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04-01-2006 #1Registered User
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Cheating Death
SO have you ever had one of those occasions when u know it is by the grace of God that you are still alive??? Well I had one of those last night at speed world. I and the crew from Prodigy Customs went to the track to get some real 1/4 slips on the camaro. It happened on the second run of the night. I got a good burn out in and launched hard pulling the front tires off the ground . So I made the run with no problems but when I came back to the staging lines is when I got scared. A guy told me hey I think u got some lugs loose that right front tire looks off, it wobbling ... So when I checked I found that I only had 2 lugs still attached to the car! The others had snapped off on that last run..... !!!!! So i thought about it and I was running through the traps at 112 mph on two lugs!!! OH ya I know everyone one will want to know the times... it went 12.23 and 12.22 @ 112... still .15 slower than I was running at my home track but still decent times for a new combo.....
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04-01-2006 #2Originally Posted by 69CamaroRacer
Glad everything turned out OK... And a 12.22 is a solid time.Project "Freebird"
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04-01-2006 #3
Dang that is very scary! That remindes me of the time I was in my 79 blazer and the rear bearings were so bad they cut the axle in half. I was soooo lucky. How lucky? Well I was pulling up to a stop light at about 15 mph when I saw my tire roll past me. That was just after I got off the highway doing at least 75mph.
My only other cheat with death was in my 67 chevy when both rear torsion bars snapped at the same time from rust and I flew off the road at 110 mph. Scary as hell but I limped home and replaced the rear with leafs.Adam_______Offical Car Name "ILLUSION"
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04-02-2006 #4Starting The Transformation
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ok this is one of those stupid things I did when I was a kid. My cousins and I all had quads. we also had an old go-kart with a busted motor and no brakes. we'd take turns pulling each other behind one of the quads. one of my turns being pulled down a wooded trail a limb was kicked up and lodged into my chest. it cut through my jacket and shirt. luckily it stuck into the skin over my breast bone instead of hitting me lower in the abdomin I got away with a few stiches. ( proof of my youthful stupidity, I rode the kart again. )