My humble application for membership in HWFMR
 

Well I figure I have been hanging around here long enough. I might as well throw my hat in the ring. Funny how this forum went from a place to pull GRs strings to a forum with folks I feel I have gotten to know even if only on line. I truly hope to see you guys at a track or two in the near future.

Anyway so I guess one of the requirements I need to meet is giving an embarrassing moment on the track.
This actually happened to me on the very first time I ever drove a car on track.
Some racer friends of mine rented TGPR in Ala. and asked me to bring my car.

So the second or third lap I start hearing this funny sound coming from the rear of the car. I pull into the pit area and the car idles fine and nothing seems wrong.
I go back out and it doing even worse. I come back in and we jack up the back of the car. Now I have to say here that the week before I had just installed new wheels with adapters for spacing. Well smart guy that I am I didn't torque the nuts holding the adapters to the hubs and both sides had come loose.
One of the guys with me said "So basically you went out with loose wheels."

Anyway so after that they started calling me Lugnut . Fitting I suppose.

As for proof of slowness on track I don't have video but I can present you with mylaps lap time at drivers school. Look for #36 on the list here.
http://www.buccaneerregion.org/club/...1_SAT_RACE.pdf
Now I will say that I have done a 1:30 in my car since then so I am a little better but still slow.

I guess my title could be something like Torquemaster or the like. I am also a carpenter by trade as well as doing plumbing, electrical, etc. so I could also be Jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none.

Well there you have it.:to_order:

Team Mal-Adapter?

Director of Mal-adapted modifications?

That is just in case that kiss-ass first paragraph allows him to weasel his way in!

:) Bob, I really wasn't trying to kiss ass there but after rereading it, well...

I was actually sitting there thinking about how this forum and my being here came about. What the hell am I making excuses for. Your the excuse generator.:to_order:

Well, you are a very funny guy, and I really do think you would make an excellent teammate. I usually don't give my vote so early, but in this case, I will capitulate, not tarry.

So, to your name: how about Team Jack of no Trades. I like Torquemeister too, considering the story.

Wait wait! Do we have a Team Shoe-In???

fixed it for ya....

^^^^Oohh...let's work that one into a name.

On second thought...let's not.

Just trying to help out wherever I can....

Inspector of Nuts

Torquemeister has nice ring. Inspector of Nuts, not so much.:)

Manager of Loose Nuts
....

I am sure we can go on and on...

I like - Director of the "Are your nuts loose, let me fix that for you" Department

Nutsmeister? Nut inspector? Nutin spector? Jack of Nutin??

...

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Keep your mouth shut if you know what's good for ya!

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

:icon501:

If I was officially a member, I'd say that I was on board right up to the point where he said that he was improving. He mentioned that he was able to get his times down to the 1:30's. What the hell? He's going in the wrong direction!

Improving is frowned upon:to_order:

Something about "Team Member in charge of loose nuts" comes to mind.

Team Member and offical nut inspector? (We might want to reserve that title for Milka. Huh?):burnout:

I tried and I tried, but all I could come up with is "Team Nutjob." :D

HWFMR nut inspector.

Don't blame me for the better times. It was the car's fault. I couldn't drove it quite as slow because was a 911 instead of a Spec Miata.:)

I tried and I tried, but all I could come up with is "Team Nutjob."
Bon, I knew I could count on you for a classy team name:banghead:. Thanks.

You thought that one was bad? Eheh . . . I just thought of another one -- Team Nutcracker . . . you know, since it's the holiday season and all.

Lefty Loosey?

Righty Tighty

OMG--Righty Tighty...That is funny.

Jester--wasn't he someone's wingman in Top Gun? Wing nut? I'm stretching here.

Official Loose Screw?

:D :D :D

For what it's worth in the team's deliberations, I've always found Jerry to be a funny guy with the kind of self-depreciating sense of humor we admire.

"I would be proud to have him as my wingnut anytime"!

And I think we'd all rest better if VR's nuts were inspected regularly...

that is a 'visual' I DID NOT need.....

I just threw up a little bit. :(

Better now. :)

I have no problem with that as long as I get to use my special vise grips with the 10' handles.:to_order:

Katie, it is funny you say that. My nickname came from the days of my first computer. It was a Commodore 64 and I ended up with Jester on some early bulletin boards because Top Gun had just come out. Because of my first name it stuck.

Somebody told us it would be better if you used tweezers.....now who was it that said that?

I don't know Bull. That sounds more like a doctor's tool. Besides that I'm not that good working with really small objects.:icon501:

Mglobe - THAT is a classic!!! That's got my vote -- Team Lefty Loosey. Gawd that's funny!! This team needs a Lefty Loosey!! Hahahaha!!! That's perfect!!

In his college days they called him loose lefty. :)

What can I say. My right hand man is Lefty. And don't call me Lucy or Shirley.:)

Shirley, you jest...

Okay, since I admitted to the loose nuts I figured I would give a good explanation of why I didn't want to tighten them down too much. Obviously it was to keep from having to go to extreme measures to get them off like the guy in this article.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/n...oosen-lug-nut/

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.


Cigarette? Yes, I know....

Had to drive down to Salt Lake. The whole way I had this feeling I forgot something...

Got back and it hit me. there was something I needed to do.

Congratulations to the newest member of the Team -- our own "Lefty Loosey"

Way to go Jerry

Thanks Mike. I will try to live up (or down) to the title.

The article reminds me of why I left Washington State! (I really did leave of my own free will...).

Welcome Mr. Loosey!

Now we need a "Righty Tighty".

Welcome, Lefty Loosey.

The doc is definately righty tighty!

He's been working out with his "Grip Master 2000"

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Welcome aboard Lefty!

Thanks Mike.