t.nie
Patience Tester
Since flipping people off seems to be a hot topic on here as of late, how about we share our best bird stories? I posted this on another thread, then thought it would make a good thread on it's own. So here's mine. And before we start, can we keep driver's names out of it if possible? No need to start dragging people through the mud.
Belleville 100 lapper 3 years ago. I was standing at the end of the front straight at the start, and big name driver A is being hounded by big name driver B for the lead on the opening laps. (I won't mention any names, it really doesn't matter anyway. Just a couple of our midwestern local heroes with huge reputations for being very skilled front runners will suffice.) Anyway driver B is really laying it in low and hard in the corners, working over driver A's left rear quarter, a lot of skillful rubbin to try and get past. Or at least let him know he's there.
This goes on for a couple laps, and finally driver B gets in a little too hot and manages to upset driver A's car, getting him loose off the corner. Quick as a flash, driver A gets it back under him coming off 4, rockets down the front straight toward me and there it goes out the window; the fastest flying bird I have ever seen in the world. This hand just shoots straight up, flips up that middle finger, and then it shoots back down inside the cockpit just in time for him to set the car in one. Looked like a snake tongue darting in and out of the window.
Heck of a bird there, I thought. Wish I'd had a camera pointed right at it at the time, would've been a great picture. Oh well. At least I have the memory. Still makes me laugh to this day.
Belleville 100 lapper 3 years ago. I was standing at the end of the front straight at the start, and big name driver A is being hounded by big name driver B for the lead on the opening laps. (I won't mention any names, it really doesn't matter anyway. Just a couple of our midwestern local heroes with huge reputations for being very skilled front runners will suffice.) Anyway driver B is really laying it in low and hard in the corners, working over driver A's left rear quarter, a lot of skillful rubbin to try and get past. Or at least let him know he's there.
This goes on for a couple laps, and finally driver B gets in a little too hot and manages to upset driver A's car, getting him loose off the corner. Quick as a flash, driver A gets it back under him coming off 4, rockets down the front straight toward me and there it goes out the window; the fastest flying bird I have ever seen in the world. This hand just shoots straight up, flips up that middle finger, and then it shoots back down inside the cockpit just in time for him to set the car in one. Looked like a snake tongue darting in and out of the window.
Heck of a bird there, I thought. Wish I'd had a camera pointed right at it at the time, would've been a great picture. Oh well. At least I have the memory. Still makes me laugh to this day.