Things you hear from your Pitman
03-20-2012, 02:39 AM
#136
Funniest thing i heard while pitting for my race buddy was this guy Dave was pitting for a fellow who was flaming out every few minutes in a 45 minute A main. after the 4 or 5 flame outs the driver asked his pitman when he should come in for fuel. His pitman yelled out "WE"LL FILL ER UP ON THE NEXT FLAMEOUT" everybody in the pit were rolling on the floor laughing
:l ol:
:l ol: classic
03-20-2012, 07:25 AM
#137
May not quite fit but My buddy asked another guy to pit for him so he hands him his fuel gun and says I'm coming in half way....His pit man grabbed his car and opened the lid inserted fuel gun, pulled the trigger and dropped him back down. about a lap later the buggy flames out. grab the buggy and I help him try and fire it back up but it wont start, so I'm thinking Glow plug, ignitor, Torn Fuel tubing..My buddy gets frustrated and walks off the stand while we are checking why it wont start....Turns out there was no fuel in the fuel gun when the "helper" filled him up 
..filled him up with air and dropped him back on the track...........
..filled him up with air and dropped him back on the track...........Rico: "oh shit." (looks down at an empty gun)
So i reach down, grab the car, and do my best slow mo of bringing the car up to fuel.
Rico manages to get the gun filled, and off goes the car.
Rico: "you think he noticed?"
Me: "if he did, i'm saying its all your fault!"
03-20-2012, 03:16 PM
#138
Tech Adept
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My first time as pit man.
Driver:can you pit for me
Me:yes sure but never done it before
Driver:no worries just take it easy no stress
Me:sweet
First pit stop no problems I thought
Second pit stop
Me:In this lap
Driver
will i am filling his car )Squeeze that dam bottle!!!!!!!!!
Driver:can you pit for me
Me:yes sure but never done it before
Driver:no worries just take it easy no stress
Me:sweet
First pit stop no problems I thought
Second pit stop
Me:In this lap
Driver
will i am filling his car )Squeeze that dam bottle!!!!!!!!!
03-20-2012, 03:39 PM
#139
It never gets old that one 
I get it every time I get a newby filling for me, they take so long to fill it 
Chris B on sunday was grilling his pitman, Karl B I think? "was that a full tank?" KB "yes" chris "are you sure" KB "yes" I said to Chris who was driving next to me,"was he too fast" yes Chris said...I bet he didn't try and stretch that tank too long.My fueler Nick was out marshalling cause we were low on numbers, When I looked to his marshalling spot the lap before I was comming in he wasn't there
I drove the whole next lap (badly) searching all the marshall spots for him, finally found him and he was waving the fuel bottle at me phew!
03-20-2012, 06:12 PM
#140
This one actually happened last month.
One of my racers had his wife at the race (Great girl with lots of interest in the hobby.) She had to help pit because the 2 of us were running in the same main. The other guy came in for fuel and she couldn't get the cap open so my pitman helped her with it. After the buggy was back on the track, she looked at my pitman and said "I don't know what I pulled on, but something came off" That buggy went like a "bat out of hell". It was really lean because she had pulled the pressure line off the tank lid.
Never a dull moment when Maria is at the races.
One of my racers had his wife at the race (Great girl with lots of interest in the hobby.) She had to help pit because the 2 of us were running in the same main. The other guy came in for fuel and she couldn't get the cap open so my pitman helped her with it. After the buggy was back on the track, she looked at my pitman and said "I don't know what I pulled on, but something came off" That buggy went like a "bat out of hell". It was really lean because she had pulled the pressure line off the tank lid.
Never a dull moment when Maria is at the races.
03-20-2012, 11:01 PM
#142
Tech Adept
03-21-2012, 12:02 AM
#143
Around 3 years ago got a good mate of mine to pit for me. Did the 3 quals for the day no worrys. Told my mate my starting position for the final go out do the warmup drive up to him he fills it up and holds it up for me the count down starts it gets down to 3sec release the cars comes over the pa. At this point every other pit man remembers witch way the track goes apart from mine. I asked him after the race why did ya put me down backwards? He looked at me blankly. Sumtimes ya just have to laugh.
03-21-2012, 05:23 AM
#144
This happened while running around town on the way to the track and is a running joke ever since. My teammate is driving down a side road in Indy before heading out to JCP for practice. Allergies or a cold had been messing with him all weekend when he sneezes pretty hard and yells "ARGGHHH! MY GROIN!!!" He cant gas or brake or anything while grabbing his junk and asks me to grab the wheel. I can't because I'm in the middle of a side splitting laughing fit. I can't even breathe. He starts laughing too while still in pain. So glad it was an empty side rd and not the highway we were on later. Just random stuff like that kills me.
03-21-2012, 03:45 PM
#145
This happened while running around town on the way to the track and is a running joke ever since. My teammate is driving down a side road in Indy before heading out to JCP for practice. Allergies or a cold had been messing with him all weekend when he sneezes pretty hard and yells "ARGGHHH! MY GROIN!!!" He cant gas or brake or anything while grabbing his junk and asks me to grab the wheel. I can't because I'm in the middle of a side splitting laughing fit. I can't even breathe. He starts laughing too while still in pain. So glad it was an empty side rd and not the highway we were on later. Just random stuff like that kills me.
03-22-2012, 03:10 AM
#146
one of the few i havent forgot......LOL
Newbie pit guy...(i have to add was very helpful and tried very hard)
but i had to laugh afterwards
Pit guy:
Blade you were in the lead "Why Did you Stop"...???
Me: (sigh)...
(anouncer) at same moment
"Racers" 32 minutes down 8 minutes to go..........
and the leader "Flamed out"..!!!!
pit guy:
Dude WOW! you "Could Go 11:30 seconds !!!
Me:
Grummble-Grummble-Growl..........
another classic from a few years back the wife reminded me of...LOL
2006 A-Main Silver State
Pit Guy:
you mean they need more fuel after they start...????
Me:
WTF....!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
at the same split second all i could see was my kid Antonio in a could of dust!
looked like the "Road-Runner" running to get my car..!!!
(i never knew he could run that fast..LOL)
and all i could hear was the wife yelling at him
"Yes,about 7 to 8 minutes they need FUEL"...!!!!!!!!!!
LOL, the wife and Kid got me running,
a lap down but running, and i was kinda laughing.
more so cause it wasn't "Me getting yelled at for once"....LOL
but he said he did this all before..?????
LOL.....
Newbie pit guy...(i have to add was very helpful and tried very hard)
but i had to laugh afterwards
Pit guy:
Blade you were in the lead "Why Did you Stop"...???
Me: (sigh)...
(anouncer) at same moment
"Racers" 32 minutes down 8 minutes to go..........
and the leader "Flamed out"..!!!!
pit guy:
Dude WOW! you "Could Go 11:30 seconds !!!
Me:
Grummble-Grummble-Growl..........
another classic from a few years back the wife reminded me of...LOL
2006 A-Main Silver State
Pit Guy:
you mean they need more fuel after they start...????
Me:
WTF....!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
at the same split second all i could see was my kid Antonio in a could of dust!
looked like the "Road-Runner" running to get my car..!!!
(i never knew he could run that fast..LOL)
and all i could hear was the wife yelling at him
"Yes,about 7 to 8 minutes they need FUEL"...!!!!!!!!!!
LOL, the wife and Kid got me running,
a lap down but running, and i was kinda laughing.
more so cause it wasn't "Me getting yelled at for once"....LOL
but he said he did this all before..?????
LOL.....
03-22-2012, 01:34 PM
#147
me: "I'm Coming in for fuel!"
girlfriend: "ok!"
me: "fill it up!"
girlfriend: "But it's still running!"
girlfriend: "ok!"
me: "fill it up!"
girlfriend: "But it's still running!"
04-26-2012, 11:47 AM
#148
04-26-2012, 11:49 AM
#149
I love it when your pit guy is watching the race, following YOU and YOU allone. You flip, mae a mistake, or crash, the YELL and scream MARSHALL MARSHALL, in fighting words mind you. I think that hilarious!!
04-26-2012, 12:57 PM
#150
This one of my blunders......shut up R2!!!!
I am driving and thinking I am driving real good and my pitman screams out " What in the Hell are you doing!!!!!". I finally realize the car I thought was mine was not and I was hitting walls and doing donuts at the other end of the track.
I am driving and thinking I am driving real good and my pitman screams out " What in the Hell are you doing!!!!!". I finally realize the car I thought was mine was not and I was hitting walls and doing donuts at the other end of the track.