Last year at Gainesville I was talking to Valerie Harrell, Scott Kalitta had just fired up right next to us so I wasn't paying attention. He hit that Throttle and I was like a scalded Dog! I hadn't jumped like that in years!

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Shift for Brains!!!!

Those are great aren't they? I didn't think we had any jumpers on this board. Just be sure you're either listening for the motor to switch over, or that you can see the crew bearing down on the car just before the drivers right foot flinches; otherwise you too risk becoming a jumper.

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On my arm until the day I die, but in my heart forever

I don't know what Densham' s teams does differently, but man was the air thick at E-town last year. I had tears running from my eyes

Stood at the Bud pit at Pomona during one warmup last November thinking that Tim&Kim always include a blip ... and they didn't. Some people standing by me, had a newbie look to them, were "Yeah, well, so what's the big deal?"

Hope they then went down to Kalitta's in a relaxed and careless frame of mind.

I could watch the crew grab the car, the crew chief signal the driver, the owner say ready set now, and watch the driver hit the pedal, and I still would jump.

Well,i'm down here in Gainesville! Get to break the girlfriend in tomm. on nitro! She's been around the monster trucks i work with buttt... 1,800 hp<8,000 hp. I don't think she quite understands what she is in for! outta be fun!



PS- Rain sucks

I'll never forget my younger son's first good blip when he was around 10, we were in a shuttle from the parking lot at Sears Point heading into the track filled with race fans in a good mood, and on its way in the shuttle pulled right behind a pro nitro teams pit right when they shot off a big blip.

My son was excited to be coming to the race and I think that excitement helped make him jump up a mile, and everybody on the bus laughed but with him, not at him, his face was scared at first but then when he realized a bomb hadn't hit us he put on a big smile as people were telling him "welcome to the races kid".

Paul T.

Great story Paul.
I had a similar version with my nephew Andrew.
As you know, before the remodel, you could get pretty close to the right lane launch pad/starting line at Sears Point.
It was his first time, and I took him to the fence in front of the Christmas tree for Top Fuel.

BTW, stop in and visit in the chat room Monday nights.
We don't have enough Pauls in there.

Del Worsham still did in 2006.

YouTube - Del Worsham Nitro FC Warmup