Vito's bad day at the races
Back in the day, Vito Lombardo was the fastest in the Street
Racers. His Bronco had a tube chassis, a big bad 460 punched to who knows what, with the great
equalizer to boot, a nitrous system, not one but two! So with a relative light car
with a lot of horsepower, this was a very wicked ride! With the short wheel
base it was very tricky to drive, especially full throttle.
Mid Michigan Motorplex, early nineties. The Street Racers go to the track. Vito thrashes on the Bronco to ready for the day. All is well, he clicks off low 10 sec. runs all day in time trials. Fairly happy with how the truck is running, Vito dons his bright orange metal flake race helmet and pulls into the lanes for 1st pass of elimination's.
His turn is next to the burnout box, the Bronco stalls. after trying to restart the engine, he floods it and pushes the pedal to the floor. Forgetting that his nitrous is on, with a micro switch to activate. BOOOMMMM!!!!
The explosion was brutal, the hood flew high in the air, floating like a butterfly! Stunned Vito was in the seat, looking through a broken windshield with a look of shock
on his face! He didn't know what hit him, after looking over his now exposed engine, he realized his error . I believe he had another carb and did get another run in, but a lesson was learned by a few that afternoon!
Mid Michigan Motorplex, early nineties. The Street Racers go to the track. Vito thrashes on the Bronco to ready for the day. All is well, he clicks off low 10 sec. runs all day in time trials. Fairly happy with how the truck is running, Vito dons his bright orange metal flake race helmet and pulls into the lanes for 1st pass of elimination's.
His turn is next to the burnout box, the Bronco stalls. after trying to restart the engine, he floods it and pushes the pedal to the floor. Forgetting that his nitrous is on, with a micro switch to activate. BOOOMMMM!!!!
The explosion was brutal, the hood flew high in the air, floating like a butterfly! Stunned Vito was in the seat, looking through a broken windshield with a look of shock
on his face! He didn't know what hit him, after looking over his now exposed engine, he realized his error . I believe he had another carb and did get another run in, but a lesson was learned by a few that afternoon!
