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Danger from the burnout box
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08/13/13 12:41 AM
08/13/13 12:41 AM
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bigdad
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Never do your burnout until the car in front is clear If you can't wait. ffwd to :52 in http://youtu.be/_gxxRVG7Fmk
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: Danger from the burnout box
[Re: toddd]
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08/13/13 03:54 PM
08/13/13 03:54 PM
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PORT ALBERNI , BC., CANADA
superwrench
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I was wondering how long the Video would take to get all over the net. Yes....as Toddd explained...it was the funny car crewman that gave the driver the burnout signal...NOT a track guy. And...the FC crew packed up and did exactly that...F'd off and basically told the Mustang guy to pound sand.  Our track guys are experienced....obviously someone on the FC team was NOT. The incident resulted in one heck of a mess of oil, fuel, fibreglass, and VHT. When the nose exploded on the FC, all the fibreglass embedded in the VHT and the only way to get it off the track was to "wash" down that whole area. There were "shards" of fibreglass everywhere. Took an hour to clean up the mess but hat's off to the track crew 'cause the track bit even harder after that!!! Alberni Drag Race guys and volunteers ROCK!! Too bad we got rained on for eliminations the next day.  And we really don't try to do it this way up here in Canada.....that was a bit of a below-the-belt blow. I certainly personally wouldn't say that if it had happened 200 miles south at Seattle.... 
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Re: Danger from the burnout box
[Re: superwrench]
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08/13/13 04:07 PM
08/13/13 04:07 PM
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GTX MATT
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I'm just giving you  a hard time 
Last edited by GTX MATT; 08/13/13 04:08 PM.
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat
Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Regardless if a crew member gave him the go ahead sign or a track official did. You don'y go until the track ahead of you is clear - and you ( as the driver ) can see that it is clear. I'm always concerned about something coming off the car that is staged in front of me. Had it happen once with a driveshaft coming out of the car that was staged in front of me. He was barely out of the beams when it let go. Crap went everywhere. Some tracks will pull you in to the water box while the cars in front of you haven't left yet. I don't go there.
