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Another good tip John. Everyone should search YouTube for the Tim McAmis take on “starting line procedure”.
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One of the "Bad Habits" I see continually, is when the crew person is examining the starting line, with their back turned to the racecar, and the racecar has begun the burnout ! Makes me cringe!
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I agree Jim. I still can't understand why these pro teams and even sportsman cars feel a need to have someone stand infront of the car as it's doing a burnout. Do you really plan on changing the trajectory of the car when the wheels are spinning? The pros have to back up anyways, thats when you put them in the groove. NHRA should not allow these people to stand infront of a car like that, itll take one time for someone getting ran over to make that not allowed.
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I almost always do my warm up on a jack with jackstands instead of driving around the pits as many often do. Too many cars with bad sight lines driving around spectators and golf carts and scooters and other race cars.
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Liberman was a performer, not a competitor, and Pam Hardy was an 18 year old with an entertaining form. Her backing up Liberman was just part of the show- it had nothing to do with actual competition.
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I've seen cars that were staged and a crewperson was adjusting the wheelie bar. Talk about cringe-worthy...
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Try a hemi shootout. Starter waving for a burnout as the starting pair are underway. I sit, he waves again. I just point forward and make a "parting of the red sea" wave as the team watching the ongoing race are all over the starting line. Guess thats why I am a slow stager (and racer). Phish
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Doesn't have much to do with NHRA racing but what gets my goat are the Street Outlaw cars on TV. People all over the starting line and a flagman between 2 2000 hp cars that are racing on a "no Prep" street that at arms drop can go anyway they want. That's a mess. Hope no one ever gets hurt but really don't see how it won't happen.
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