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Old 08-11-2021, 07:47 AM   #1
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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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Old 08-11-2021, 08:52 AM   #2
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Another good tip John. Everyone should search YouTube for the Tim McAmis take on “starting line procedure”.
He really should take his show on the road.
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Old 08-11-2021, 09:46 AM   #3
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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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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!
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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Old 08-11-2021, 09:47 AM   #5
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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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Old 08-11-2021, 12:10 PM   #6
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Another good tip John. Everyone should search YouTube for the Tim McAmis take on “starting line procedure”.
He is 100% on the money. I raced for many many years, and at no time have I ever felt the need to recruit a bunch of people to come to the starting line to reenact a "Keystone Cops" bit around my car. I know where the water is, I know when the tires are hot, I don't need anyone touching my car, the Line Lock will hold the car in place, I can find the starting line on my own, and I can see the groove just as well from inside the car as anyone else can see it from outside the car.


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Old 08-11-2021, 12:19 PM   #7
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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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Old 08-11-2021, 12:39 PM   #8
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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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Old 08-11-2021, 05:08 PM   #10
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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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