John Force Burnout 1995

#31 06-17-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Karl Stalcup

Pat Minick
followed by
Russel James Liberman
Richard Tharp
Pat Foster

d'kid

I'm afraid I would have to add Norm Wilding to that group as well, Karl.

Speaking of Norm, what ever happened to him? (Mild thread derailment)

Sean D

#32 06-17-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Terry Jones

Unofficial 'current' burnout king is "Norm Wilding' who did a 1300 ft burnout during the 92 season, w/ Force in the other lane doing is usual deal.

Norm received a plaque from NHRA for the effort---

Oops!!!

Sorry, Terry! I didn't see this before I posted!

Sean D

#33 06-17-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Cook

Best burnout I have seen personally is John Force, after locking up the championship at Pomona in '98 or '99 ... all the way to the 1000 Ft cones and coasted out past the finish line ... crowd went BONKERS, myself included.

My Dad said he once saw Jungle Jim do a burnout at a match race at Edgewater in Cincinnati that was so long he turned off the track and came back up the return road to stage the car!!!

I saw Jungle do that at Connecticut dragway...memory is foggy but I don't know if it was intentional or if he couldn't get it into reverse.

#34 06-17-2008, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terry Jones

Unofficial 'current' burnout king is "Norm Wilding' who did a 1300 ft burnout during the 92 season, w/ Force in the other lane doing is usual deal.

Norm received a plaque from NHRA for the effort---

I was there. I video taped that burnout. It was at Indy. Chuck Etchalls' "Nobody Beats the Wiz" car was in the next pair. I continued taping and entered a copy in a contest sponsered by "the Wiz" and won 2nd prize (a VCR). I still watch the tape. Cruz and Ace won FC and TF in McDonalds 1st year. Al Hofman one the Bud Shootout. It was my first time at Indy!!!:

BTW, I got Norm to sign one of his "AA Racing" shirts: to Ray from Norm, "King of the Burnouts" after I showed him a replay of the video. He loved it!!!

D

#35 06-17-2008, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Goodridge

I was there. I video taped that burnout. It was at Indy. Chuck Etchalls' "Nobody Beats the Wiz" car was in the next pair. I continued taping and entered a copy in a contest sponsered by "the Wiz" and won 2nd prize (a VCR). I still watch the tape. Cruz and Ace won FC and TF in McDonalds 1st year. Al Hofman one the Bud Shootout. It was my first time at Indy!!!:

BTW, I got Norm to sign one of his "AA Racing" shirts: to Ray from Norm, "King of the Burnouts" after I showed him a replay of the video. He loved it!!!

D

I got so excited thinking of the burnout

of course Al "won" the Shootout and I just looked at the shirt and it says: Good Luck, Ray from Norman Wilding, "Burnout King"...

Just wanted to get the story right

#36 06-17-2008, 11:52 PM

BTW...after Norm did that burnout to the stripe he backed up and ran a 5.17,
and squeezed into the field, and he was the only car @ the time that did not have a racepak, or any spare parts.

Force joked that he was upstaged that day by Norm and to boot, he sold every one of his t-shirts out of his tandem axle trailer....when racers still could do that.

Norm builds high end stuff in the U.K. today-

#37 06-18-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Rogers Jr

He was at the KHFC meeting the other week.

LMAO! Btw....I need to see the 'minutes' from that meeting pronto!

#38 06-18-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kelly Holmes

LMAO! Btw....I need to see the 'minutes' from that meeting pronto!

How much are dues to the KHFC, and do we get a T-shirt and a hat?

d'kid

#39 06-18-2008, 07:55 PM

Karl....you don't EVEN want to know about the t-shirt design! Um, OK maybe you do.

#40 06-19-2008, 08:09 AM

Norm Wilding always told me that he would out Burnout anyone next to him, even if he had to go past the 1320 to do it!

#41 06-19-2008, 11:14 AM

Yea Joe, Norm was the man for burnouts and he was doing it out of his pocket w/out any spare parts...maybe a few pistons but nothing else.

The cars from the early days had water in the heads so they did not heat up as quick but Norm did it w/ a dry block and ALWAYS backed up and completed the run after the burnout unlike alot of drivers.

#42 06-19-2008, 11:30 AM

I remember at Dallas '92 he was paired agains't Force for Rd 1, he told Force he wanted to do a long Burnout. Norm told me that Force told him "If you don't come back I'm gonna go past the Finishline! Norm did do a 1320 Burnout and did come back to run a 5.62, losing to Force but he sure got a huge ovation out of it.

#43 06-20-2008, 06:20 AM

Another king of the burnouts...................

John Force Burnout 1995

John Force Burnout 1995

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