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mike natoli · 02-04-2010, 09:06 AM

I'm not a believer in taking a chance of ruining or possibly delaying everyone elses day at the races by doing something and it goes very wrong... I have put the car in the lights knowing it was hurt and just patched it up to put it in the lights and waited to see if the other car red lit than shut it down. It was in 1975 Westhampton NY second time shot exploded the front yoke took out the back of the tailshaft when I side stepped the clutch the car never even flicked the stage beams. They pushed me back and swept up the pieces and put it in a pile. I pushed the car back to the pits and a guy next to me with a corvette happened to have a spare yoke which I gave him $20 for. I put it back together and went over to the starting line and picked up all of the pieces from the tailshaft and with a lot of brake clean and rtv silicone black MOPAR glued it back together like your Mothers ceramic vase that you and your brother broke while wrestling in the living room and said do you think she'll notice. I went up for first round and just drove real easy wathced the other car go through the finish line with no win light I just started to laugh and could not beleive it. The word got out that I was hurt and lost second round but I will never forget that day. And by the way I never got away with anything with my mother she knew everything well not quite everything.

02-04-2010, 09:06 AM	#2
mike natoli Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Valley Stream mini Gasoline Alley & Div I Posts: 100 Likes: 25 Liked 51 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Stupid Pit Tricks I'm not a believer in taking a chance of ruining or possibly delaying everyone elses day at the races by doing something and it goes very wrong... I have put the car in the lights knowing it was hurt and just patched it up to put it in the lights and waited to see if the other car red lit than shut it down. It was in 1975 Westhampton NY second time shot exploded the front yoke took out the back of the tailshaft when I side stepped the clutch the car never even flicked the stage beams. They pushed me back and swept up the pieces and put it in a pile. I pushed the car back to the pits and a guy next to me with a corvette happened to have a spare yoke which I gave him $20 for. I put it back together and went over to the starting line and picked up all of the pieces from the tailshaft and with a lot of brake clean and rtv silicone black MOPAR glued it back together like your Mothers ceramic vase that you and your brother broke while wrestling in the living room and said do you think she'll notice. I went up for first round and just drove real easy wathced the other car go through the finish line with no win light I just started to laugh and could not beleive it. The word got out that I was hurt and lost second round but I will never forget that day. And by the way I never got away with anything with my mother she knew everything well not quite everything.