees and have a look at your problem. Sure enough, Billy figured out what Allyn needed to solve the problem and told him he could probably get it at the junkyard around the corner from the track-sure enough, Billy's fix worked.