crazy racing superstitions!

[bigred5765]

we change worn parts before they break just to make sure the car is happy
in thinking ( i treat the car right buying it new bits it will look after us)

[jimmy]

My car behaves different Carl, it actually punishes me if I replace anything that isn't broken.
The only way around the replacement gearbox was putting my old red shell on it - it seemed to please the car and now it performs WITH the new gearbox.

so,

newer orange shell & old gearbox = great
old shell and new gearbox = great

any other combination = disaster!:jimmeh

[emzy]

Nutter.

[jimmy]

Originally Posted by emzeh

Nutter.

Thanks Emzy, always reassuring! :jimmeh

[tonymon]

before a rugby match i always have a poo...

...dont know if it has any relevance to racing!!!

[emzy]

Originally Posted by tonymon

before a rugby match i always have a poo...

...dont know if it has any relevance to racing!!!

No... it doesn't.

[emzy]

Originally Posted by jimmy

Thanks Emzy, always reassuring! :jimmeh

Welll... that's what I'm here for!

[Stu]

Quite a bit of reaserarch has been conducted here over the past few years into what the optimum alcohol intake is just prior to starting a final at a meeting, not an obsession, more a ritual.

Zero = nervous over-reactions
1 Pint of average strength (not Stella) - Ideal jangle inhibitor
2 " " " " " - Reactions dulleed too much
3 " " " " " - May as well be totally pissed

1 bottle of WKD is, I'm told, about the correct ammount.

[BenG]

Yeah Jim, I hate changing anyhing on my car if the car was going good, so I generally dont just incase the car goe haywire LOL

[Barry Williams]

When racing outdoors i usually look to the sky before racing & ask the man upstairs to give me a break, then i drive into the first corner to fast & get a break, usually a front wishbone!!!

[buzz]

if i wear a hoody/jumper i roll the sleeves up and always turn left to right a fair few times before i set off

[bert digler]

Originally Posted by buzz

if i wear a hoody/jumper i roll the sleeves up and always turn left to right a fair few times before i set off

i get leatherd the night before so as i sober up it seems like ime improving usually about 2 seconds a lap

[PaulRotheram]

i steer left and right quite a few times before i start.. no idea.. to cure nerves maybe?

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

i steer left and right quite a few times before i start.. no idea.. to cure nerves maybe?

And I thought it was just a nervous twitch that moved along the rostrum:eek:

[PaulRotheram]

well its turned in to abit of a game now.. i do it and you start to see a few straglers catching on and doing it, ive managed to get every one doing it bar one. i need to get all 10 going next time

[Richard Lowe]

I have a strange habbit of wanting to pull my socks up before I race, no idea why ops:

I always reset the timer thingy on my KO at the start of a meeting too.

[PaulRotheram]

ive no idea how to reset my timer, any one?

[Kash]

Originally Posted by Stu

1 bottle of WKD is, I'm told, about the correct ammount.

Thats is correct tried and tested by me...lol

[Danny McGee]

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

ive no idea how to reset my timer, any one?

Get to the timer bit and then hold both the buttons down on the left. SHould reset it. i know what i mean

[PaulRotheram]

nice one danny, got it sorted