Bone head mistakes

Greg Reimer 7376 · 06-03-2018, 07:27 PM

Is that a nice way of saying that some people can't be helped? I knew a wise older Christian pastor who came to that conclusion when the same people over and over made the same mistakes, listened to your advice, and then went out and did the same dumb thing, they can't be helped. I do wonder about some of the DNA that's out there,however.

Kenny Bomar · 06-04-2018, 12:18 AM

I like all of us have made and are still making the bonehead mistakes but each one I make I do the same thing whether it's a life lesson or racing , I backtrack examine how it happened and change something so it can't happen again. I did the same thing once in a big race, at the time I had an on/ off switch on the rev limiter for the burnout so I wired it in with the line lock so it was on a momentary switch and I don't have to remember to turn it off. When coming out of the burnout I pump the line lock switch off then back on that releases the line lock but then I still have the rev ltr on til I complete the burnout in case I happen to hit some water or something before I let off the gas, been working fine for years and one more way to lose eliminated but I still keep inventing new ways ! Hey keeps the adventure rolling!

Kenny Bomar · 06-04-2018, 12:28 AM

Btw I don't let the engine hit the rev limiter during the burnout its just there for safety

voltdr · 06-04-2018, 09:43 AM

If you can't do a burnout without using a rev limiter......take up tennis.
Dan

voltdr · 06-04-2018, 10:09 AM

I have driven to the staging lanes with my battery charger still connected.......

Paul Merolla · 06-04-2018, 10:55 AM

Pulled into the water without my helmet on...two different occasions.
Made a Q run at a divisional with the passenger window open, nobody noticed!

Dave Gantz · 06-04-2018, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by voltdr

I have driven to the staging lanes with my battery charger still connected.......

Tennis, Dan, tennis. ;-)

I was "helping out" and installed a mechanical oil pressure gauge on Don Himes' 69 Road Runner. Apparently, I didn't completely tighten the end of the line that goes to the gauge. It came off and oiled his under dash and carpet pretty good. He never let me live that one down. Hey, at least the zero gauge reading wasn't the motor! I know, tennis, Dave, tennis.

voltdr · 06-06-2018, 02:43 PM

[QUOTE=Dave Gantz;564502]Tennis, Dan, tennis. ;-)

Now that is funny.......

MR DERBY CITY · 06-04-2018, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by voltdr

If you can't do a burnout without using a rev limiter......take up tennis.
Dan

Dan, I am sorry I am not as talented as you....Regards...MJ QUINN

mtkawboy · 06-04-2018, 05:55 PM

Ive seen a new driver step into an existing good car and get so excited about winning a round that when dumping the water he eliminated step one, drain the water. In his haste he pulled the top hose off the radiator and proceeded to dump the boiling hot water directly into his crotch. It was ugly, real ugly after that, hospital visit, no pants at all for a good length of time due to severe burns. I got the "no" out of my mouth but not in time

06-03-2018, 07:27 PM	#1
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,136 Likes: 172 Liked 705 Times in 219 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes Is that a nice way of saying that some people can't be helped? I knew a wise older Christian pastor who came to that conclusion when the same people over and over made the same mistakes, listened to your advice, and then went out and did the same dumb thing, they can't be helped. I do wonder about some of the DNA that's out there,however.

06-04-2018, 12:18 AM	#2
Kenny Bomar Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: mphs tn Posts: 223 Likes: 3 Liked 424 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes I like all of us have made and are still making the bonehead mistakes but each one I make I do the same thing whether it's a life lesson or racing , I backtrack examine how it happened and change something so it can't happen again. I did the same thing once in a big race, at the time I had an on/ off switch on the rev limiter for the burnout so I wired it in with the line lock so it was on a momentary switch and I don't have to remember to turn it off. When coming out of the burnout I pump the line lock switch off then back on that releases the line lock but then I still have the rev ltr on til I complete the burnout in case I happen to hit some water or something before I let off the gas, been working fine for years and one more way to lose eliminated but I still keep inventing new ways ! Hey keeps the adventure rolling!

06-04-2018, 12:28 AM	#3
Kenny Bomar Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: mphs tn Posts: 223 Likes: 3 Liked 424 Times in 50 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes Btw I don't let the engine hit the rev limiter during the burnout its just there for safety

06-04-2018, 09:43 AM	#4
voltdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 706 Likes: 77 Liked 100 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes If you can't do a burnout without using a rev limiter......take up tennis. Dan __________________ Dan Foley SC 4698

06-04-2018, 10:09 AM	#5
voltdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 706 Likes: 77 Liked 100 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes I have driven to the staging lanes with my battery charger still connected....... __________________ Dan Foley SC 4698

06-04-2018, 10:55 AM	#6
Paul Merolla Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Papillion, NE Posts: 610 Likes: 242 Liked 293 Times in 65 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes Pulled into the water without my helmet on...two different occasions. Made a Q run at a divisional with the passenger window open, nobody noticed!

06-06-2018, 02:43 PM	#8
voltdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 706 Likes: 77 Liked 100 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes [QUOTE=Dave Gantz;564502]Tennis, Dan, tennis. ;-) Now that is funny....... __________________ Dan Foley SC 4698

06-04-2018, 05:55 PM	#10
mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 282 Likes: 186 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes Ive seen a new driver step into an existing good car and get so excited about winning a round that when dumping the water he eliminated step one, drain the water. In his haste he pulled the top hose off the radiator and proceeded to dump the boiling hot water directly into his crotch. It was ugly, real ugly after that, hospital visit, no pants at all for a good length of time due to severe burns. I got the "no" out of my mouth but not in time