Pain and Beauty
Published Sun, Jul 15 2007 11:49 AM
Technorati Tags: Drag Racing, Cool Stuff
Sometimes things just don't go right when you're getting ready to make a pass down the track. It's usually best if those things happen when you're only running time trials. If they happen during eliminations your day can be over in a hurry.
This beautiful hot rod had that problem yesterday. It was a member of the first pair to head for the line during the second pro-bracket time trial. As you watch the video you'll notice a car being pushed across the screen. That car broke down on the starting line during sportsman time trials.
The hot-rod pulled up to the water box to do a burnout and waited. Race engines don't usually idle very well. They make their power and torque higher up in the RPM band than street cars, and some of the design considerations make it hard for them to keep running at only 6 or 700 rpm.
The car stalled, just as they were getting ready to spin the wheels. They couldn't get it started, and so it had to be pushed back.
After a few minutes they fixed the problem, got it started and were back in the water box. When things go right, it can be a thing of beauty. Now that the car was running again it made a 10 second pass down the strip.
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