What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand?

Bob Bender · 07-11-2010, 02:23 PM

This happens all the time with my car (lol) just hold on

Stephen & Horace Johnson · 07-11-2010, 02:34 PM

With as many wheelstanding antics i've done (not proud of them), I would say, you need to short shift 2nd gear and it will come down. If it still wants to come up, you need to feather the throttle. In watching the video of Ralph, if he had of short shifted 2nd gear, she woulda came down alot smoother, but things happen so fast. It all boils down to knowing where you are at in the air....Easier said than done, but Ralph did a good job, it could have been worse than that.....

MKopp5787 · 07-11-2010, 02:59 PM

Trust me if you feather the throttle your gonna lose momentum. If you short shift 2nd, then short shift to 3rd. It'll come down. Trust me. I did an 1/8th mile wheel stand at Topeka Nats a couple years ago and all's I did was threw it in 2nd then 3rd. And hang on. Oh I believe I did it again at Joliet the following race to the 330' also 2nd to 3rd. Not LIFTING and she came down smooth everytime.

James Perrone · 07-11-2010, 03:22 PM

Mike
YOU THA MAN!!
That wheelie at Chicago was AWSOME!!
Listen folks he KNOWS..
Hes just alittle crazy like his DAD!!

bigshow2966 · 07-11-2010, 06:40 PM

I'd have to go get new undershorts.

MBogina · 07-12-2010, 04:10 PM

Nothing ever saved my car, once it hit the rear bumper, the short rear overhang of the 70 Cuda had already allowed the rear tires to come off the pavement by a foot or so, staying in the throttle and hoping both tires hit the pavement at exactly the same time would have been a recipe for total disaster, the trans had already shifted 2nd/3rd while the tires were off the ground, and the wheelspeed would have had me swapping lanes or into the wall in a split second. As it was, mine came down about the 4-500 foot mark, we killed the trans pan, oil pan, headers, motor plate, crank trigger, shaker hood scoop and front grille, but not the driver. As far as the comment about flipping it over backwards, I was real close to that, I looked out the windshield and saw the tower behind me.

Geerhead55 · 07-13-2010, 08:30 PM

Bigshow,,,,,,, You think you'd have to get new undershorts???? Depends!
Danny Durham

07-11-2010, 02:23 PM	#1
Bob Bender VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,735 Likes: 1,601 Liked 460 Times in 91 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? This happens all the time with my car (lol) just hold on __________________ Bob Bender 144 O/SA 2010-2012 National Record Holder

07-11-2010, 02:34 PM	#2
Stephen & Horace Johnson Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 964 Likes: 345 Liked 163 Times in 53 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? With as many wheelstanding antics i've done (not proud of them), I would say, you need to short shift 2nd gear and it will come down. If it still wants to come up, you need to feather the throttle. In watching the video of Ralph, if he had of short shifted 2nd gear, she woulda came down alot smoother, but things happen so fast. It all boils down to knowing where you are at in the air....Easier said than done, but Ralph did a good job, it could have been worse than that..... __________________ Stephen Johnson #2162 Horace Johnson #2167 SS/D 427 Ford Fairlane NHRA-IHRA

07-11-2010, 02:59 PM	#3
MKopp5787 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 95 Likes: 0 Liked 7 Times in 2 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? Trust me if you feather the throttle your gonna lose momentum. If you short shift 2nd, then short shift to 3rd. It'll come down. Trust me. I did an 1/8th mile wheel stand at Topeka Nats a couple years ago and all's I did was threw it in 2nd then 3rd. And hang on. Oh I believe I did it again at Joliet the following race to the 330' also 2nd to 3rd. Not LIFTING and she came down smooth everytime.

07-11-2010, 03:22 PM	#4
James Perrone VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LONG ISLAND N.Y. Posts: 1,688 Likes: 3,399 Liked 1,840 Times in 428 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? Mike YOU THA MAN!! That wheelie at Chicago was AWSOME!! Listen folks he KNOWS.. Hes just alittle crazy like his DAD!! __________________ james perrone 1290 STK

07-11-2010, 06:40 PM	#5
bigshow2966 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: chicago Posts: 655 Likes: 676 Liked 181 Times in 56 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? I'd have to go get new undershorts.

07-12-2010, 04:10 PM	#6
MBogina Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Olathe, Kansas Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? Nothing ever saved my car, once it hit the rear bumper, the short rear overhang of the 70 Cuda had already allowed the rear tires to come off the pavement by a foot or so, staying in the throttle and hoping both tires hit the pavement at exactly the same time would have been a recipe for total disaster, the trans had already shifted 2nd/3rd while the tires were off the ground, and the wheelspeed would have had me swapping lanes or into the wall in a split second. As it was, mine came down about the 4-500 foot mark, we killed the trans pan, oil pan, headers, motor plate, crank trigger, shaker hood scoop and front grille, but not the driver. As far as the comment about flipping it over backwards, I was real close to that, I looked out the windshield and saw the tower behind me.

07-13-2010, 08:30 PM	#7
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: What would you do in a bumper scraping wheelstand? Bigshow,,,,,,, You think you'd have to get new undershorts???? Depends! Danny Durham