It’s race time! With testing over, it’s time to move into the drivers meeting for the 252 No Prep Small Tire class at Rockingham Dragway. We ended up with 23 cars, fighting it out to see who can come out with the win! The newly poured all concrete surface is getting faster by the minute, so I’m gonna have to start really leaning on the tuneup if we want to go some rounds and get some win lights. Let’s go racing boys!
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Bummer, man! Two rounds and not even on the scramble button….
that second pass was the straightest ive ever seen that car
That is certainly a ton of "Wang Attack Angle" brother!
Yessir
Looks like you secured the straight and fast A to B pass 2nd round! Yeah buddy. Hope you drew the right lane 3rd round.
I hadn’t noticed the front caving in on big end now I got to go watch videos again to see lol
I've almost crashed my car because of a bee while on the freeway. Fucker scared the shit outta me
Ok, 21:05…You my friend escaped extreme danger, one of the luckiest unlucky breaks of all time! (STUDY THAT PIC CLOSELY). Of all the ways that could have gone, and how it actually went. A. The belt stays on both pulleys, and the fuel pump wraps up around the crank, rips off the fuel line, extreme fire danger. B. The belt stays on the crank, comes off the pump, draws the pump into that huge crank trigger wheel stripping off all the teeth, and again rips off the fuel line, bends the crank, and massive engine damage among other catastrophic stuff goes on, possibly ending in a huge ball of fire, and possibly a guard rail or other car meet up. C. The belt shreds and pump drags the track. D. And the safe way it ended up, the belt comes off both pully's after the lollipop breaks, and the belt jumps off onto a very smooth but fat spinning surface of the crank right behind the clogged pully, holds the pump up off the track surface, does not hit and shear all the very sharp teeth off the crank trigger wheel, no split fuel lines or damaged pump belt, no massive crank and internals damage it would appear, and safely back to the pits with no fireball or true accident.
Bad luck yes, but with an extreme touch of the luckiest man with bad luck in the world TJ. That can be imagined to have gone a dozen more ways of bad bro, and I for 1, am glad if it was bound to happen, that it happened that exact way, and that way only brother.
Catastrophic damage avoided by extreme chance. Someone up there protected you!
Wasps are as bad as a damned rattlesnake..
Well that sucked, you was on a roll
That did not happen anytime throughout the pass 2nd round, I think it actually broke on the pushback to the pits, during the 18th minute of the video, a few of those clunks while you were talking were hard, maybe hit something on the way back, as you were looking at the camera? The prior pull was good through the lift as far as fuel pressure.
You had a Hot Rod John . Sure looked like you were in the money rounds . Get um next time !
That my friend is a wakeup call, no way would I repair that with an Alum. pc….plate steel I would have the replacement fabricated from, no matter the weight addition. I do believe it happened on the push back to your pit space, and could almost say you hit something and there were about 4 hard bumps I heard on your video. Either way, make it a lot harder to break, as it would be a bad situation to have happen under power with that crank trigger wheel and that belt driven pump and tank so close together in locations like that.
If it was not for bad luck you would not have any.
Have you ever considered your wing might be causing you issues down track on windy days, especially with cross winds? On that first pass it kinda looks like it flexes down on the passenger side right before it makes a move to the right.
Cannot say watching you chase the dream is not action packed and drama filled John, sad to see your chances go down like that as you work so hard and deserve much better, but you are safe, the car needs an easily done repair, and you both live to race and win another day.
I do urge you to make that part from steel though. Count your lucky stars that if it happened, just like Jackie's Caddy Jack burnout rod delete, it happened exactly like it did happen…in a slow non-drama filled way, instead of a high speed fireball crashing kind of way.
I just saw so many bad things in my imagination (when you asked "can you see the problem"), and the possibilities flashed brightly, that I personally would make damn sure that belt would shred and break, before that pump would be able to move crankward in motion.
Build it back much stronger please! As I care to watch you race far into the future.
That's a terrible time for your fuel pump bracket to break. Sorry to see that happen.
The Patriot Camaro makes EVERYONE else look like just starting Amateurs. His car looks under control vs stupid 1970 Gasser look (Turbo John's for example).
Congrats to David. It looked like you had something for them this time. At least something simple broke this time.
It’s funny when I do Drag n Drives I throw all kinds of random stuff in my trailer …. Just never know what might break….darn it! And top end pictures are cool specially when they tell you a story!!
WAY TO MANY CAMERA ANGLE, TWO WOULD BE JUST FINE
Did the fuel pump lockup ?
Hey John, when that wasp was in your car, you shoulda just flip your visor shut on your helmet and take it for a ride. Sorry for your misfortune. I think you and the Patriot were going to be in the finals. Best of luck at your next race.
Well at least you may have found the SMOKEN GUN (antiroll bar ) thumbs up and keep pushing.
That car has to be toed in. RF to fix the wheel but like I said many times prior, it's hunting around because of camber and toe in. Toe in loads the tire and stands it on the wheel and creates cross weight once it rolls up the tire, toe out doesnt! The last run you loaded the sway bar and it was driving off of the LF and it went strait. I'd put 20 bucks this thing is toed in more than a half inch at part droop!
Good Video Man
Heck yeah, nitrous FTW!!! We're still dealing with snow up here!!!
Damn pump bracket. John you had that race in the bag
Hate you had a part failure but you be back stronger than ever. Good Luck brother!
Dang Gremlins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great Runs!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a bee in my Pepsi sting me in the mouth just as they called us to the line and I made the pass. The ambulance met me at the end of the track to see if I was good.
Two nitrous cars in the finals! That’s pretty awesome!
That wasp situation was Hilarious ! I hate those things too !
Tough luck guys.