Posted By: Chassisman
Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 03:31 PM
DO NOT aim you car at the photographers.....
I was about 10ft behind the video guy when this happened. I was talking to Chad Reynolds from BANG SHIFT.com A buddy of mine on the rail altered me to how this guy lined up....the crew guy behind him should have been beating on the side window..what a shame.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankKunkel#p/u/4/40cVrr2SptA
Posted By: Kevins493
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 03:43 PM
umm...how do you even do that?
Posted By: ProSport
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 03:51 PM
I'd be willing to bet he's had a problem with the car jumping to the right on launch and thought he'd try something new.
What a shame, that was a neat racecar.
Posted By: Kevins493
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 04:08 PM
When you can't even stage a car straight, it's not a lack of experiance. It's a lack of common sense.
Posted By: jamesc
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 04:13 PM
being a new driver is one thing but drag racing is a straight line sport. one would think the basic survival instinct would be to point the car straight.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 04:35 PM
very impressive!
think he is crosseyed.
Posted By: Duner
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 05:45 PM
That's really sad to see. I don't really know how you would do that without trying (the lineup at the wall part), but then again - I don't even remember what it was like for my first few passes except for the fact I was in really slow junk at the time.
Posted By: Chassisman
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 05:47 PM
The track staff with the fire extinguisher was Jeremy Ince...he passed away 2 weeks ago at the age of 26....5 days short of the 1 year anniversary of his Dad Jerry Ince's passing who was a legendary track prep guy on the west coast.
Here's another oopss...I'm outta the groove one...
http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankKunkel#p/u/3/TZDlNR65W3g
Posted By: b1dartsport
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 07:45 PM
That was just about the dumbest thing I have ever seen. I mean he was'nt just a little bit off,he had to be almost looking at the wall when he launched.
Posted By: BloFish
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/03/10 08:44 PM
Perhaps he was just too inexperienced, but his crew should have caught that
i was gonna say newby..
the burnout looked terrible..
and the drivers position in that willys...is prolly al little off..from a typical door car.
as far as view from inside and perspective..
no doubt someone should have flagged it down before it left..
id have like to see someone hit the kill switch sooner after the mayhem...fwiw..also.
cheapst
Posted By: W.I.N. Racing
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/04/10 12:55 AM
Actualy I see it alot(I watch the starting line for the Gasser Racing series here in Western NY) with the nostalgia stuff... they either line up crooked or not in the rubber. Cant explain why, but seems like a lot of New racers in the nostalgia stuff.
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/04/10 01:03 AM
Quote:
Actualy I see it alot(I watch the starting line for the Gasser Racing series here in Western NY) with the nostalgia stuff... they either line up crooked or not in the rubber. Cant explain why, but seems like a lot of New racers in the nostalgia stuff.
1/2 the gassers cant get down the track around here as well. 
Whoever the guy narrating that video is sounded just like Hank Hill
"What the H3ll Was That?"
Posted By: Chassisman
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/04/10 01:34 AM
Did you guys even watch the clip of the B/Gas Stude rolling over on the burnout?....this years March Meet was freaky !!!!!
Posted By: moparacer
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/04/10 02:35 AM
Maybe he wanted more roll out for a quicker et lol.
He got more "roll out" alright....
you guys say lot of people line up crooked at that track?
or in general.
maybe there is something about that staging lane that makes the perspective look different..
and their points of refrence causes them to line up crooked..?
chepast
Posted By: B G Racing
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/05/10 04:49 PM
The amazing thing is not that the driver is "over his head" but the starting line guys never waved him back and assisted in getting him staged properly allowing a potential unsafe run or someone from his crew didn't help stage him.
Posted By: 67Satty
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/05/10 07:11 PM
Besides not being lined up right, it looked like he was skating on ice.
Help me out here because I've never piloted anything quicker than a high 12 second street car. But it seems to me that the larger the slick you are running, the more careful you have to be about doing a proper burnout or else you have less traction than someone running a smaller slick who did a proper burnout and got that right amount of heat into the slicks. Is that correct?
Posted By: fig426
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/05/10 07:29 PM
In a fast car like that,, when you realize you're not pointed straight, do you let out of the gas and point straight, or do you stay a bit on the gas and try to steer it back on track? What are you supposed to do? I've never driven something that fast with 4 wheels so I have no idea. But I do know that if you're pointed towards the wall, you'll probably hit it. Too bad.
Posted By: topside
Re: Driving Lesson 101........ - 04/05/10 08:53 PM
Wow, so many things wrong with that: lined up pointed out of the groove, no one is watching, no one backs him out for a re-stage, stays in it too long, too much steering input for too long...
With B/G power and that short wheelbase, a car like that is almost a handful without those mistakes.
couple that with over correcting you get booooom