Funny Lilly story

I was talking to some old Div V racers and they said that there was a match race between Dennis and Judy 1957 Chevys. The keys were layed on each cars front fender at the starting line. They had to run up grab the keys, run back get in the car start it and make a banzai pass.
Go ! They run up grab the keys, back in the car fire them up, Judy is in the lead. She fires up the '57 pushes in the clutch grabs the shifter, all the way to the left and up, woods the throttle and side steps the clutch. On a '57 3spd car all the way to the left and up is reverse. OOOPS !!! Can you say , Homemade rear diff relocation kit?

So the bartender says to the horse " Gee, Why the long face?"