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Longest skid mark in the world?

Started by deathsled, April 06, 2022, 03:19:07 PM

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deathsled

Saw this driving home from the store...
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

67 GT350

RARE  Signature Delete

98SVT - was 06GT

Forgot to release trailer parking brake.

The parking brake fitted to a trailer typically features a valve with a push/pull button. Pulling the button out applies the trailer parking brakes; pushing the button in releases the parking brakes. The trailer parking brake valve must be applied at all times when a trailer is uncoupled from the truck.
Previous owner 6S843 - GT350H & 68 GT500 Convert #135.
Mine: GT1 Mustang, 1998 SVT 32V, 1929 Model A Coupe, Wife's: 2004 Tbird
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deathsled

#3
Thanks for the explanation.  Initially I thought it might have been oil that the tires rolled across but that didn't make sense because of the lack of any other tires doing the same things and leaving similar markings on different parallel planes.  Still, one hell of a long skid mark.  Too bad it is not a single pair of rubber tire marks.  That would make for a better story.  I was out rollin' in mah 5.0 when a Camaro tried to race me. So I wound up the vicious Boss 302 and left a skin mark a quarter mile long. 
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

TA Coupe

This makes me think of the burnout contests that Jay Leno and Tim Allen used to have.

        Roy
If it starts it's streetable.
Overkill is just enough.

FL SAAC

This could also apply to Chris Rock
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I have all UNGOLD cars

427heaven

I believe the real LONGEST skid mark was at Bonneville by Craig Breedlove in the SPIRIT OF AMERICA which was 5-6 miles long... So theres that! :-[

FL SAAC

Quote from: 427heaven on April 07, 2022, 05:23:50 PM
I believe the real LONGEST skid mark was at Bonneville by Craig Breedlove in the SPIRIT OF AMERICA which was 5-6 miles long... So theres that! :-[

According to Official Guinness Records, The skidmarks made by the jet-powered Spirit of America, driven by Norman Craig Breedlove (USA), after the car went out of control at Bonneville in Utah, USA, on 15 October 1964, was nearly 10 km (6 miles) long.

World's Biggest Skid - Craig Breedlove's Spirit of America • MotorPunk
https://www.motorpunk.co.uk/articles/worlds-biggest-skid-craig-breedloves-spirit-of-america/
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. ~
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus

Home of the Amazing Hertz 3 + 1 Musketeers

I have all UNGOLD cars

TA Coupe

Craig lives about 35 minutes away from me in the town of Rio Vista. About 20 years ago or so the Nor-Cal Shelby club was invited to his shop where he was working on a new LSR vehicle but ran out of money before completing it. Unfortunately I had to work that day. Thinking about giving him a call to see if he wants to go out for lunch or something.

        Roy
If it starts it's streetable.
Overkill is just enough.