Embarrassing instructor moments
11-19-2007, 10:26 PM
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Probably the only embarassing instructor incident I had was more funny than embarassing, and you saw it, George: at MSR when Randy Grasso spun with me in the right seat, right into a major mud puddle, and 1/2 his black car, and all of me, was 100% covered in mud. I believe you were one of the folks applauding from the pit wall when we came to black flag.
11-20-2007, 12:31 AM
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11-20-2007, 03:00 AM
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I will search bag for one of my own, but this one is pretty funny:
Prior Chief Instructor for our region was pretty serious (uptight?). He often would take runs in lower groups (sound familiar). In this case we were at the Glen and he went out in Black. His car gets him around in about 2mins flat and he is a fast driver but WTF to driving flat out in a slower group. A buddy of mine was always one of his targets for abuse. End of session, in comes CI and pulls up to my buddy. Gets out of his car and starts yelling, LOUD. Drovers stop what they are doing and coming out of the woodwork to listen/watch. "Why did you not see me!!!?" Where is the pass signal?, You better pay more attention!!! He just kept yelling, more people came over. Finally, my buddy knowing what happened said," what run group were you out in"? "Black damnit!!!." Oh, I'm in white......................... CI looked as if he swallowed a bug. No apology, just walked off to hide from the gathered crowd.
Prior Chief Instructor for our region was pretty serious (uptight?). He often would take runs in lower groups (sound familiar). In this case we were at the Glen and he went out in Black. His car gets him around in about 2mins flat and he is a fast driver but WTF to driving flat out in a slower group. A buddy of mine was always one of his targets for abuse. End of session, in comes CI and pulls up to my buddy. Gets out of his car and starts yelling, LOUD. Drovers stop what they are doing and coming out of the woodwork to listen/watch. "Why did you not see me!!!?" Where is the pass signal?, You better pay more attention!!! He just kept yelling, more people came over. Finally, my buddy knowing what happened said," what run group were you out in"? "Black damnit!!!." Oh, I'm in white......................... CI looked as if he swallowed a bug. No apology, just walked off to hide from the gathered crowd.
Well, we go out and have great fun chasing people around and as I pull in at the end of the session, the CI pulls me over and tells me that he had complaints about me following drivers too closely and I really need to back it off a bit so that I don't scare people. I start thinking, "wow, was I really that aggressive? Am I driving so fast that I'm scaring the red run group drivers?"
I don't remember any particular aggressive behavior, so I pull off my helmet to make the conversation easier...
As soon as I have my helmet off, he looks at me and says, "oh sorry, Brian, I meant to be telling this to someone else - you can go."
11-20-2007, 08:38 AM
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George, I think your story tops all. It helps that your wife is hot looking.
My meager contribution: racing in Grand Am Cup, hot day, my co-driver qualified the car & started the race. He was doing well, and came in for the pitstop/fuel/driver change. He gets out, I get in. Crew, which that day ONLY included the team owner's fiance, helps me into the car. Said fiance was in charge of getting my helmet plugged into the radio circuit, attaching my cool suit hoses, and making sure my harnesses were properly cinched & properly on the HANS. As she was doing the cool suit hoses, she couldn't find one of the 2 hoses, which normally protrude from a small hole in the right pocket of my driving suit. It must have slipped back in the suit when I hurriedly got into the seat. Anyway, her snap idea was to lower the zipper of my suit, reach in, find the hose, and stick it through the hole.
Except she reached in & found a...um....different hose.
I do not believe I have ever seen any person turn so beet red in my life.
My meager contribution: racing in Grand Am Cup, hot day, my co-driver qualified the car & started the race. He was doing well, and came in for the pitstop/fuel/driver change. He gets out, I get in. Crew, which that day ONLY included the team owner's fiance, helps me into the car. Said fiance was in charge of getting my helmet plugged into the radio circuit, attaching my cool suit hoses, and making sure my harnesses were properly cinched & properly on the HANS. As she was doing the cool suit hoses, she couldn't find one of the 2 hoses, which normally protrude from a small hole in the right pocket of my driving suit. It must have slipped back in the suit when I hurriedly got into the seat. Anyway, her snap idea was to lower the zipper of my suit, reach in, find the hose, and stick it through the hole.
Except she reached in & found a...um....different hose.
I do not believe I have ever seen any person turn so beet red in my life.
I guess she just wanted to make sure you had your attachments before you went out.
11-20-2007, 09:43 AM
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...As she was doing the cool suit hoses, she couldn't find one of the 2 hoses, which normally protrude from a small hole in the right pocket of my driving suit. It must have slipped back in the suit when I hurriedly got into the seat. Anyway, her snap idea was to lower the zipper of my suit, reach in, find the hose, and stick it through the hole.
Except she reached in & found a...um....different hose. ...
Except she reached in & found a...um....different hose. ...
Sorry, it was just too easy of a set up and George and Greg weren't stepping up...
11-20-2007, 09:49 AM
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I think her exact words were "hey stubby, this will never reach anywhere useful".
11-20-2007, 10:19 AM
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11-20-2007, 10:40 AM
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11-20-2007, 10:45 AM
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George, I thought that's what you you were supposed to wear on your head. I brought my girlfriends panties with me on Sunday to wear on my head. No wonder my new instructor was looking at me funny.
11-20-2007, 10:45 AM
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11-20-2007, 10:48 AM
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