# auto-x dangers (taken from racepa) **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 12, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481 "2007-06-12T12:02:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/1 "2007-06-12T12:02:46Z")
This is NOT a local race. This guy is having a bad day however. [http://www.teamjamoto.com/dixeregionpage.htm#v8301600](http://www.teamjamoto.com/dixeregionpage.htm#v8301600) ---
**Author:** ![ZEX350Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/87869e/32.png) [@ZEX350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZEX350Z)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/2 "2007-06-12T12:40:50Z")
waaaahahhaha…doesn’t even look like the lug nuts were on at all! ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/3 "2007-06-12T12:51:37Z")
wow… forget to tighten? ---
**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/4 "2007-06-12T12:59:29Z")
> [@Must see Lincoln destruction stage 1](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/must-see-lincoln-destruction-stage-1/30709/5): > > wow… forget to tighten? rumor has it the shop that he bought the wheels from gave him lug nuts or bolts that were the wrong pitch. Why you would run if you only got like one full revolution on them when putting the wheels on, I don’t know. Seems common sense didn’t prevail. ---
**Author:** ![jvc93\_klze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@jvc93\_klze](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jvc93_klze)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/5 "2007-06-12T20:20:04Z")
Well that sucks. Its not like just one lug nut came off… thats some serious damage. Wheel studs, fenders, and rear bumpers, rotors, and bent suspension/ exhaust. He might even have a dented oil pan too. At least the paint was already faded so the body work’s not that big of a deal! ---
**Author:** ![PurpleMongoose](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purplemongoose/32/3349_2.png) [@PurpleMongoose](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PurpleMongoose)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/6 "2007-06-12T21:01:54Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![trunkmonkeyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@trunkmonkeyx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/trunkmonkeyx)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/7 "2007-06-12T21:16:17Z")
priceless embarassing as all hell but priceless ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/8 "2007-06-12T21:20:26Z")
> [@Featured Car: Dave Moffitt's 350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/featured-car-dave-moffitts-350z/30674/15): > > :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BMXpaperweight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bmxpaperweight/32/6043_2.png) [@BMXpaperweight](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BMXpaperweight)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/9 "2007-06-12T21:24:16Z")
> [@Featured Car: Dave Moffitt's 350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/featured-car-dave-moffitts-350z/30674/15): > > :eek: ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/10 "2007-06-12T22:25:13Z")
🤣 that sucks big time ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/11 "2007-06-12T23:08:57Z")
> [@What if Someone Broke into Your House?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-someone-broke-into-your-house/30707/10): > > rumor has it the shop that he bought the wheels from gave him lug nuts or bolts that were the wrong pitch. Why you would run if you only got like one full revolution on them when putting the wheels on, I don’t know. Seems common sense didn’t prevail. did he install them, or did the shop? ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/12 "2007-06-13T05:08:07Z")
who doesn’t check, then re-check all that stuff before every run anyway? Never can be too safe, even if it is just for the safety of other participants at the course.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/13 "2007-06-13T05:47:22Z")
> [@Orange Viper... Oh. My. God.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/orange-viper-oh-my-god/30585/51): > > 🤣 that sucks big time ---
**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-x-dangers-taken-from-racepa/190481/14 "2007-06-13T06:27:10Z")
> [@Kimbo getting slow?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kimbo-getting-slow/30641/21): > > did he install them, or did the shop? I’m assuming he put them on at the track as they look like some dot compliant r-comp like Hoosier A6 or Kumho victoracer/v700.