oooops

[Jon C]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=R1O797oKJmA

[crikey]

If Russ Swift ever goes Top Fuel.....

[v8 jago]

How the hec has he managed to do that !!! I bet no one could do that if they were asked to. I didnt expect for the ooooops to be when it was.

[Time Machine]

I seem to recall Bernie Hepworth doing similar in his alky dragster in 1995 though he was in the left hand lane so just ended up pointing back at the startline with no damage to the car.

I like the way that guy tried to sneak off and pretend it never happened though, driving away from the safety crew :-)

Edited by Time Machine on Friday 14th December 08:51

[Miss Corrado]

Oh the shame!

Anyone recall any embarassing moments in British drag racing?

[Furyous]

Got to be Harlan Thompson in the Bud fuel coupe.

Couldnt get reverse, and for some reason decided to try and turn round to drive back up after the burnout.

Except FC's arnt known for their small turning circle, so he ended up killing the motor, sat at about 70 degrees to the strip , facing the wrong way !

[NuthinFancy]

Miss Corrado said:

Anyone recall any embarassing moments in British drag racing?

Yes!

When we decided to let old man Derek Annable drive my dad's TAD at a shakey meeting and he nearly 180'd it backing up from the burnout!! In fact he did pretty much what the video did, but he stopped sideways across the track. When we were walking back to the pits we were so embarassed, but he owned the car we were running up until 2003, so we had to keep him happy.

Fair play, as much as I like the man, he has got to be the biggest nutter i've ever met!

... coming from someone who drives the fuel altered... ohhh the explicit irony!

Edited by NuthinFancy on Friday 14th December 19:42

[Tet]

Håkan Nilsson wasn't too far off doing something very similar at the Main Event in 2006. Fortunately, he managed to recover it when it swung sideways.

[veryoldfart]

ronnie picardo reversing over a crewman in the highway patrol TF


bootsie reversing into a pool of flame instead of driving forward

[Tet]

veryoldfart said:

ronnie picardo reversing over a crewman

Yeah, but come on... I mean, who here hasn't done that? :-)

[crikey]

Tet said:

veryoldfart said:

ronnie picardo reversing over a crewman

Yeah, but come on... I mean, who here hasn't done that? :-)

[veryoldfart]

he wont be doing it again for a very long time......lol

[cougarracing]

LOL...i aint reversed over anyone...aint got a reverse gear in my car.....although i have run over my mums foot!....i cant help it if im a short arse and cant see where the front wheels are!...plus i did tell her to move but she did her usual female trick of selective hearing

[Miss Corrado]

cougarracing said:

LOL...i aint reversed over anyone...aint got a reverse gear in my car.....although i have run over my mums foot!....i cant help it if im a short arse and cant see where the front wheels are!...plus i did tell her to move but she did her usual female trick of selective hearing

I'll use my selective hearing not to register your comment...

...i'm sure you were scratching your ar$e at the time of front wheel move-age though eh?

[cougarracing]

LOL..... :-)

[Benni]

Hi Brit race experts !
Does anyone know how Ronnie Picardo is,
after that "hot-water-shower" in the "High Risk" wheelstander
at the euro finals ?
Regards,
Benni

[NitroWars]

Benni said:

Hi Brit race experts !
Does anyone know how Ronnie Picardo is,
after that "hot-water-shower" in the "High Risk" wheelstander
at the euro finals ?
Regards,
Benni

He was fine at the Flame & Thunder event in November.

[Benni]

Thanks for the info,
good to read that,
it will be another of these (hi)stories....
Cheers,
Benni