What's your favorite Drag Racing "Slang" term? (1 Viewer)

[Ramos]

"flaming marshmellow"

 

[Rajunz]

"Legging it down through there"

"He was on the chip"

"Striking the Hides"

If you said these terms to most people, they would be totally confused.......

 

[onfire]

10, 10 and 10................(old school)

(10% on the blower, 10 degrees in the mag and 10% + the label in the tank.)


Late.............Mitch

 

[NYNitro86]

"blowed it up" - Bob Fey

"Okay gotta go put a diaper under my clutch in case I bang the Blower during my holeshot" Tom Bodett from Motel 6 he's "gettin it...kinda"

"round number next" - the Late Sean Leary from Raceway Park

"bulbish" Alan Reinhart

 

[Prestaged]

Cackle or Max Cackle.

 

[James]

'throwin the laundry out' (chutes)

 

[scsp390]

One of if not my all time favorite-as I am walking through the pits going to my seat in the grandstands and I pass someone I know I always say -"It's Time for Round Number Next!!"

 

[TAFC 5 81]

10 bagger (10 bags of oil dry)

 

[NONE]

I heard a bracket racer that was in a dragster say about beating a slow car he had to spot a long ways: "I reeled him in like a big cat fish."

 

[Smiley]

Some of mine would be..

Dragin' the bumper
Dry Hop
Go Pedal
"You could see both doors from the starting line"


Favorite would be:
Engine on a stick (or "on a Steeeek" for you Jeff Dunham fans)

 

[none]

When the flames turn green the "zeans" on the scene!

 

[jarracing]

"I tell you what!" by Mike Dunn. He always says that; and it's funny.

 

[Smiley]

"I tell you what!" by Mike Dunn. He always says that; and it's funny.

Did anyone NOT go back and read it a second time in Mike's voice..?

 

[BF]

Who was it that used "aggressive disassembly" for a fireballed motor?

 

[PDQ]

Mr. Reinhart's this is a 6 second shooter

 

[Heavyhauler]

Hey mister, how do you get a job like this?

"Top Fuel how tough can it be"
Fat Wally 1992

 

[my friends call me Zappy]

Tim I think they pretty much got them all....except one. I didn't see anyone list: "at the hit".

 

[Bullet]

Did anyone NOT go back and read it a second time in Mike's voice..?

Guilty as charged, your honor.

 

[Big Ass Dave Lamm]

Anyone say, "Drive around him".... Meaning the guy was beat on a holeshot but had too much horsepower and beat him anyway.

Since we're doing favorite driver quotes, my comes from John Force. When asked by a reporter what it feels like to be an 8-cylinder run all the way he said, "Being on a good Funny Car run is a lot like having sex. Anything over 5 seconds and you are doing it wrong."

 

[Kelly]

Guilty as charged, your honor.

Me too! LOL