What The #$%&*

Hemi Moose · 03-12-2012, 05:15 PM

Lets here some weird or crazy stories from the past...maybe something that happened at a race, with a driver or their car, or something that happened in the pits that you couldn't believe what you were seeing, a questionable teardown, etc, something that you said to yourself WTF...anything from the past.

Geerhead55 · 03-12-2012, 11:35 PM

A couple funny incidents come to mind,,,, at the long gone, late Puyallup Raceway Park, if you got in the stands early enough, you could grab a front row seat that was probably about 10ft from the car in the right lane, at the starting line, as the stands were right above the guardrail down that side of the track. I remember watching a guy carefully staging a '39 Chevy coupe and as the lights came down, I saw his head go back as he was in the middle of a sneeze, and at the moment he finished, the light was already green and his opponent was gone! Not only can you snooze and lose, you can sneeze and lose too!
I also observed the time honored ritual of a racer overstaging, backing up, turning the stage lights on and low and behold, up go the revs, the lights came down, and he dumps the clutch and badly wheelhops backwards because he forgot to put the gearbox in first gear! Strange, but true!
Danny Durham

John Mason · 03-13-2012, 01:00 PM

Got protested at Atco in the late 60's with my 67 Pontiac stocker after winning 3 weeks in a row. Torn down by their tech crew (not NHRA's) after eliminations. The guy checking my cam put masking tape around my 6" balancer, carefully marked .010 open and .010 closed on the tape with a pen, removed the tape, placed it around a 8" degree wheel, measured the duration and whispered to me that I was leaving a lot on the table since my cam was about 30 degrees short of maximum. Bob Duffy was there and had to go outside to contain his amusement.

Hemi Moose · 03-13-2012, 02:55 PM

Good stuff guys...keep'em coming.

Hemi Moose · 05-19-2012, 02:27 PM

Seen this photo and thought what the...

03-12-2012, 05:15 PM	#1
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	What The #$%&* Lets here some weird or crazy stories from the past...maybe something that happened at a race, with a driver or their car, or something that happened in the pits that you couldn't believe what you were seeing, a questionable teardown, etc, something that you said to yourself WTF...anything from the past.

03-12-2012, 11:35 PM	#2
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: What The #$%&* A couple funny incidents come to mind,,,, at the long gone, late Puyallup Raceway Park, if you got in the stands early enough, you could grab a front row seat that was probably about 10ft from the car in the right lane, at the starting line, as the stands were right above the guardrail down that side of the track. I remember watching a guy carefully staging a '39 Chevy coupe and as the lights came down, I saw his head go back as he was in the middle of a sneeze, and at the moment he finished, the light was already green and his opponent was gone! Not only can you snooze and lose, you can sneeze and lose too! I also observed the time honored ritual of a racer overstaging, backing up, turning the stage lights on and low and behold, up go the revs, the lights came down, and he dumps the clutch and badly wheelhops backwards because he forgot to put the gearbox in first gear! Strange, but true! Danny Durham

03-13-2012, 01:00 PM	#3
John Mason Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 147 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What The #$%&* Got protested at Atco in the late 60's with my 67 Pontiac stocker after winning 3 weeks in a row. Torn down by their tech crew (not NHRA's) after eliminations. The guy checking my cam put masking tape around my 6" balancer, carefully marked .010 open and .010 closed on the tape with a pen, removed the tape, placed it around a 8" degree wheel, measured the duration and whispered to me that I was leaving a lot on the table since my cam was about 30 degrees short of maximum. Bob Duffy was there and had to go outside to contain his amusement. __________________ John Mason 7743 SS

03-13-2012, 02:55 PM	#4
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: What The #$%&* Good stuff guys...keep'em coming.

05-19-2012, 02:27 PM	#5
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: What The #$%&* Seen this photo and thought what the...