Bone head mistakes
 

What do you do to prevent them? I left with the burn out limiter on in eliminations.

Re: Bone head mistakes
 

Ouch! the only thing I know is to obsessively always do things exactly the same in the same order, every run.

Re: Bone head mistakes
 

Dave has the answer, plus practice, practice, practice.

When seated in the car, ready to race, close your eyes and visualize every move then physically do the moves, then repeat.

PS: quickly put the past behind and focus on the next outing. We are not perfect and mistakes will happen. Learning and improving is the goal

Re: Bone head mistakes
 

Only sure fire way is to have a checklist.

For 99.9999999999999999999999999% of the time, your flight gets you to your destination safely, your lights at home are on, and your military is as effective as it is from the use and rigid adherence to checklists.

Make a short one with all the key actions, and tape it to the dashboard. Make it a point to use it every time. It would have caught your miss.

Re: Bone head mistakes
 

A note on the dash can make a difference alright. In the early 80s I switched from a forward to reverse valve body without missing a beat. But I was young back then.

25 years later, after more than a decade away from racing, I made the same change and repeatedly shifted from first into neutral, losing a couple of first round races in the process.

I solved it by taping a sizable note to the tach that said simply "PULL!" to remind myself to pull the shift lever back rather than push it forward.

I may have looked stupid with that note there but I never missed the shift again.

Re: Bone head mistakes
 

Talk about a bonehead move, the points race before the Gators all my time runs were 10:38, got the stage in first round and I wrote down on the window 10:32,I was having a knee replacement the next week and that's all I was thinking about, lesson learned focus focus focus...Jay

Re: Bone head mistakes
 

Why use a chip for the burnout??????????????????????????????
Dan

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I've heard many people talk about forgetting to turn on their air bottle. Why turn it off? usually because it has a leak somewhere. Solution, fix the leak. When I take my car out of the trailer, the air bottle stays on until I load it up again. It takes planning to keep from making mistakes. Like was said, practice, practice.....
Dan

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I hit the transbrake in 2nd gear once. Rolled the lights, of coarse. Painted a bright yellow stripe up the side of the shifter and frame and I check it every time as I roll up to the line.
Do what works for you no matter what.

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Oh, I don’t know Dan ?? Why have auto and life insurance ?? We are talking about HIGH dollar engines with minimal valve clearance.....