Almost wrecked my SS at the track!

vhgjk123
09-23-2002, 05:55 PM
Friday night i went to the local TNT. Well, the guy who went before me was leaking fuel all the way down the track. They stopped us from running for a little bit while they supposedly cleaned it up. I get up there to race and i take off fine with no problems. I shift into second and my car immediately redlines and the back end shakes loose. My car starts fishtailing back and forth about 7 times and i came within about 8 inches of hitting the wall twice. At one point i think i was completely horizontal because when i looked out my windshield all i saw was the wall but i was able to swerve back the other way. My car eventually came to stop and everyone in the stands was applauding. It felt like i hit a patch of ice out there and was very scary. I am lucky I was able to get the car back under control without wrecking. After i circled around the people at the track were like uhh sorry we didnt clean up the mess good enough and then random people came up to me and were like man that was a nice save i thought you were going to wreck for sure. Anyway, i was just a little irritated but of course i am still going to race out there. Oh and also my quarter mile time for that run was an astounding 30.72 @22.7 mph:)

Ken95Z28
09-23-2002, 06:03 PM
What track TIR?
I was out there Friday night, what time did this happen?

vhgjk123
09-23-2002, 06:29 PM
yes this was at TIR. It was probably somewhere between 9:00 and 9:30. I cant remember. However, when i circled around the line of cars was wrapped around and going very far back. We left right after that because the line was so long and i was still a little freaked out. What car were you in?

Ken95Z28
09-23-2002, 10:49 PM
Originally posted by vhgjk123
What car were you in?

A Black 95 Z28, license plate say's "KENSZ28"
It has a set of draglites upfront and in back.

vhgjk123
09-24-2002, 12:37 AM
well actually i wasnt the very next guy down the track. There was one car in front of me but it was a really slow car and had no trouble with the track. Thats why i thought it was ok to go down.

iconrl
09-24-2002, 12:53 PM
Blabba, good save!

rncotton
09-26-2002, 10:30 AM
Great save .... would be even better if someone has this on video. :D

I know that someone was there with a camera that night. If you ever find the video floating around on the web, make sure to post a link for us.

Glad you and your car are OK.