Will you mention "Drive it like you stole it"............I always did. I have many many more episodes....I'm lucky that I didn't hurt anyone or property. I actually had a quarter mile marked off to practice. I had painted a large yellow stripe with "start" and one end and a stripe with "finish" at the end of the quarter. Each night I would burn the tires and do the quarter. During the summer the city would blacktop over the markings.........each night I would repaint. This drove the badge crazy..........they knew it was me but couldn't catch me. One night I parked near the finish line behind a house that was vacant. I painted the finish, ran up the steet, painted the start. I had just got finished when I kind of heard/saw something. Coming up the street was the police, lights out going as slow and quiet as possible. There were two in the car....windows were opened. I could hear them all upset about how the markings were repainted and them not catching me in the act. I was hiding behind a bush with paint and brush shaking all over from fright. I waited for what seemed an eternity for them to leave, allowing extra time just to be comfortable. I ran back to my car with paint and brush.........and drove home. After that "close encounter" I never painted the quarter mile markers again..............I was nuts.........but not that nuts. I can tell of much more insanity...........it just goes on and on. I was afraid of ever having kids.........I was afraid they would turn out like me............that was way too scary   

[QUOTE=aceinthehole]Wow Larry, that sure brings back memories. My buddies were constantly pulling stunts like that and I'd much rather hear the stories than be there, seriously, I scare easy, something about dying or doing major hospital time    I dunno.[/QUOTE] Jimmy tell us about some of the stunts...............if you do...........I'll tell you many more of my stunts........Can they still get me for some of this..........Chip? Chip you probably think "what an idiot"........if you do..........all that I can say is..........I was....at least I got a bit older and maybe a little bit wiser........ 

I would think that the statue of limitations would have already passed. I never said I didnt drive it like I stole it but most of theits I have owned have been not so shale we say sporty.... Older and wiser with an awsome vette hmmmm......That means more experience and faster turnes maybe a little drifting?!

Jimmy, you hung around with nuts like me. You seem to be nutty also. You gotta do some stuff while your young and crazy. What memories!  corvette440hp2009-05-13 10:28:03

Soo, on another occasion, after a Saturday National Guard drill...the guys wanted to see my 427 Vette do it's "stuff". I had street tires on the back. I got on a 4-lane concrete road, and wound out first gear, power shifted into second, and the car went from one side of the 4 lanes to the other. All I kept seeing was telephone poles and curbs. Luckily further ahead the traffic light was holding back the oncoming traffic. I had all 4 lanes to do me stupid tricks. I was totally freaked out. I finially hooked it down a side street and snuck home driving as slow as possible. I put on my M&H Racemaster slicks and never took them back off.

Another time I was to race a Hemi in a industrial section of Cleveland. We were all parked in a private lot waiting to race, when the "badge" showed up. I was the lead vehicle, but they put a stait edge against my front end...which was 2 inches over the sidewalk. They issued me a parking ticket. I went sort of nuts as they walked away. All the other guys were trying to keep me in control so that I didn't tick off the police. The ticket was $2.00, and they gave me the money to keep me calmed down. I was just mad and stupid. Ok your turn.............I have many many more bad behavior encounters.........rolling cars, drag racing busts, almost taking out the flagman at the strip etc........... 

[QUOTE=aceinthehole] ( mind you, I have no trouble with these speeds while I'm driving, but I don't care to be a passenger when exceeding 60 ) [/QUOTE] Jimmy, I agree with you 100%.........You know GOD must get a kick out of crazy drag racing guys.............because we always seem to survive.......what a GREAT GUY! corvette440hp2009-05-13 10:28:50