Famoso TNT - Saturday - February 15th 2014

[jhwalker]

Everyone has heard this story, but I WILL repeat. At the Dale, I had done a massive smokey burnout in the SPF -- with the Roush 427R that was making 470 to the rears The fans (who are right on top of you) were lathered up pretty good, I get a great launch, pound the 1-2, all is good, and blow the 2-3.
Instant hostility -- LEARN TO DRIVE, YOU SUCK!, etc and my instinctive reaction was to throw the double birds. Not the right move, mucho anger.
When you return, you pass right next to the stands, and it was like running the gauntlet. Shit was being thrown, (no liquids thank goodness), screaming of the finest form -- the sort of stuff that I enjoy so I was sharing the pipe music with them.

Extended version, I took it outside. Did a pull in the street. (risking a ticket) It was perfect. Not the slightest hitch in the 2-3. Went back in, you can guess what happened (again), and I drove right on out towards home. Feeling better than I should have.

[Brakelate]

Nothing like being a Gladiator at the Games. For all the bad, goes with it those few brief seconds of unforgettable (to you) instantly forgotten (to the non-participants, and biggest critics) . Ahhh how I remember so many times.

And so true a phrase; "The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat".

For those of us "who have been to the edge" and survived to return, no one has the appreciation and respect for a warrior, as another warrior himself. Brakelate say.