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John Quinn · 12-11-2008, 11:14 AM

In the late 60's I was watching the top fuelers run from a spot past the finish line. One of the cars lifted the blower way up in the air and it came down flying bouncing and tumbling in my diredtion. My first thought was to "run" and my second thought was "which way" the blower was bouncing in an erratic pattern. Fortunatly it ran out of steam shortly before it got to me.

In the early 70's I was racing a Pinto in Stock and every time a 427 Fairlane passed me at the stripe it was a little scary. It really rocked my Pinto.

The most scary was in the early 80's when I was driving an old style altered (T roadster) in Comp eliminator. The car ran just below 150 mph in the quarter. I was at a points meet in Pueblo Colorado and was making my first pass of the day. The car hooked up really well lifting the front tires about 18" and carrying them a ways down the track. As I reached the finish line the motor decided to impress upon me that I had run those aluminum rods just a little too long. The whole right side of the block exploded dumping a lot of oil onto the very hot header. The result was a very good smoke screen with me sitting in the middle of the smoke. I was completely blind, all I could see was gray smoke, not what I wanted at 150 mph. All I could do was assume the car was still going straight and slow down as rapidly as possible. As it turned out the car did go straight so I came to a safe stop in the shutdown area.

The most interesting thing I saw at the track was at the old and long gone Continental Divide Raceway in Castle Rock, Colorado. I had my car in line to be weighed and had walked over to the scale to talk to the tech guys. while I was there a young lady walked over to ask the tech guys a question for her boyfriend who was waiting in his car. The young lady was wearing a top that was completly transparent and was without bra. She had to ask her question two or three times before anyone could regain their powers of speech. That also reminds me of the two young ladies in string bikinis that the Plum Crazy Cuda brought with them to the first Mile High Sportsnationals at Bandimere's. Woooho.

12-11-2008, 11:14 AM	#10
John Quinn Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bison, KS Posts: 97 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scary Moments in Your Racing Career? In the late 60's I was watching the top fuelers run from a spot past the finish line. One of the cars lifted the blower way up in the air and it came down flying bouncing and tumbling in my diredtion. My first thought was to "run" and my second thought was "which way" the blower was bouncing in an erratic pattern. Fortunatly it ran out of steam shortly before it got to me. In the early 70's I was racing a Pinto in Stock and every time a 427 Fairlane passed me at the stripe it was a little scary. It really rocked my Pinto. The most scary was in the early 80's when I was driving an old style altered (T roadster) in Comp eliminator. The car ran just below 150 mph in the quarter. I was at a points meet in Pueblo Colorado and was making my first pass of the day. The car hooked up really well lifting the front tires about 18" and carrying them a ways down the track. As I reached the finish line the motor decided to impress upon me that I had run those aluminum rods just a little too long. The whole right side of the block exploded dumping a lot of oil onto the very hot header. The result was a very good smoke screen with me sitting in the middle of the smoke. I was completely blind, all I could see was gray smoke, not what I wanted at 150 mph. All I could do was assume the car was still going straight and slow down as rapidly as possible. As it turned out the car did go straight so I came to a safe stop in the shutdown area. The most interesting thing I saw at the track was at the old and long gone Continental Divide Raceway in Castle Rock, Colorado. I had my car in line to be weighed and had walked over to the scale to talk to the tech guys. while I was there a young lady walked over to ask the tech guys a question for her boyfriend who was waiting in his car. The young lady was wearing a top that was completly transparent and was without bra. She had to ask her question two or three times before anyone could regain their powers of speech. That also reminds me of the two young ladies in string bikinis that the Plum Crazy Cuda brought with them to the first Mile High Sportsnationals at Bandimere's. Woooho.