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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 93PONY: [QB] Long story, so bare with me. Took the wife's car to TNT last night because the weather was excellent for this time of year. First run of the day was a new best at 10.85. I knew I was going to get kicked out if I ran that fast again, so I let the car cool down for quite a while before lining back up. Sure enough Ron told me not to come back without a cage, fire jacket, etc, etc. I asked if I could run a few 1/8th mile passes & he said that'd be okay. Next run was shitty....missed 2nd & cruised through the 1/8th. Let the car cool down till ~9:20pm. Firguing this was going to be my last run of the night I thought I'd make one more full 1/4 pass & be done. Shitty 1.6 60ft, but still a decent pass at 10.9x @126mph. I was driving back around to the pits to pick up my stuff & a bike rides past me, turns around & pulls up next to me as I'm heading up the staging lanes (pitted up front). Here's where things get 'interesting'. The biker is a Track official (I think his name is Don & he normally works on Weds nights). He yells at me to 'Pull the fucking car over!'. He seems pretty pissed off so I pull over right away as he's aiming his bike towards my car as if he's going to hit it if I keep driving. I roll down the window & he yells, "How many fucking times have you been warned? Get your shit & get the fuck off my track!" I nod & say okay (I knew I was going to get kicked out). There's a slight pause as we look at each other, then he says "What the fuck is so funny?" (I guess I had a smile on my face.....probably since it was a great night of racing considering I ran a new best that was unexpected) So I say to him "I'm not laughing". He says right back "What the fuck are you simling about?" He seems even more pissed off & gets off his bike. I say something like "I'm not laughing, I'm going to get my stuff & leave". He quickly starts walking up to the car & rears back as if he's going to hit me!. I put it in 1st & pop the clutch just as he takes a swing & he ends up punches the 1/4 window on the driver side. He yells some profanities that I didn't catch..... He jumps back on his bike & comes after me. At this point I don't know what the hell to do.....all my stuff is sitting up front....should I leave my gear & aviod getting my ass beat by some crazed Hells Angle wanna be, or do I get my stuff & risk it? I get closer to the where I'm pitted & look for some of my buddies (luckily one of them FoxGT was sitting in his car right behind me when the guy took a swing at me.) I don't see anyone near my pit, so I do a U-turn thinking I'll just go around back, park & get my stuff later. The guy follows me as I turn around, so I turn around again & he again follows me.... I park at my pit & stay seated in the car (running) to see what he's going to do. He yells at me "Where are you pitted? Get the fuck out of hear!" I tell him "I'm just getting my stuff & I'll leave, my stuff is right here." He rides off (thankfully). At this point I'm steemed that this asshole actually hit my car....let alone trying to hit me while I'm sitting in my car! Some buddies come up & ask what happened so I spout off for a few minutes. I go in search of Dave Jr to tell him what's going on. I find Dave up near the tower & tell him what happened. He looks surprised & tells me to tell Ron who is this guys manager. Ron is running the lights so I go over to Ron & talk with him about his employee. Ron is understandably not happy to see me. He goes on about how me and another mustang were here last week (actually a few weeks earlier) & were warned not to come back without a cage & here we are tonight running just as fast & how it's a huge safety issue, etc, etc. I tell Ron exactly what how I feel about it. That I COMPLETELY understand that it's a saftey concern & we SHOULD get kicked out of the track for not having the proper saftely equipment. That it's a liablility for the track & I have no problems getting kicked out & leaving.....But.... There was absolutely no reason for this guy to come up to me the way he did, try to hit me & end up hitting the car! Ron tells me that he'll talk with Don & get his side of the story. I say thanks & walk back to where I'm pitted. As I'm getting to the car, who shows up? Don with 2 other guys. He yells "Why the fuck are you still here?" I tell him that I'm going to leave once we get my buddies car on the trailer & that I had to talk to Dave & Ron. He askes the same question again, still walking towards the car with his backup & I say the same thing over again. He stops, says "It's a little late for that" or something to that nature, turns around & walks back to the front were Dave Jr & Ron are. Of course there were quite a few of us Ford guys there....many buddies & I appriciate their concern & support. Some of them thought we should beat the guys ass, or knock over his bike. I really appriciate the support & the fact that they were willing to 'throw down' for me....but if we did that we'd be no better than him. There was no damage to the car, not even a smudge or scratch....no harm done, no need to damage this guys bike IMO. There are other ways to deal with the situation. But thanks Guys. :patriot: About a half hour goes by, we're getting a car on the trailer & Don walks up. He makes some small talk to one of my buddies, makes his point that it's a saftey issue, acts like a big tuff guy about wanting to beatup some other guy who flipped him off....asks if we know him & if we did to tell him to come back to the track so Don could 'talk' to him out back in the pits. :rolleyes: He tries to make nice with me.... says that he wasn't going to hit me unless I hit him first & that he was just 'getting my attention' by hitting the window. Blah, Blah, Blah. Whatever.... We packed up & left... Kinda put a damper on what was initially a GREAT night at the track. -Shaun [/QB][/QUOTE]
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