03-04-2015, 04:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Dadeville,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold my EM.
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The scariest for me personally was one of the first few times I was trying to get it off the ground and on to four jack stands. It had three stands in place when it started shifting. I pushed hard to balance it with one hand while furiously trying to get the jack back under it with the other. I just knew I was going to drop it ... on me.
The scariest scene I ever saw was at an all Cobra track day event. They black flagged the field and I saw lots of people running toward a stand of trees about 200 feet outside the fastest turn on the track. I assumed correctly that someone lost it in the turn. Returning to the pits I saw the wives of two friends running hysterically toward the crash scene. Not knowing what had happened and seeing the terror in their faces was one of the scariest things I've ever seen. It convinced me to never take a loved one to a track event where I would be attempting to drive at 10/10ths.
P.S. The Cobra that left the track and entered the trees ended upside down with significant damage. But the driver was not seriously hurt and the car was back together in less than a year.
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Cheetah tribute completed 2021 (TommysCars.Weebly.com)
Previously owned EM Cobra
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor
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