Not A Good Day......

[Don Roberts]

If you are having a less than stellar day, cheer up, you could be this man.

Feel free to add your own caption..........

Don Roberts

[frelncdrgguy]

BLAM


That reminds me.......did I leave the oven on?

[Sexton-Racing]

Yah...This thing had a HEMI!

[SSTCamaro]

God Damned Monteforte kid's gonna be asking, "Who was this driver and what year did it happen?", in 30 years!

[dennis pateras]

birth of the econo-rail

[C509]

my wife's going to kill me :confused:

[Smink]

Get the MOPs out! :D

[Fixationracing]

The slingshot is a pretty cool ride, but having an injector in my face might give me a diffrent opinion.

[Nhra3985]

God Damned Monteforte kid's gonna be asking, "Who was this driver and what year did it happen?", in 30 years!


AHHH Pete I havent got the slightest idea. as far as a caption for the picture


BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder how it was driving those front engine dragsters when the motor exploded and the parts come at you.

[Eric Boyd]

Nitro PRICELESS!!!

[Don Roberts]

See, I know you guys like top fuel dragsters and funny cars..........<g>

I have a friend, Don Ewald, who owns the We Did It For Love fuel dragster picture site. His favorite saying is " count to 5 and duck ", which is what many of us did in the old days to escape the wrath of a tired old 392 that had 10 runs too many on the rods.

The owner and driver of the car below is Dan Horan who raced in Southern California in the 60's, 70's 80's, and brought this same car (which is still sitting in the shop at his house in Big Bear Lake, CA) back out in the mid 90's and ran 6.17 at almost 250 mph with a cast iron 392 Chrysler. You can see Horan took Ewald's advice, he counted to 5 and ducked.

This bang is pretty violent, as you can see he cleaned off the top of the motor, and knocked the rods out the bottom at the same time. Horan is quite a character. He has told this blowup story many times. Every time he tells it the story is just a little different.....<g>. The end of the story is, " and I got it stopped ".

I was lucky, I had some blowups, but not like Horan's.

Don Roberts

[frelncdrgguy]

"digger" Dan Horan and his kid now run one of the most fearsome nostalgia funny cars on the VRA circut.

It is a really bitchin' Mustang that caused some controversey a while back because of the body dimensions.

"Ready....FIRE....aim"

Cool photo!

Brian

[RON CHILDS]

Cool stuff Don keep them coming ! Winter is long we all need anything to keep our minds of new england winter ! ;)

[SSTCamaro]

AHHH Pete I havent got the slightest idea. as far as a caption for the picture


BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder how it was driving those front engine dragsters when the motor exploded and the parts come at you.

Bobby, that was the quote!

[Nhra3985]

Don thanks for the info about the picture now i can start questioning again. soon.

[Don Roberts]

"digger" Dan Horan and his kid now run one of the most fearsome nostalgia funny cars on the VRA circut.

It is a really bitchin' Mustang that caused some controversey a while back because of the body dimensions.

"Ready....FIRE....aim"

Cool photo!

Brian

Dan Jr's sponsor is Shenanigan's, the nudie bar he owns in Van Nuys....a cash business, you gotta love it.......

DR

[mark hovsepian]

Final round - 10,10 and 10.... Let's see, we've got no more pulleys, and we're already running the can... I'll just twist 30 more in the mag. :eek:

[dennis pateras]

don't forget to hit the bottles as you cross the finish line.(damn that 98%)

[Don Roberts]

Final round - 10,10 and 10.... Let's see, we've got no more pulleys, and we're already running the can... I'll just twist 30 more in the mag. :eek:


Mark....I would say that judging by what the picture shows, Horan did exactly that..........<g>.

DR

[mjp4686]

That wouldn't have happened if he called Geico :D

[rabidpup]

I wish i'd listened to my mother...Wish this thing had a glove box for my clean underwear ! Oh well,Clean up,Lane 2. :p