Dumbest newbie thing,you did at the drag strip.....
1. coming out of burnout ..shifted into neutral..coast up and stage car...never put it back in 1st...did not have rev limiter on car back then...zinged motor
2. forgot to put hood pins in fiberglass hood...hood started to come up...but hit brakes...saved hood..
3. worked on front end ...forgot to tighten bolt that held steering shaft on ....launched..and had no steering...steering wheel moved back to me several inches...good thing car goes straight...hit brakes..got out of car..pulled hood...and by the time the track crew got their, I had the steering shaft back on..
4. last year at MATS, I rewired the 3 step..got the blue and red wire mixed up...instead of 3k rpm at starting line...engaged transbrake ..floored it..engine up on converter to 5k...let go of button...launched drive shaft on starting line...
probably got a few more....and not a newbie....lol