What's your favorite Drag Racing "Slang" term?

[ProNitro Pete]

well Tim,
I have a few that cant say that I am partial to one:
Sashay
down Broadway
Holeshot
Pedalfest
Full pull - (we stole that from the tractors)
Pole Position - ( that was stolen from nascrasp by Paul 'Wrong' Page)
Burndown

 

[d'kid]

Out the back door

 

[BurkartFan]

Sneezed the blower...because it just sounds funny and really looks appropriate.

 

[n/a]

Loud pedal & puke tank

 

[Gordon]

Hard to pick just one...

Terms:

- Digger
- Flopper
- Loud Pedal
- Laundry
- Tree'd
- Trash Cans (Pro Stock Carburetors)
- Diaper

Phrases:

- "I staged with my knees." - Gary Scelzi
- Blowin' their doors off!
- Rattled the tires.
- Blew the hides off.

 

[Joker]

My 2 fav's would have to be:

1. Steppin' on the loud pedal

2. just the term Christmas Tree

 

[ricko999™]

"It nosed over at 1200"........oh, they don't run that far....
"Dry hops".........oops, not those either.....

"Eye Candy"

 

[mick]

smoke show
candles are lit
nitro cloud

 

[FC138fan]

Favs already mentioned, sashay, candles lit, right down broadway

On the subject of phrases -

JF had "smokin the hot dogs"

I remember Scott K. saying "we tried to rotate the earth"

 

[MM]

whooped the hoops

chuffed the huffer

 

[willy]

whack the trottle

dead late

 

[Bullard Anderson]

"He had the high beams on!" ...Frey

 

[dag]

For the sportsmen racers..."ENHANCED"

 

[none]

Drop the hammer
Boiled the hides
Over it...........

 

[Bullet]

Mine would have to be NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAPA KNOW HOW!

Seriously, I like "rotate the earth"and "on the high side".

 

[rollingthunder]

Banging the blower !

 

[Bullard Anderson]

Mine would have to be NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAPA KNOW HOW!

Seriously, I like "rotate the earth"and "on the high side".

No doubt Paul that those NAPA commericals in Nov 2010 are going to have to redone to included "Congrats 2010 Champion"

 

[Big Sexy]

Austin Coil said "... that car shook like a dog passing a peach seed..."

 

[mw6789]

Throwing out the laundry--loudpedal--burndown--boilin' the hides. My personal favorite though comes from the roundy round world. Mark Martin's dad Julian once told me about a motor a guy had in their old dirt tracking days that was "Faster than the word of God". Pretty fast I would say!!!

 

[Dougster]

A few for the sportsman racers/fans:

- Breakout
- Double Breakout
- Grabbed too much stripe