Interesting or Funny Car Stories

TGould · 12-09-2017, 04:57 PM

In 1968, while stationed in Colorado Springs, I ran the Corvair in Pure Stock at Continental Divide Raceway.. The first time at the track, I was sitting in the staging lanes, next to a snow fence, waiting to move up. Had the driver door open. At the call to move up, I fired up, put the clutch in and the car rolled backwards click, click, click, bang The door broke a hinge and hit the ground. I crawled out the passenger door, set the door back, crawled back in the passenger door, won the round and eventually the eliminator.

12-09-2017, 04:57 PM	#29
TGould Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Beaufort,SC Posts: 145 Likes: 18 Liked 32 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Interesting or Funny Car Stories In 1968, while stationed in Colorado Springs, I ran the Corvair in Pure Stock at Continental Divide Raceway.. The first time at the track, I was sitting in the staging lanes, next to a snow fence, waiting to move up. Had the driver door open. At the call to move up, I fired up, put the clutch in and the car rolled backwards click, click, click, bang The door broke a hinge and hit the ground. I crawled out the passenger door, set the door back, crawled back in the passenger door, won the round and eventually the eliminator.