Billy Nees the rednecks just started partying

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by nickh

for you in the second round we had just popped some pop corn and had our ice cold beer. Then OUCH!!!

James, I don't think they're busting me. THAT was the stupidest thing that I've EVER done racing. I watched Bob Broadbent blow the tires off of his car in the rear view mirror and thought, "OK, ya gotta run it to the 1000 ft to get a number for your run completer". I ran it to the 1000 and clicked neutral and just laid my foot lightly on the brake. I never ever thought that car could have gone that fast. I honestly thought that I was dialed stiff.
Oh well, just another chapter for the book "How to not win at Drag Racing".
OBTW James, I only use 7 plugs in the gold Nova. i don't want to go too fast. ;-)

[nickh]

lmao The main thing is you had fun that is all that matters. When I saw the 85 mph trap speed I thought well maybe a plug wire popped off..LOL

[Lee Valentine]

Been there done that!

[Frank Castros]

One year at the Epping race Gene Monahan was driving the old Gold Digger L/SA '69 Chevelle wagon and me in my A/SA '64 Plymouth, Gene stumbled off the line and slowed, I blew by him and figured he broke and went into cruise mode after half track until I looked into my side view mirror and saw him almost next to me and I almost soiled myself! I got back in it just in time to get there first! But man that would have been embarasing.
He drove by me at the scales with a big grin on!

[Bob Mulry]

Been there and almost done that..
I was at Douglas, WY the week before the Mile High Nats in 2002 and didn't make a pass that was worth a scrap.
I get to race Donnie Beeler in the first round. I still was working on the car to find an 8000 foot tune. So I dial the car at the slowest pass that I had made, figuring I could always slow it down. So I get about a 1 second head start and as I leave the line, I say to myself that it felt pretty good. So I'm looking in the mirror after I get into high gear and I can't find him..
I finally find him and he had broke about 100' out, so I just get off the gas and I am coasting toward the finish line..
All of a sudden the light bulb comes on and I don't have a clue what my car would run.
I slam on the brakes and run right on my dial in..
I figure that if I broke out, Beeler would still be laughing about it..
It's just one of the many ways to beat yourself..

Bob

[James Perrone]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

James, I don't think they're busting me. THAT was the stupidest thing that I've EVER done racing. I watched Bob Broadbent blow the tires off of his car in the rear view mirror and thought, "OK, ya gotta run it to the 1000 ft to get a number for your run completer". I ran it to the 1000 and clicked neutral and just laid my foot lightly on the brake. I never ever thought that car could have gone that fast. I honestly thought that I was dialed stiff.
Oh well, just another chapter for the book "How to not win at Drag Racing".
OBTW James, I only use 7 plugs in the gold Nova. i don't want to go too fast. ;-)

That Bob Broadbent car gets you mesmerized looking at it over your shoulder
Happened t me twice. Must be the Shiny Green Paint.

[Bill Bogues]

Don't know if this is the right place to post, but there was something about rednecks so I figured it's ok to say something. A couple of years ago I was running the U car at the St louis nats, When I got in the car for a run I was putting my harness on and realized I had my cell phone in my shirt pocket. I took it out and threw it on the seat beside me.Just as I shifted into 3rd the phone rang so since I had plenty of time I picked it up , said I can't talk now and threw it back in the seat.When I got back to my pit area some guy's came over and said they swore it looked like I was talking on the phone.They got a big kick out of it when said yeah, I didn't have anything else to do.

[oldskool]

"...It's just one of the many ways to beat yourself..."

Yeah, there are lots of different ways. I built an E/SA '68 Firebird for my girlfriend(now wife). She had already won several races, at local tracks. Then one night, she made what appeared to be a good pass. Looked like she cut her usual good light. It launched good & sounded good. So I was very surprised when I saw that she had lost.

I was real curious to know what had happened. When she got back, she sheepishly admitted that she had left the parking brake partially down, and apologized for it.

We had been pushing it thru the staging lanes, to keep it cool. So, to keep it from rolling, when we weren't pushing, she would mash the parking brake, just enuff to prevent any rolling. But when she got all strapped in, she forgot to release the brake. Since it was applied so lightly, she didn't notice the drag. Did the burnout & staged just fine. But, it was dragging enuff to slow it down just a little, all the way down the track. It was a heads-up run with a car she'd beat several times that year. I reckin he was as surprised as anybody, when he won.

We've had some laughs about that incident thru the years. And, after that, before she went to make a run, I asked her if she'd released it, probably hundreds of times. Many of those times, I knew she'd already released it, but asked anyhow, just for fun.

[Bryan Phillips]

Mulry-the way I remember hearing it was that you had it dialed right! Billy-the lessons never stop in this game. We all have those stories. Hope that you are well.