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Originally Posted by Tod Lane
I remember a buddy of mine selling a front motor dragster to a kid that had never driven anything faster than a 13 second street car.
It wasn't a particulary fast car, one of John Weibes spare chassis with a really mild 396 in it.
We told him "Take it easy, the car does things a LOT quicker than your used to!"
He didn't listen... He mashes the pedal and the car really launches, I mean REALLY left hard... His girl friend heads down with the three wheeler, no quads in those days. When she gets him back after what seemed like a long time to us, he jumps out of the car and runs off to the trailer
We are kinda anxious to talk to him so we ask her where he went in such a hurry while she is staring at the car with a funny look on her face....
She points at the seat and says, I swear to God this is true, "That isn't lemonaid! I ain't cleaning it up! The f-ing p*^ssie can call his momma to clean up after him!"
I didn't stop laughing for about an hour, he didn't come out of the trailer for two.... We finally threw oil dry in the car to dry it out... He swore us to secrecy, which we of course violated the instant he wasn't standing next to us.
I don't think he appreciated us suggesting he paint the car yellow
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Reminds me of the first time I took an actual race car down the track for the first time. It was dad's mid 11 second chevy II and it would lift the wheels, I was used to my 15 second chevelle street car.Dad kept saying be careful this is something your not used to, and me being a 17 year old punk knew it all 'yea yea dad I've driven fast cars before!"........well the light turns green and I bury my foot into the floorboard and all i see is the roof of the car!.......I forgot about the wieght of the brain bucket.....I did manage to get the car into 2nd gear before I lifted still managed a low 12 second et........ good times.......