STUPID THINGS

[derbyman753]

what is the stupidist things youve done or didnt do that cost u a derby win or placing

[derbyman753]

1 of my many lol was forgeting to put nuts on my solid mounts buick limited 225 on the pin bolt 4 motor and ran out of time and didnt get to weld the motor and halfway through the feature lol lol well u can guess what happened lol 753 ;D

[chris426]

one time i put an old fuel pump that had been sitting for a few years, and it cost me not to even run
another time i didn't bolt my battery clamps good enough, (actually my dad told me to change the clamps) but i didn't listen made a few hits, and the car flooded, and my batter clamp had moved, and wasn't making a good enough connection to start it back up. i would've had that race too.

[maxcarnage]

rookie season:

didn't chain hood to bumper, bumper fell off...bad thigs happen to cars without front bumpers
didn't place bar on winshield...same car AFTER bumper fell off, hood bolts sheared on drivers side. The corner of the hood missed my head by inches
used column shifter...car got twisted up, and only had drive
failed to install clutch fan, radiator got pushed into it, and sheared the water pump shaft
door bar too high....ended up wearing the door, and recieved a nice hip injury
didn't tube tires, lost both fronts

after rookie season:

didn't use 2 batteries, had shoddy ground connection
used too light guage wire on electrical system....FIRE
no protection around fuel line where it went through firewall, twisted up car, cut fuel line...FIRE
bad electrical system

Last 3 shows before I took a break:

forgot to seal ignition system, radiator blew up...broke flag other cars placed
ignition wire came unplugged from HEI...yeah, this one really had me steamed, the impala was still mint and after I broke my stick, the other cars placed
re used toggle switch for ignition, contacts welded when trying to restart car...broke flag, others placed...

this coming year:

I'm not going to forget anything...lol....well, I hope

[crash21]

I ran fuel lines down frame rails. Broke engine mount and chain that was holding engine. Shifted into reverse, engine rocked over and hit the hood. When it came back down, it crushed the metal tube that the fuel line was running through and pinched it off. Needless to say, I didn't run much longer after that. Now I run the fuel lines along the intake.

[derbyman753]

rookie year , also lol , put bolts in my duece big enogh were a tank couldnt blow them up lol an a washer that wouldnt hold a tricycle together lol lol lol gosh u can do some stupid things huh when u dopnt know no better lol 753 ;D

[doba75]

once I forgot to tighten down the neg. cable to the motor, won my heat but didn't have time to check it over didn't make the feature for that stupid reason

[stris141]

About my fourth year, I had made it to the main. Forgot to put fuel in. About half way thru main, I started running out of gas. The 59 Ford wagon would die, and while trying to start it, I'd wave off a car, that was about to hit me. Which means I was down/done. But I kept starting it up, and I would do a hit, and it would die. And I'd start all over again. I wasn't even thinking, about what I was doing. I got a bunch ot guys, PO'd at me. I only did it, about three times. But that was more than enough. And the real stupid thing about it, I didn't even relies I was doing something wrong, until after I got home. I was so pumped up, it took that long, for it all to sink in. I was a real dummy that day!

Steve

[doba75]

Had a friend that forgot to put gas into it. Only had about a gallon in it when he drove it onto the track. lol

[chris426]

there's usually a gas station pretty close to the track, i always stop on the way and fill it up, this past year the gas station was only like a quater mile or so from the dirtrack, and i drove the imperial up there, headers and alll to put gas in it, should've seen the look on the deputy's face that was at the gas station. lol.

[doba75]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cory]

I built a whole car from start to finish took it to the derby. I got in it to go in my heat and realized that the seat belt didnt work. I had to use a ratchet strap to keep me in the seat.

[chris426]

lol rachet strap that is a good one
yeah when i drove up to the gas station the car had already been derbied, so it was all bent, and the suspension is a little out of aligment (actually alot out of alignment) so it was a fun ride, there was this one idiot that pulled out in front of me, i was trying so hard to keep myself from flooring it.

[themailman]

the dumbest thing i've done was not cutting the converter off a '73 impala. made it down to the last three cars,was holding wide open and slamming gears so it wouldn't stall.then they stoped the heat because it was cherry red.fireman sprayed it and they let me keep going but when i went to throw it back in gear she deid and wouldn't refire.

[crash21]

I had my first car fall off the trailer on the way to the derby. Mytrailer was a little small and kinda flimsy. I went over some railroad tracks and is flexed so much the front strap came unhooked from the trailer. I stopped at at stop sign and when I took off the car rolled back onto the ramps and lifted the backend of my truck off the ground. It revved up to red line and when I looked in the rear view mirror I could see into the engine compartment, from the bottom! The hook on the strop caught on the frame of the car and stopped it halfway down the fold up ramps. It broke out the tail lights on the trailer and shorted out all the lights on the truck except the headlights. Of course there was no one with me or following me. I finally got someone on my cell phone. I sent my wife ahead to sign me in. I got there after the first heat had started. luckally they let me run, not so luck I was taken out by a friend who hit me by accident and killed my diesel. with only one battery she wouldn't turn over.

[doba75]

chris that is still the funnyest one yet. The ratchet strap is a close second.

[derbyman753]

ill second that doba lol lmbo lol ;D

[wbrown]

all i got to say is check the car for bees before a derby ouchhhhhhhh

[espeed]

one year got a car with out steerling wheel....so i grabed one off a nother car ..tack welded to get it in shop...then for got to weld it on all the way..in the main ..made it 30 ft and some one hit front side of car,,steerling wheel ended up on floor braods ...but hey ..had a great seat for rest of derby

[sissygirl]

You guys need to make a list and check it twice,

[democar82]

Stupidest thing I did, which gave me a 2nd place in the feature instead of the feature win was...

Drove up towards the corner to get a run on the last guy running... he followed me into the corner and pushed me sideways between the wall and a dead car... he hit me twice against the wall and I called it off, there was no way for me to get out of it. From there on out, I vowed to myself never to get stuck by corner again.

[bulldog36]

mad the last hit which did my cousins car in but when i looked down and seen tranny fluid all over my tranny i got mad and broke my stick so my cousin got first and i got second, but the best part was i got the hardest hit plaque, so in my eyes i won anyways

[tude]

the back end went straight up on my 86 merc and i still used it ran over a buddy of mines hood , got off quick then decideed im going to hit doors if i keep using the rear(not that an old chrysler wasnt )so i used the front end so much that the front bumper bent in the middle went in the crank pullly was supposed to be 6ish inches wide pulled it off and it was maybe a half inch wide and then i tried to help a buddy out and missed him guy barely and jumped the dirt mound and got stuck

[fordboy]

The stupidest thing that I have done/ have'nt done, was apparently not tightening up the clamp on my transmission cooler. I would say proly 3 to 4 hits into the heat, I could smell it, shortly after, I could see it, all over. Man that sucked! I was in a good heat too!