Sliding through the lights trying to stage

[Chad Mahlosky]

Question for the masses: If you locked up the binders at the finish line, and it caused you to crash your car and the guy next to you, would you help the other guy out with paying for the damages?

I would be sour that I did it to my own car, but completely sickened that I hurt someone's else ride in the process.

[treekiller]

I can barely afford to run my own car without hitting anybody but if I did and it was my fault I would not race again until his car was fixed and back on the track and if he lived close enough to me I would go by his house and help him work on it. Really hoping that never happens. Knocking on wood. I think when that happens more often than not somebody should have aborted the run before the cars got together. Countless wreck videos on you tube where guys are in the gas way way longer than they should be.

[Mike Taylor 3601]

If i caused a crash that damaged someone elses car, I would not feel right if I did'nt take care of it. I just hope if ever in that spot that they are reasonable people and will be easy to work with.
Mike Taylor 3601

[Jim Kaekel]

Some guys have that "never lift" mentality. Alot of that going on over in the NMCA, NMRA, etc.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Jim Kaekel

Some guys have that "never lift" mentality. Alot of that going on over in the NMCA, NMRA, etc.

^^ I had to laugh a little when I read that.

I'm sure we have all seen this guy:

He is a heads up racer.
He is making a test-n-tune run.
He takes off, then gets squirmy, then gets back in and out of the throttle all the while sliding all over the track, while keeping his foot into it to the finish line.

What kind of data does that provide ?

[HandOverFist]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

^^ I had to laugh a little when I read that.

I'm sure we have all seen this guy:

He is a heads up racer.
He is making a test-n-tune run.
He takes off, then gets squirmy, then gets back in and out of the throttle all the while sliding all over the track, while keeping his foot into it to the finish line.

What kind of data does that provide ?

None whatsoever, but be advised these guys will do anything to win on race day. I was in NMCA at Bowling Green in '98 when an Outlaw racer went airborne in the left lane, passed over the top of a '69 Camaro in the right lane upside down, hit the timing board for the right lane and then the retaining wall. Death was instantaneous as it decapitated him upon impact on top of the wall. I was standing on the edge of the track even where he went airborne at nearly 200mph and was a sight I have never forgotten.

[treekiller]

I refer y'all to this video on you tube. 55 Chevy lucky to be alive is the title. Don't know how to put the link up. The ****er shifted w his foot to the floor and half his car was in the other lane. The car was destroyed and if you look close the sumbitch is thrown smooth out of that piece of ****. Should have lifted a good 5 seconds before the car even got near the centerline.

[Robert Simpson]

Originally Posted by HandOverFist

None whatsoever, but be advised these guys will do anything to win on race day. I was in NMCA at Bowling Green in '98 when an Outlaw racer went airborne in the left lane, passed over the top of a '69 Camaro in the right lane upside down, hit the timing board for the right lane and then the retaining wall. Death was instantaneous as it decapitated him upon impact on top of the wall. I was standing on the edge of the track even where he went airborne at nearly 200mph and was a sight I have never forgotten.

The man raced a Pro Street 70-71 Camaro correct? If so I did not here what you described. All I heard was he hit the wall head on and rolled...Sad