If one of your vehicles (like me) is a big full size truck with a big well made front push bar and you left the trailer hitch on, cars leave you alone in front and behind. Problem solved.

This is the most important lesson that autocross taught me in my 1997 Monte Carlo - you have no idea how wide or long your car actually is....

This is a huge peeve of mine.

Real trucks be like

God damn it Bob.

Perhaps this information belongs in the post (possibly before the link to buy raffle tickets)?

“Sorry, folks. Dealership’s closed. Weasel out front shoulda told ya.”

Vintage Racing! Open pits and paddock, great tracks, great cars, and over all a great weekend!

Easy. A 24 Hours of LeMons race. Especially during tech/BS inspection; that’s when the “color” really comes out. Also the action in the pits can be as funny as the shenanigans on the track.

Fomula SAE was my favorite, both as a participant and as a spectator. Nothing like seeing some awesome hand made cars from around the world in all kinds of automotive competition. Design, Auto-cross, Engine Dyno, Skidpad, etc. Honestly I had the best time just walking around the pits and checking out as many cars as I…

Any major SCCA Regional race. Real racing by real (and really good) drivers. Usually something verging on a county-fair atmosphere. Inexpensive tickets, a dazzling variety of classes, the real risk that participation is a contagious disease with a one-winter incubation period.

Fully agree - watching the back of the car and waving him to back up means he isn’t watching anything else. I’ve seen the same thing with VIP protection, believe it or not - armed security watching the VIP instead of looking away from the VIP and out toward where the dangers could come from. It must be human nature,…

Also: Bowl Floats are a popular bridge that Carburetor Trolls like to live under:

even better-ice cube trays. Look for ones with 16 holes for 4 cylinders. And muffin tins for the larger parts.

two more things

Let me sum this up for everyone. Fuck carbs.

“One does not simply ‘jump on the gas’ in a Viper”

Excited.

Always use lube! While most people know that some sort of lube is needed during assembly of moving parts, a lot of people also forget to lube gaskets before installing them. Any oil seal will require a small amount of oil to help it seat properly (this is especially true of oil filter gaskets. Forget the oil and they…

Please. I was baptised in the hoverwash of F-Zero.