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Old 06-17-2010, 07:07 AM   #26
Paul Merolla
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Default Re: Your Most Embarrasing Street Moment.

1989, I was 17 and the big street race scene in Omaha was Abbott Drive. Friday and Saturday nights, there would be hundreds of spectators lined up on the curb...a couple guys with scanners to monitor the cops...a few trailered race cars / bikes. My '68 Camaro (same one I have today) was pretty tame - original 327/210 but with an old Weiand intake and a 600 Holley, Powerglide, and 2.73 one-legger out back. My first night out there with that car, I pulled into the water box...mashed the brakes, mashed the gas, and....it wouldn't even turn the tire!! To make matters worse, I made the rookie mistake of letting off the gas but not the brake....killed it! I don't even remember the race, I was so embarrassed.
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