Bad News from Fontana today

Michael Pliska · 08-09-2009, 12:46 PM

Damn, what a shame. I remember Ronnie when I used to race down there, but never knew him. RIP.

As I was building my Super-Gas car I remember being at a points race, where Johnny Gross (who had an immaculate early Corvette in S/ST) testing his converter stall speed just before loading it in the trailer. His finger slipped off the button and he rammed right into the rear of the trailer. I made up my mind right then to NEVER test my stall without being on jack stands. I'll test what I can hold on a foot-brake between the burnout box and the line (as I'm pulling up for a pass), since I can't get the same effect of the brakes when on jackstands, but if I can't hold it then I just get a really bad red light.

Regards,

08-09-2009, 12:46 PM	#10
Michael Pliska Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Happy Valley, OR Posts: 260 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Bad News from Fontana today Damn, what a shame. I remember Ronnie when I used to race down there, but never knew him. RIP. As I was building my Super-Gas car I remember being at a points race, where Johnny Gross (who had an immaculate early Corvette in S/ST) testing his converter stall speed just before loading it in the trailer. His finger slipped off the button and he rammed right into the rear of the trailer. I made up my mind right then to NEVER test my stall without being on jack stands. I'll test what I can hold on a foot-brake between the burnout box and the line (as I'm pulling up for a pass), since I can't get the same effect of the brakes when on jackstands, but if I can't hold it then I just get a really bad red light. Regards, __________________ Michael Pliska 643 S/G