Falcon

Anyone have a link to that famouns video, "I'm #7!"

Kubs

So funny!

Falcon

I've got a copy of it on my laptop, and watch it occasionally, but didn't have the YouTube link.

Thanks.

Kubs

No problem. I watch it occasionally as well.

RX-Ben

I might have nightmares about that, to go along with nightmares of getting clipped by an HPDE-4 car when working a fast TT lap.

RX7 KLR

Funny as that is... At the Feb Willow Springs double national another Miata driver did a repeat. After being held for fueling on grid (not allowed), he proceeded to pass every car he could on the warm up lap, and nearly took out a couple of cars that were not expecting a maniac to blast pass them on the warm up. He stayed out on track for the entire race, and was promptly given a DSQ for his actions - I hope there was also points put on his license for being a tool.

travisnd

Classic

Jason

Maduski made one: I was 27th!

Falcon

Hell, I know that will be funny! I'll look it up.

dvandentop

OMFG i never saw that before friggen hilarious, but i can imagine the horror!!

stevensa

That is hilarious

davidfarmer

you don't mess around with Grid Workers (especially if it is SCCA). Present company excluded, but they can be power hungry A-holes, and if it comes to the chief steward, THEY will always win!

Even if they are wrong, just go along......

travisnd

So what should he have done? Gone out in 6th then let the guy swap spots with him when warming up?

Falcon

He should have gone out exactly where the grid marshall told him and thank his lucky stars he picked up a position. The purpose of the splitter in track is to designate which lane you're in. I'm speaking NASA here, I don't know about SCCA, but I'd guess it's as stringent or even more so.

davidfarmer

I agree, give them their moment of power...right or wrong. If it's for class position, give it to him once the green drops!

Dirty Howie

Wow !!!!! I am so glad I just do HPDE and our local Corvette Challenge.

I seriously would have run that woman down ....................


DH

Zosickness

I remember this vid....now I need to look up the "NEMESIS" one to round out the night

96solo

First I find it unbelievable the grid lady held him up for all those positions. Why? Power hungry? Then the bizzare and dangerous trek of running through the grid, Geez!

Lawdogg

I don't understand the grid worker's thinking either.

RX7 KLR

If you are not ready to go you start last! You get plenty of warnings at an SCCA race, 5 min board, 3 min board then the 1 min and you are off - and you can come to grid as soon as the previous heat rolls out, just in case you are the type that needs 40 mins to sleep in your car on grid.

If you can not get you stuff together in that amount of time you deserve to be at the back. Grid positions can change from the time you last looked at Qual results, often times cars don't make the race, you need to know what to do in those cases... Step 1, do what the grid workers tell you. Its really not that difficult.