Stupid Pit Tricks

Dion Hildebrandt · 02-09-2010, 12:40 AM

I got one more, been around a race track since before i could walk seen a lot of stupid s**t! So the ole boy and I are hangin in the trailer early one cold sunday morning after unloading his car,we had the lawn chairs all set up too. We are looking directly at this pair trying to fire up a super pro mustang, one guy bumping the key , the other guy holding a 10 gallon jerry can......................over the carb. Long story longer this jerry can is flying thru the air with the greatest of ease.....................in flames, the ole boy and I couldnt hold our laughter back. These two guys couldnt chose between the car or the jerry can with which too dose the flames. this was also at a track north of calgary. To this day I still chuckle to myself when I see the perpetrators. hahaha awesome. no one was hurt in the stunt depicted above and should only be done by trained PRO-FESSIONULS!!!

Dion Hildebrandt · 02-09-2010, 12:48 AM

I got time for one more, way back in the day we had a trailer to tow the family race car. it was a mobile home axle with a fabricated deck that was low and went up over the axle,not high tech by todays standards but then you either drove your car or flat towed it . Now the ramps were way too short ,about 2 feet long if i had to guess. The ole boy is backing the car off, and gets the chevy II headers hooked on the trailer, now the pits at Saskatoon were gravel and actually still are, the slicks spun a little as he tried to go back up. The spin was enough to dig a hole and make the situation worse the headers now are bent, I think dear old dad spent all day saturday and most of sunday trying to get the headers off the car thats how bad it was stuck. Instead of fixing the car after we drove the 8 1/2 hours home dad spent the next week fabbing 5 foot ramps for the trailer. Dad still talks about that one.

Dwight Southerland · 02-09-2010, 08:30 AM

Another one . . . The very first points race I ever went to in Jackson, MS. Same '65 Chevelle SW 283 but a year earlier when we had to run treaded tires. We tried to set the record on Saturday and made three passes dead on, but could not go under. We took the car back to the motel (back in the day when you could not leave your car at the track) and decided over supper to retard the cam to try to control some wheelspin. Back to the motel, back the car off the trailer and do our adjustment. Since this was the "first big race", we had a circus of friends with us - talking trash, drinking beer, being hosers - and we were having a big time. When we finished, it was late and we did not want to disturb the motel by driving the car back on the trailer so we got the crew around and pushed the car on. Next morning, we drove the five miles or so to the track, into the pits and find our parking place. My partner was driving the truck and borrowed trailer and I was directing him where to put it. He pulled into a nice place between two trees and then backed up to straighten the trailer. When he braked to stop the backward motion, the car just nicely rolled backwards off the trailer, bounced as it made the leap from the ramps to the ground and came to a stop with the front wheels at the back edge of the trailer. Seems in our testosterone delirium of the night's activities, no one bothered to cinch the car down after it was on the trailer!! How it happened that we got to the track without losing the car on way is still a mystery to me.

Incidentally, on the first pass I went a full tenth under the existing record and went on to win the race!

02-09-2010, 12:40 AM	#1
Dion Hildebrandt Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: calgary alberta canada Posts: 383 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Stupid Pit Tricks I got one more, been around a race track since before i could walk seen a lot of stupid s**t! So the ole boy and I are hangin in the trailer early one cold sunday morning after unloading his car,we had the lawn chairs all set up too. We are looking directly at this pair trying to fire up a super pro mustang, one guy bumping the key , the other guy holding a 10 gallon jerry can......................over the carb. Long story longer this jerry can is flying thru the air with the greatest of ease.....................in flames, the ole boy and I couldnt hold our laughter back. These two guys couldnt chose between the car or the jerry can with which too dose the flames. this was also at a track north of calgary. To this day I still chuckle to myself when I see the perpetrators. hahaha awesome. no one was hurt in the stunt depicted above and should only be done by trained PRO-FESSIONULS!!! __________________ Dion Hildebrandt 6009 STK H/SA

02-09-2010, 12:48 AM	#2
Dion Hildebrandt Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: calgary alberta canada Posts: 383 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Stupid Pit Tricks I got time for one more, way back in the day we had a trailer to tow the family race car. it was a mobile home axle with a fabricated deck that was low and went up over the axle,not high tech by todays standards but then you either drove your car or flat towed it . Now the ramps were way too short ,about 2 feet long if i had to guess. The ole boy is backing the car off, and gets the chevy II headers hooked on the trailer, now the pits at Saskatoon were gravel and actually still are, the slicks spun a little as he tried to go back up. The spin was enough to dig a hole and make the situation worse the headers now are bent, I think dear old dad spent all day saturday and most of sunday trying to get the headers off the car thats how bad it was stuck. Instead of fixing the car after we drove the 8 1/2 hours home dad spent the next week fabbing 5 foot ramps for the trailer. Dad still talks about that one. __________________ Dion Hildebrandt 6009 STK H/SA

02-09-2010, 08:30 AM	#3
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,001 Likes: 64 Liked 780 Times in 194 Posts	Re: Stupid Pit Tricks Another one . . . The very first points race I ever went to in Jackson, MS. Same '65 Chevelle SW 283 but a year earlier when we had to run treaded tires. We tried to set the record on Saturday and made three passes dead on, but could not go under. We took the car back to the motel (back in the day when you could not leave your car at the track) and decided over supper to retard the cam to try to control some wheelspin. Back to the motel, back the car off the trailer and do our adjustment. Since this was the "first big race", we had a circus of friends with us - talking trash, drinking beer, being hosers - and we were having a big time. When we finished, it was late and we did not want to disturb the motel by driving the car back on the trailer so we got the crew around and pushed the car on. Next morning, we drove the five miles or so to the track, into the pits and find our parking place. My partner was driving the truck and borrowed trailer and I was directing him where to put it. He pulled into a nice place between two trees and then backed up to straighten the trailer. When he braked to stop the backward motion, the car just nicely rolled backwards off the trailer, bounced as it made the leap from the ramps to the ground and came to a stop with the front wheels at the back edge of the trailer. Seems in our testosterone delirium of the night's activities, no one bothered to cinch the car down after it was on the trailer!! How it happened that we got to the track without losing the car on way is still a mystery to me. Incidentally, on the first pass I went a full tenth under the existing record and went on to win the race! Last edited by Dwight Southerland; 02-09-2010 at 08:31 AM. Reason: Adding info.