Hey guys,

Was at my local track today playing around with a few of my friends who have Grand Nationals (5 total to be exact) Raced them all, beat a couple and got my a$$ waxed by a couple. I ain't scared to race them...

Anyway, on my first pass. When I went through the trap and let off the pedal, I was still hauling a$$. I immediately turned the truck off and put the trans. in neutral. That was the best thing I could think to do at the moment.

I have the Lightning velour floor mats in my truck. After I stopped and cleaned my drawers out, I opened the hood first to check my T/B (no problems), then I checked the pedal and it was back up in the correct position. All I could figure was the bottom of the pedal got stuck in the floor mat.

The rest of the day, I kept the floor mat out of the truck.

I have one friend who had his truck damaged while at a garage. Said the pedal stuck when one of the employee's was backing up, and he ended up smashing the whole back of his L.

I'm racing with no floor mats in the Drivers side from now on.

BTW, my best 60' today with the Hoosier Quick Time Pro's was a 1.71. They hook up great, don't have to worry about maybe blowing the tires out at the light, like with the Nitto Drag Radials. The Nitto's are great for the street, but they are inconsistent at the track.

 

First off, glad to hear your okay...

second off, to all the guys who've been around for a while, does this sound familiar at all??? Think White Lightning with White powder coated wheels.

 

I was driving my brother's bronco the other day and the pedal got stuck. Not a fun thing to experience. Glad you had a good time at the track. GN's rock! I have one and a T-Type. We have a bunch in my family 6 all together. -Mat-

 

I'm glad things worked out for you during that crazy experience. I know you had tons of HERSHEY Chocolate in your underwear after that. I fear everyday when I drive my Lightning if the gas pedal or TB will get stuck. It could be life threatening on the streets. I'm glad you're okay though. Too bad I can't say the same for your underwear.

 

Ahhhhh Ok cool..........so what the hell did ya run big guy.

I could care less about your 60' times

--Joe

 

ive done that unfourtently...boy the motor sure takes off when your trying to move your floormat

 

I started a post on this subject last week, people told me to make sure my floor mat was in the right way. That ended up being the problem. My aftermarket L mats weren't hooked on the floor notch. the pedal was sticking underneath it when I mashed the throttle. Might wanna check that.

 

Thanks,

I guess when we push the gas pedal to the floor it lays down pretty flat. My floor mat is a regular size mat. I had the floor mat positioned in the in the hook in the floor. It must slide forward just enough in that area to cause the problem.

There was 4 GN's and 1 T-Type. I think the fastest GN there was 11.40...

 

So what did you run in your Lightning>??? My brother has gone a 11.6 in his GN with only 17lbs of boost! -Mat-

 

Itonly has to happen one time for you to remember to throw the drivers side floor mat over to the passengers side.

Glad to hear the truck made a safe stop

 

Hey man glad your ok.. Nice 60's

PEacE..................

 

Here you go Soap, I was trying to get out of posting that, since I didn't beat my fastest ET. No Juice, all motor..

My best today was:

1st pass
60' 1.727
1/8 7.897
1/4 12.34 @ 107.08

2nd pass

60' 1.716
1/8 7.947
1/4 12.45 @ 105.60

3rd pass
60' 1.754
1/8 7.960
1/4 12.43 @ 110.18

 

DL,

You should have learned from Mr. ZorPrime. He's the original 180 - into the grass - got my floormat stuck - crapped my pants - Lightning racer.

Ahhhh, the good 'ol days

 

DL what kind of numbers did you run? Did you run the juice?

 

Okay I was a little late. Was was your best 60 foot time with Nittos?