TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! - Page 4

mannymen · 02-05-2009, 11:08 PM

You guys poney up $500 bucks and I'll take out the tree at the Norwalk Natl Event in June. I just want my pic in Natl Dragster that I have to pay and arm and leg for every year. I'll even get out of my car and throw my helmet at the thing for laughs

The $500 is for the car repairs of course

SSGN · 02-06-2009, 08:21 AM

Wow I have read all the posts from Pamona and I am glad everyone finds the humour in a guy paying all the money for grade points,travel, time off,and other expenses to arrive and bend up his race car.I see how this can make you bust a nut.I for one have empathy for a fellow racer.Hope all Is well and you can get your truck fixed John.Sorry to hear of your misfortune.Kevin

Eric Merryfield · 02-06-2009, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SSGN

Wow I have read all the posts from Pamona and I am glad everyone finds the humour in a guy paying all the money for grade points,travel, time off,and other expenses to arrive and bend up his race car.I see how this can make you bust a nut.I for one have empathy for a fellow racer.Hope all Is well and you can get your truck fixed John.Sorry to hear of your misfortune.Kevin

What a beautiful truck. Such a shame hope its fixable. Anyone know what went wrong? Has the truck run a national event before? My 78 lil red express race truck if it had a heart would be crying for its relative. Fix it John and let it proudly represent us Dodge Truck Guys.

Eric Merryfield

Saint Susan · 02-06-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by LNorton

Was it 5-6 years ago that Szilagyi got the tree?

It definitely wasn't Szilagyi -- I'm sure I would have remembered that!

badluckcrew1 · 02-06-2009, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SC1317

At Maple Grove, it was a corvette. Older one, I think in super street. Can't remember his real name, always called him gramps. Great guy, raced for years till then. Tom Goldman would remember!

The Wooden Shoe? was on the car

That was the car

Tom Goldman · 02-06-2009, 10:31 AM

The Vette was Herman Terpstra's Wooden Shoe S/st car. ...It was suposedly an ex Bruce Larson car ..I don't know if he;s ever put it back together after that hit. ....Soon NHRA will bring its own concrete pier to protect its tree,like the one they used to have at Bowling Green! LOL! ....saw that chunk of concrete claim Neil Mahr's roadster way back in the Seventies at the old Sportsnationals !..........I think it also was the one Jim Oddey hit with his Opel. .....Sounds like a great project for someone to compile photos of, Blows Against the Empire would be a great title ! ....Tom

Jeff Foster · 02-06-2009, 10:48 AM

As far as I know we will not be asked to pay for it. I dont even know yet what thr cost of repairs will be. Only 1 LED light broke (thats why they cost so much to begin with), the electronics inside are probably still usable. The new center has already built by my sheet metal shop and powder coated and on Fed-ex to me, new sockets ordered. Should have it all back together for Phoenix.

Jeff Foster

Compulink
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The left rear tire/wheel cam off the truck and he made a hard left turn right to the tree.

Bill Rolik · 02-06-2009, 11:11 AM

Yikes!

This scenario is the very definition of a "bad day at the track".

Many years ago, at Englishtown during a "Sunday Sunday" Stock/Super Stock combo race with my SS/JA Duster (with only 11.5 X 29.5W Firestones), I had a similar occurence where in the left lane, just after launch, all of the studs on the left axle sheared off. The tire "spit out" the back, and I actually saw it bouncing behind me in the side mirror. Luckily, I stayed on the track surface. No fun at all.

Bill Rolik

SS 1514

Rich Biebel · 02-06-2009, 11:37 AM

Joe Foster....a very good racer from my area and former champ in brackets and S/ST raced an early Nova....named "the Bat out a Hell" He lost a rear wheel/axle? at Atco and it caused the car to flip over and was damaged beyond repair. That car was known by everyone for it's big wheelstands but only ran high 10's.....Joe was a great guy to race with and lots of fun......He pitched his hood in the 3 or 4th round at the bracket finals one year. Everyone pitched in to beat it back straight and got it back on the car and he went on to win Pro ET......I nearly got the tree at E-town once when my old Vega with it's quirky 3-link rear suspension decided to go straight up and to the right.......got my attention....

Tom Goldman · 02-06-2009, 12:49 PM

Rich, I was there when Joes car went over at Atco, it was pretty spectacular! ...And a real shame ,as it was a really nice car. .....I change my axles every 4-5 years ,ever since I went for a ride a Maple Grove abour 18 years ago when I broke a 6 year old axle in the Willys ,and nearly got the tree,AND the gardrail. ....Tom

02-05-2009, 11:08 PM	#31
mannymen Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 728 Likes: 5 Liked 13 Times in 7 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! You guys poney up $500 bucks and I'll take out the tree at the Norwalk Natl Event in June. I just want my pic in Natl Dragster that I have to pay and arm and leg for every year. I'll even get out of my car and throw my helmet at the thing for laughs The $500 is for the car repairs of course __________________ N/A

02-06-2009, 08:21 AM	#32
SSGN Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 645 Likes: 132 Liked 140 Times in 51 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! Wow I have read all the posts from Pamona and I am glad everyone finds the humour in a guy paying all the money for grade points,travel, time off,and other expenses to arrive and bend up his race car.I see how this can make you bust a nut.I for one have empathy for a fellow racer.Hope all Is well and you can get your truck fixed John.Sorry to hear of your misfortune.Kevin

02-06-2009, 10:31 AM	#36
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,477 Likes: 892 Liked 883 Times in 237 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! The Vette was Herman Terpstra's Wooden Shoe S/st car. ...It was suposedly an ex Bruce Larson car ..I don't know if he;s ever put it back together after that hit. ....Soon NHRA will bring its own concrete pier to protect its tree,like the one they used to have at Bowling Green! LOL! ....saw that chunk of concrete claim Neil Mahr's roadster way back in the Seventies at the old Sportsnationals !..........I think it also was the one Jim Oddey hit with his Opel. .....Sounds like a great project for someone to compile photos of, Blows Against the Empire would be a great title ! ....Tom __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK Last edited by Tom Goldman; 02-06-2009 at 10:34 AM.

02-06-2009, 10:48 AM	#37
Jeff Foster Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 74 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! As far as I know we will not be asked to pay for it. I dont even know yet what thr cost of repairs will be. Only 1 LED light broke (thats why they cost so much to begin with), the electronics inside are probably still usable. The new center has already built by my sheet metal shop and powder coated and on Fed-ex to me, new sockets ordered. Should have it all back together for Phoenix. Jeff Foster Compulink . The left rear tire/wheel cam off the truck and he made a hard left turn right to the tree. Last edited by Jeff Foster; 02-06-2009 at 11:09 AM.

02-06-2009, 11:11 AM	#38
Bill Rolik Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Posts: 122 Likes: 1 Liked 47 Times in 9 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! Yikes! This scenario is the very definition of a "bad day at the track". Many years ago, at Englishtown during a "Sunday Sunday" Stock/Super Stock combo race with my SS/JA Duster (with only 11.5 X 29.5W Firestones), I had a similar occurence where in the left lane, just after launch, all of the studs on the left axle sheared off. The tire "spit out" the back, and I actually saw it bouncing behind me in the side mirror. Luckily, I stayed on the track surface. No fun at all. Bill Rolik SS 1514

02-06-2009, 11:37 AM	#39
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! Joe Foster....a very good racer from my area and former champ in brackets and S/ST raced an early Nova....named "the Bat out a Hell" He lost a rear wheel/axle? at Atco and it caused the car to flip over and was damaged beyond repair. That car was known by everyone for it's big wheelstands but only ran high 10's.....Joe was a great guy to race with and lots of fun......He pitched his hood in the 3 or 4th round at the bracket finals one year. Everyone pitched in to beat it back straight and got it back on the car and he went on to win Pro ET......I nearly got the tree at E-town once when my old Vega with it's quirky 3-link rear suspension decided to go straight up and to the right.......got my attention.... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R

02-06-2009, 12:49 PM	#40
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,477 Likes: 892 Liked 883 Times in 237 Posts	Re: TREE Taken out by a rear TIRE !!! Rich, I was there when Joes car went over at Atco, it was pretty spectacular! ...And a real shame ,as it was a really nice car. .....I change my axles every 4-5 years ,ever since I went for a ride a Maple Grove abour 18 years ago when I broke a 6 year old axle in the Willys ,and nearly got the tree,AND the gardrail. ....Tom __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK