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
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 thought, 'That's a coyote.'"
"The
engine started smoking like crazy," Coleman said. "And it smelled
terrible. I didn't see anything in the mirror, so I thought, 'I
wonder where the coyote 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.'"
Thread: Coyote Vs. Nascar (gross)
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09-04-2009 06:05 PMParabellum FJ²B
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09-04-2009 06:30 PM
That's serious coyote hunting!
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09-04-2009 06:36 PM
Thats gross, poor coyote.
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09-04-2009 07:33 PM
i was sent that a few weeks ago but didn't care for it.
Mark
Everybody should believe in something; I believe I'll have another drink.
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09-04-2009 07:43 PM
Ha ha ha! A few years ago we were running an night endurance race up at Willow Springs and we were pitted right in front of a turbo Porsche. I swear they must have pulled a rabbit out of his oil cooler every freakin' pit stop! I don't know if the turbos quited the car down so the fluffy little bunnies couldn't hear him coming or what, but man what a mess! That coyote thing is hilarious!
"Tear gas and draft beer don't mix."
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09-04-2009 08:26 PM
Poor thing.
I saw a boat once!
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09-04-2009 08:49 PM
so as hot as they run, would 20 laps be rare, 40 medium and 60 well done??
P-4077 "The Swamp" S.B.Y.C. and Michigan medboat mothership
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09-04-2009 09:04 PM
Guess the Acme rocket skates fizzled out.
If youve lived in the country for any length of time you would realize that a coyote is on the good riddance list.
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09-05-2009 10:15 AM
The hell with the coyote.....I feel bad for the pit crew. It must have sucked to clean that mess up.
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09-09-2009 10:23 AM
X2
up here were now seeing what they are calling a "super coyote"......the coyotes have bred with the wolves and now your seeing an animal with the ferociousness of a wolf with the "brazen ness" (if you will) towards humans of a coyote......not good
farmers and such want to have a bounty put on the coyotes....the animal rights j offs say "oh that wont work".....I call BS.....ask the North American Buffalo if extermination works.
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09-09-2009 04:55 PM
Buzzards have to eat too ya know.