Dumbest newbie thing,you did at the drag strip.....

We went a few times back in the early 80's, when I was a teenager. Started going back in 2008, and the first time I tried to stage the car, I forgot where the staging beams were, and pulled up near even to the tree, then inched up trying to get the car staged. The starter had to come up to my driver's window and motion me backwards. I felt like a true newb!