Author Topic: A hood ornament (not for the squeamish) (Read 5624 times)

InfidelSerf · « **on:** August 12, 2009, 05:11:40 PM »

From 914World a car forum I follow....

"Brad Coleman hits Coyote 6-6-09

Coyote impaled on the front of the Toyota
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brad Coleman was testing a Gibbs NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car at Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds earlier this week and came onto the radio and told his crew something rather unusual.

“Guys, I hit a coyote,” Coleman said.

Coleman was running close to 200 mph around the 10-mile test track when he saw the animal wander under the outside guardrail.

“I’m in the middle of the corner, and I’m doing like 190,” Coleman said Friday at Nashville Superspeedway before practicing his Nationwide Series car. “I’m just cruising. You run the high line there, because that’s where the most banking is. It’s the high-speed lane. There’s just a guardrail there like on the freeway.

It made quite a mess of the car
“I see this thing, it must’ve been 100 feet in front of me, just jump out. Right when I saw it come out from under the guardrail, I was like, ‘That’s a coyote.’”

“It just started smoking like crazy,” Coleman said. “And it smelled terrible. I didn’t see anything in the mirror, so I was like, ‘I wonder where it went?’ I said, ‘Guys, I hit a coyote. I’m going to come in because I think it screwed up the radiator. I think it clogged up the grille a little bit.’”

source

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc52/gunman9/Coyote11.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc52/gunman9/Coyote21.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc52/gunman9/Coyote31.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc52/gunman9/Coyote41.jpg

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2009, 05:15:29 PM »

eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and poor coyote. thats not a nice way to go.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #2 on:** August 12, 2009, 05:15:56 PM »

At least it was quick.

InfidelSerf · « **Reply #3 on:** August 12, 2009, 05:16:13 PM »

Weird that the 4th image isn't showing in the OP

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc52/gunman9/Coyote41.jpg

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #4 on:** August 12, 2009, 05:22:27 PM »

showed up for me.

red headed stranger · « **Reply #5 on:** August 12, 2009, 05:25:46 PM »

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I think it clogged up the grille a little bit.

Yep. Just a bit.

280plus · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2009, 05:30:38 PM »

So if you're squeamish you shouldn't get one of these for a hood ornament?

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #7 on:** August 12, 2009, 05:36:25 PM »

meep meep

http://premium1.uploadit.org/docZox//crossingFAIL.jpg

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #8 on:** August 12, 2009, 06:07:41 PM »

I guess he won't be showing his car in the concourse d'elegance event at the Toyota Club.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #9 on:** August 12, 2009, 07:28:43 PM »

When I was a young Marine ATC, I watched a coyote run out in front of a Beech Kingair, right into the port side prop. Instant fail.

Azrael256 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:03:42 PM »

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and poor coyote

That's the first time I've ever heard that.

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #11 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:43:35 PM »

http://premium1.uploadit.org/docZox//sillycoyote.jpg

Chrissy · « **Reply #12 on:** August 12, 2009, 09:51:55 PM »

I'm an animal lover, and normally I'd feel bad for an animal that met his fate like that, but given so many coyotes have eaten my chickens, I don't feel bad

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 12, 2009, 10:23:12 PM »

Alright, folks, I modified things so one has to click on a link.

You can still look at the pictures, you just have to click on them, ok?

We have members of all ages and persuasions here in the Round Table, lest we forget.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #14 on:** August 12, 2009, 11:35:03 PM »

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t33/AJ_Dual/lolcoyote.jpg

freedom lover · « **Reply #15 on:** August 12, 2009, 11:45:41 PM »

NASCAR still uses carburators? I read that Lamborghini does too. Any of you car guys know why?

Regolith · « **Reply #16 on:** August 12, 2009, 11:49:15 PM »

Quote from: freedom lover on August 12, 2009, 11:45:41 PM

NASCAR still uses carburators? I read that Lamborghini does too. Any of you car guys know why?

Part of the rulebook, IIRC. NASCAR has a whole host of rules on how the car is to be built, what types of technologies it can use, etc. Seems they don't want to have any car to have too much of an advantage over the rest of them. I guess it's supposed to make the outcome of races more dependent on driver's skill than technology.

I don't know why Lamborghini still uses them.

crt360 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2009, 12:23:41 AM »

I'm no Lamborghini expert, but I think they switched to fuel injection on their road cars about twenty years ago.

freedom lover · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2009, 12:45:57 AM »

I looked it up. The first gen (2001) MurciÃ©lago used carbs. I've also read that until recently the Porcshe 911 used carbs too. I wonder why? I must dig further.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2009, 03:07:57 AM »

Quote from: Azrael256 on August 12, 2009, 08:03:42 PM

That's the first time I've ever heard that.

yeah, well. he does look awfully smushed. its the tounge i think...

never_retreat · « **Reply #20 on:** August 18, 2009, 08:30:22 PM »

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Brad Coleman was testing a Gibbs NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series car at Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds earlier this week and came
onto the radio and told his crew something rather unusual.

"Guys, I hit a coyote," Coleman said.

Coleman was running close to 200 mph around the 10-mile test track when he
saw the animal wander under the outside guardrail.
"I'm in the middle of the corner, and I'm doing like 190," Coleman said
Friday at Nashville Superspeedway before practicing his Nationwide Series
car. "I'm just cruising. You run the high line there, because that's where
the most banking is. It's the high-speed lane. There's just a guardrail
there like on the freeway.

"I see this thing, it must've been 100 feet in front of me, just jump out.
Right when I saw it come out from under the guardrail, I was like, 'That's
a coyote.'"

"It just started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled
terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I was like, 'I wonder
where it went?' I said, 'Guys, I hit a coyote. I'm going to come in because
I think it screwed up the radiator. I think it clogged up the grill a
little bit.'

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/justin_mickey/post-9918-1250607009.jpg

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/justin_mickey/post-9918-1250607310.jpg

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2009, 08:45:58 PM »

Merged for duplicity's sake, and images set to clickable link (again...)

never_retreat · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2009, 09:17:05 PM »

Whoops my bad missed the first post.

Balog · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2009, 11:19:36 PM »

I've lost enough cats and puppies to coyotes over the years that seeing one of the big rats buy it puts a smile on my face.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #24 on:** August 19, 2009, 03:13:02 PM »

Quote from: freedom lover on August 13, 2009, 12:45:57 AM

I looked it up. The first gen (2001) MurciÃ©lago used carbs. I've also read that until recently the Porcshe 911 used carbs too. I wonder why? I must dig further.

Tradition. Up until a few years ago Porsche used an air-cooled engine in the 911.

Chris

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Author Topic: A hood ornament (not for the squeamish) (Read 5624 times)