Bone head mistakes

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.......

Frank Castros · 06-06-2018, 08:00 PM

Left the linkage off one of the AFBs on my Max Wedge, the good thing it was a test and tune run. I was thinking what the F__K! LOL!

S/ST J718 · 06-06-2018, 09:26 PM

Once I was doubled up in S/ST and S/P after a time hit in S/P I took a time hit in S/ST without changing the box . That was the longest second....

Chris Barnes · 06-06-2018, 11:23 PM

I ran my Max Wedge with one carb once, it was still .1 under! The dumbest thing I've done was when I was a Sportsman bracket racer. I ran out of gas a couple hundred feet away from the finish line and lost the race because of it. I came back to the pits and I was so angry with myself that I threw all my stuff into the car (it was a driver) and hit the road. Then I ran out of gas for real--of course running out of gas enough to lose a race is different from running out of gas on the road. I had to walk a couple of miles to buy a gallon of water then empty it out and fill it up with gas.

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

06-04-2018, 09:43 AM	#1
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	#2
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

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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	#5
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

06-06-2018, 08:00 PM	#6
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,975 Likes: 2,599 Liked 2,727 Times in 961 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes Left the linkage off one of the AFBs on my Max Wedge, the good thing it was a test and tune run. I was thinking what the F__K! LOL!

06-06-2018, 09:26 PM	#7
S/ST J718 Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: TUCSON , AZ. Posts: 168 Likes: 10 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes Once I was doubled up in S/ST and S/P after a time hit in S/P I took a time hit in S/ST without changing the box . That was the longest second.... __________________ Old Nick in Tucson! Hahaha

06-06-2018, 11:23 PM	#8
Chris Barnes Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 139 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Bone head mistakes I ran my Max Wedge with one carb once, it was still .1 under! The dumbest thing I've done was when I was a Sportsman bracket racer. I ran out of gas a couple hundred feet away from the finish line and lost the race because of it. I came back to the pits and I was so angry with myself that I threw all my stuff into the car (it was a driver) and hit the road. Then I ran out of gas for real--of course running out of gas enough to lose a race is different from running out of gas on the road. I had to walk a couple of miles to buy a gallon of water then empty it out and fill it up with gas.

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