How NOT To Drag Race a Stick Shift Car

This is a very simple, two-part instructional video on how NOT to drag race your stick shift car. The key here is to coordinate your left leg with your right arm to perform a shifting sequence together. The end goal is to quickly and effectively gets your car into the next gear without damaging your transmission.
Note: No engines were severely damaged in the making of this video. The only damage was to the drivers ego, which was in need of humbling.

[@chrisevans1731]

Racing with a manual (stick shift) is the proper way to go. It 's all about coordination clutch, gear selector, throttle and shifting at optimum rev limit per gear.....if you can't do it then go back to school and learn to drive

[@Brad355]

No doubt. This car would 100% be faster with a power glide. But, you could also sit and watch paint dry just as easily

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

@@Brad355 hell yeah

[@blipco5]

@@Brad355 Where’s the fun in that?

[@orangesharpy]

Disagree. Some people just don't enjoy rowing through gears and pumping a clutch. Lots of things go into good driving besides that.

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Make racing with manuals only so there's more skill involved... no auto's, no paddle shifters.

[@waynehoffman1791]

Hey, still a hell of alot more fun than spectating or busting balls as a keyboard junkie..... You're a hero in my book!

[@Brad355]

Thanks! It’s true, I could’ve just deleted the videos and pretended that it never happened. But, I put it out for the world to see that it’s not as easy as just getting in the car and pushing the clutch to the floor every shift.

[@waynehoffman1791]

@@Brad355 Right you are Brad! I run a 10.20's '70 Challenger in S/ST with a 2-spd power glide and that thing is ornery enough...Keep living the dream..all the best to you! W

[@craighightower4736]

If you don't miss a shift now and then, you aren't trying hard enough.

[@user-david6265]

Lmao

[@smokeskull]

I had a 428SCJ and top loader with Hurst Ram 4 and never missed a shift. That combo was a beast. 1/2" hardened steel shift rods all straight. Solid brass bushings. I literally lifted out of the 1965 Thunderbird buckets when I shifted. The car got 200lbs lighter every lightning shift.

[@TheMrmmkkpro]

I still have a HURST Ram Rod shifter from the 70s. Reverse lock out, a bad ass shifter, I can't believe so many years have passed. Plan on installing it into my 73 455 HO Firebird. Old school for sure.

[@Brad355]

Bad ass. Love pontiac power

[@stuartpeabody503]

Hurst ram rod was a bad ass shifter the good old days

[@mikeklakowicz1186]

Hurst called it the super shifter straight rods and shorter throw threw the gears. The m22 rock crushers were the best Trans but noisy on.the street m21.was a great Trans too and could be power shifted through the gears like the m22. Now the t10s sucked and couldn't be power shifted without grinding gears had them all. Loved the look of the t handle but the ball is better for banging gears

[@Brad355]

@@mikeklakowicz1186 i think as long as you could get a solid grip on either a ball or t handle they both bang gears fine. I think its kind of a mindset for the driver

[@justsmitty1709]

2 kinds of racers that campaign stick cars...... 1. Those who have missed a shift or two. 2. Those who lie about it. I always said if you dont miss a gear ever you ain't tring. Good video, thanks for sharing.

[@Brad355]

Completely agree. People don’t recognize that I went out of my way to put this on youtube, if I was embarrassed by it I would’ve just deleted the video.

[@woody5109]

If you grew up on a farm, shifting is very organic.

[@rtkl13]

True that

[@eddiemclean7011]

I saw what you did there clever boy! 😂

[@eddiemclean7011]

I saw what you did there clever boy! 😂

[@Theupstateidiots]

You'll find the design is very human

[@upsidedowndog1256]

I would recommend a ball shifter knob and check the indexing of the shifter to the tranny. I used a Hurst and it would almost never miss. Glad to see manuals still running!

[@Brad355]

Curious to what the logic is with the ball shifter. Lot of people in the comments here talking about them

[@upsidedowndog1256]

@@Brad355 It allows your hand and muscles to swivel on the stick to best meet up with the linkage and gears. Heavy equipment operators use them every day, all day long. I have been driving stick shift since the early 80s. My Hurst shifter set up right only needed me to push back and forth, the springs did the rest. The ball allowed the action to happen in spite of my lateral inputs. I always wondered what a "T" knob would do but never tried one until I drove a 69 GTO with a Z gate vertical shifter. I learned from that one that getting your stops and linkages setup properly was imperitave, and it worked good in that case once it was there. For my own cars I just kept the ball. It never failed me at the dragstrip or on the road. Keep up the fine tuning, manuals are really cool and fun to drive!

[@HairBandDan]

Man if your using a hurst mine has jammed up on me 3 times and wouldn’t move you may need it rebuilt or look at long Shifters they are step above hurst but very expensive

[@Brad355]

@@HairBandDan mine has been ok, old but works. I do know a guy who went through two competition plus shifters though that refused to come out of gear. A long shifter fixed the problem.

[@yelyab1]

I had a 3 sod manual on a 6 cylinder ford Falcon and won’t class N/S. Blew the bearings out on missed 2-3 shits. I’d been driving sticks since I was 14. I had a hurst shifter with brass bushings. I can only blame some thing in that trans that did not want to move as fast as hurst and me wanted to. I rebuilt the motor, bearings were so bad I needed to find another crank at Bezeski Brothers. A few months later just doing a semi quick shift the input shaft sheared. I was engineering school. I saved the the busted part. It was a classic torsional shear failure. Not fatigue, not crack induced, just could not handle the load. Ford had put a trans in the car that could not handle 100 ft-lbs of torque. That was the rating in the vehicle specs and that was the base engine. Years later I inherited a Mustang with the same basic engine but twice the horsepower and it too would not like to “hurry up” the 2-3” shift even if I double clutched it. It pucked 1st gear after about 60,000 miles. No synchros. My double clutching leaved a little to be desired. The profit Ford made on those stripper cars in the 60s and 70s must have been phenomenal. They didn’t have near the durability of a decent car of today. No car could make 100,000 without 3 brake jobs, fords needed cylinders rebuilt each time, 2 clutches, 1 radiator, 3 or 4 sets of tires, 6 head lights, 10 misc bulbs, heater core. If you were lucky and had a SBC or the old big block FORD 6 cylinder they could make 100,000. I forgot ball joints, 1 or 2 sets (only one if you greased them every Tuesday), tie rod ends (see ball joints), u-joints, …what did I miss, oh wheel alignment after every spring thaw and pot season. Muffler systems, 2 or 3 in the rust belt states. If you lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan you only needed one and could run open exhaust after that to scare the deer, bear and moose of the road and ice.

[@samclark6573]

My mans synchros were NOT happy... lol. Well, if you dont break anything, wheres the fun? Good luck with the next passes my man

[@jailor5724]

I too race a stick shift. Missed shifts happen. Nature of the beast. A friend once quoted to me. “If it was easy, women and children would be doing it”

[@mikebaker9574]

If you can't find em',grind em'.

[@Strike_Raid]

I think his technique is pretty good, he's really cutting it close. The only reason we're seeing this is because he missed his 2-3 shift (which is the hardest one, takes a fraction of a second longer); it may be an adjustment problem on his shifter but it's going to happen sooner or later anyway since it's just simply hard to do.

[@Brad355]

Thanks. I hit them a lot, and miss a couple. I figure there’s no sense in hiding your mistakes on the internet, have to show people that racing 4 speeds isn’t always easy

[@lukenellermoe6266]

I was thinking about bushings or adjustments

[@YouTuber-mc2el]

Surprised he posted this. Had to be a rival.

[@Brad355]

Nah, just showing that sh!t happens in car sometimes. A couple hundred spectators saw me do it live, might as well show the whole internet too

[@stevepierce2457]

I had a verticle gate shifter in a Chevelle in the 80's. It was alot of fun. Had tall gears and only shifted twice in the 1/4.

[@banacekishere3857]

Those V-Gate shifters can be a real bitch to keep in proper adjustment sometimes! I had a friend that was always chasing the stop points on his.

[@kennethbarber8696]

I had the same problem back in the day. Swapped the T- handle for a round shifter ball and solved the issue. Also dropped a half second off my time.

[@Brad355]

What’s the rationale there?

[@rattsalad6769]

Looks like you’re slammin gears like Grumpy Jenkins in other videos. Love the 4 spd vids.

[@cdjr66]

Ahh, I am still grinning looking at the inside,,, the dash, the tach, the obscure light, and the way back when steering wheel... I always liked my seat to where third gear was where my right arm was 99% extended, I never had a t handle and when I used nitrous it was always a wot switch. I subscribed, thx for posting sounds awesome on surround.

[@Brad355]

Awesome, thanks! I went back and forth on the shift light, I don’t really like having it in the car and truthfully I don’t think I really use it much… it’s a quick disconnect though to pull it out

[@robsolf]

Yikes... is this the drag racing version of "shoot first, ask questions, later"? We all can get better! Thanks for the vid!

[@richhauxwell7848]

This fella is why they make the Mr Gasket in line shifters

[@Brad355]

To be flashy and cool while you miss gears? Lol

[@richhauxwell7848]

@@Brad355 You obliviously do not know how idiot proof that piece of equipment is.

[@Brad355]

@@richhauxwell7848 the shifter itself, maybe. But the clutch is always a factor

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

Went right to the comments area so I could read how the "experts" would all do it

[@TargaWheels]

Just gotta get used to it. If you have a place other than the track to do test runs, do it. Even if you have to slap on a couple of shorty mufflers on, to keep the blue lights away.

[@Brad355]

Yep. Definitely getting better and picking up the pace now, still on the learning curve.

[@davidkeeton6716]

How do miss 3rd with a verti-gate shifter. Concentrate

[@Brad355]

Easy. Fuck up the clutch. People think the vertigate is some kind of magic shifter that makes the clutch work, when really the majority of missed shifts even with an H pattern is clutch timing

[@robertknott7697]

A lot of people blame the shifter or the trans when having problems shifting. I've found that if you do not have a torque bar mounted from the engine to the frame (with OEM motor mounts) that the engine twists & causes the clutch linkage to not function (release) properly. Actually shortens the amount of clutch movement causing the trans to bind under load. This pertains to a vehicle with mechanical clutch linkages, not hydraulics. I stay strictly with a T-Handle shifter, full palm engagement.

[@markmark2080]

It's NOT a perfect world, we're all on a learning curve and doing the best we can with what we have and know, and what he's doing beats the hell out of video games.

[@MikeAndrews-pl6dp]

Well I have to say that I looked very similar to this more than one time. It takes a ton of practice and even then you miss one every now and then.

[@Brad355]

That's the absolute truth. There seems to be a lot of experts in here telling me how to learn to shift, as if I've never hit a gear correctly in my life.

[@drgnner6028]

I loved this. Try drilling and tapping the shift handle on the fat end and use it as a pistol grip. It works better and looks cool too.

[@markgarland9000]

From a street perspective..going out 'cruising' with an '85 Corolla AE86 GTS and next weekend a '90 Miata..couldn't find that 3rd gear all too many times! It was the wife's car (the Miata) and she could find it every time. Dang it!

[@centaurus777]

1966 Mustang 289 with a 4 speed Top Loader and a Mr. Gasket Vertical Gate. Never missed a shift!

[@rkr7372]

One of the first things learned was how to speed shift only using the clutch out of the hole.

[@michaelcowan6254]

Needs to learn how to shift the car. I had a Challenger 4 speed pistol grip shifter and never missed a shift. But I had the car for 19 years. Bought it 1980 with 64K miles. A hit and run driver totalled it in 1999 with over 250K miles.

[@bigl6322]

Interesting….. I do muscle cars, horses, guns, and guitars. To be honest, I’m not sure which group has the most judgemental, opinionated keyboard warriors, but the car guys do tend to compete for the top spot….lol Thanks for sharing… I built my firebird for road rallies, not drags, so this kind of aggression isn’t really a factor for me, but this was informative. Especially reading the comments… Also part of why I went the way I did… I want more than an 8 second ride on my horses, and I damn sure want at least as much wheel time as wrench time in my cars…..(So, I know I gotta lot of driving to do….)

[@Brad355]

All good hobbies to have. There’s a lot of keyboard warriors for all of those, I know there’s some heavy opinions thrown around on the gun forums

[@toolman243]

It is amazing how people think they know more about what you are doing than you do. Most of them have only ever watched videos.... The only hobby we don't share is horses.

[@Steves-garage444]

This video makes me want to go back to a 4 speed so bad

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

Put it in neutral and double check your shifter adjustment, then adjust the stop bolts .

[@Brad355]

Yep. Just a skill issue with timing the clutch pedal. Difficult to do when you’re not putting it all the way to the floor every shift

[@copyright7156]

Time for a Jerico

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

Timing is everything and pre loading the shifter helps.

[@davidkeeton6716]

How do you preload a verti-gate shifter?

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

@@davidkeeton6716 Hi David, thanks for the question. You pre load the shifter by pulling down on it, applying pressure in the direction of the shift. The moment you slam the clutch the stored energy into the pre load slams the shifter into gear. Then, for the next shift, apply upward pressure before depressing the clutch and up it goes the moment you remove torque from the gear box by applying the clutch.

[@Brad355]

@@davidkeeton6716 you load it the same as you would any other stick shift. It’s not an automatic

[@Formerlywarmer]

It started with a good shifter properly adjusted a good transmission and some skill. It’s not hard it just takes some work coordination and lol skill. This one seems to have stock ish well used shifter

[@cew142]

I have missed second and third a few times. Turns out it was the transmission fork when I missed second. Popped out of the slider. I missed third due to the 3-4 slider wearing and hanging up. Once I rebuilt the trans, no longer missed the gears

[@billbirch3748]

More going on here. I suspect 2nd and 3rd gear synchros are worn and why resistance going into gear. Make sure the linkage is tight and adjusted correctly but believe your problem is worn synchros. Clutch engage point too low to the floor as the car jumped after burnout #2?

[@340duster8]

Kyle from boosted boyz has a repetition for missing 3rd as well.

[@rchydrozz751]

Want to shift better. Take a tip from Grumpy Jenkins. Grind off every other tooth on the synchronizers.

[@Brad355]

done

[@wrightphotos1759]

Yes that’s how you send your clutch and pressure plate thru the floor board.

[@Brad355]

I was thinking more of sending the syncros into the gear oil as powder

[@tamike1957]

When I was street racing in the early 70s sometimes I would get hung up in the 2-3 shift while power shifting. Sloppy wore out shifter will do that.

[@MS-Patriot2]

I can manage the window wind-down after the run..

[@alpi57]

It looks like he has a vertical-gate shifter that is malfunctioning. Notice that he only goes back and forth on the shifter not to the side.

[@williamhudson3366]

By the comments it sounds like the shifter ball is the way to go

[@davidhorsley1149]

Two things noticed in the video. #1, he kept missing 3rd gear, which I would venture the guess that 3rd is the most commonly missed gear. Crossing the "H" is always a pain. #2, shifting any direction other than straight up or back with a "T" handle shifter is always difficult, a ball or the old Mopar pistol grip shifters always provide a more natural position, for manipulating the shifter across the patern. The only time I have seen a "T" handle be effective is when "Flat" shifting or in a gearbox with heavier internals that needed to be muscled into gear.

[@Brad355]

T works well for me in this setup, it’s an old Hurst inline shifter. Just missed fanning the clutch pedal at the right time

[@williamschubert3929]

I personally run automatics C-4 small bellhouse on my Ford's and two speed powerglides on my Chevys. What are you trying to prove.I would not even post this video or take the car to the track if you try to show how but miss a gear. One video shows mashing through the gearrs now missing third. Come on it's a H-pattern 1234

[@Brad355]

@@williamschubert3929 and that’s fine that you run automatics. Personally, I’d fall asleep at the wheel if this car had an automatic. The motor just doesn’t have the nuts to make it worth my time. If it’s a fast doorslammer, boosted deal, whatever, then an automatic totally makes sense and would be fun. But this car will NEVER race with a powerglide

[@rtkl13]

​@@Brad355 nah you right ! Ive raced em all and a 4th grader can drive an automatic, rowing a 4spd takes some concentration and skill. Im considering another manual box cuz that was kid days and grumpy Jenkins was my hero

[@rtkl13]

​@@williamschubert3929 well if your running brackets then how much more boring can it get after delay boxes, stops and all. Might as well be doing something and besides its where it all began

[@jeremysmith2951]

Just keep practicing dude you'll get it.

[@Brad355]

Yep, all about getting seat time. Pretty comfortable in the car these days

[@franknstein33]

The classic "No lift shift" must be a, Muncie.

[@pauloconnor7951]

OK , still good going . Good entertainment !!!

[@timjohns5354]

I bet the driver learned something that is thing about driving it's more organic it's about learning how it feels and making it natural I don't think this is something you just explain to someone talking 👍

[@TheLastResort3113]

Some people figure it out and some people never do that's racing.

[@byrnc927]

The same exact thing happened my first time. So embarrassing...

[@tg2963]

You should put dual calipers in the rear on a hand brake

[@Brad355]

Lol… this car would roll over

[@jamesharrison6201]

And a lot of the shifting is in vehicles with straight cut gear trans.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

You're going to hate me for this but here goes ; you've got a '63/'64 Deuce probably with a Lakewood blowproof I'm betting , those things tend to have alignment issues which is why Mr.Gasket sells/sold offset dowel pins for Chevy engines . At over 7grand the clutch fork and linkages all need to be beefed up or they will flex . Solid motor mounts are a must . You don't shove in the clutch pedal , you fan it , like a gunslinger in a shootout . Getting your left leg to catch up with your right arm takes practice , I know . Boy do I know , 3 first gen. 6 second gen. and 4 third gen. Novas later , believe me I know . Don't ask about my left knee as only one of the thirteen had a slushbox in it , and it almost became a clutch turbo 400 .

[@Brad355]

Quick time bellhousing, I did index it to the block and make sure the input shaft is perfectly aligned to the crank snout. Car is solid motor/trans mounts, straight shift linkages with heim joints. 100% correct about the needing practice part though, that just comes with time

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@Brad355congratulations, it sounds like you've covered all the bases , it's surprising how many people do not . One more suggestion if I may , try running a bottoming tap into the bolt holes on the tail housing that hold the shifter adapter on . I've seen guys that thought the shifter was tight , when in reality the bolts were bottomed out .

[@Brad355]

@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 yikes, that’s a scary one. I do get one weird deal where the bolts that hold the gear levers on the transmission (like the 1-2 lever and 3-4 lever outside the case) start twisting loose every 10 passes or so. I need to safety wire them

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@Brad355 I quit using split lock washers years ago in favor of internal star washers , solved my loose fastener problems . The tricks you can learn while playing with Novas for 48 years !

[@joshuagarvey9362]

Taking notes here thanks guys.

[@zacharylafata5142]

Linkage or clutch issue? I'm sure you will get it ironed out man. Good luck 👍🏼

[@Brad355]

Just a skill issue

[@fredlogan3849]

there are transmissions today that are clutch less after leaving the line this must be a Muncie or a BorgWarner the ford top loader works will and is very strong for racing shifts very good and can be adapted to any engine. might look into it before your engine losses it mind all over the track. my Muncie would would do the same thing after shifting to second third was all most always messed i unless granny shifted it.

[@Brad355]

its a modified muncie, so far it's held up really good to a lot of brutal abuse. I think the saving grace for the trans is that the car has never dead-hooked the tire at launch ever, it always has quite a bit of slip in first gear

[@squiggymcsquig6170]

I think that the shifter or linkage is janky. He struggles finding gears right from the very first burnout.

[@rand49er]

That darn 3rd gear is there somewhere!

[@7080nik]

Looks like you have plenty of caster on that front end alignment the way that steering wheel snaps back so fast

[@Brad355]

It’s about -8*

[@matthewyakabuski9620]

Ergonomics first leg should be almost but not fully extended clutch on floor . Engagement should very short distance . Same as shifter I. First gear . Arm straight but not fully extended . Sit in seat close eyes . Arm should fall to shifter , quality shifter . Tough straight large rods . For no distorted movement . Practice timing is everything clutch is only needed to engage the next gear not . Pull it out of gear . You have to be very aggressive hard fast precise movements with clutch and shifter . Reason for the strong linkage and shifter . This goes for clutch also

[@raginroadrunner]

old school Ford top loader I suppose. A good shifter is the secret. Nrver use a ,,"Round" knob. Tee handle only.

[@bov634]

Drag racing with a stick separates the men from the boys. Automatics are more consistent but not as much fun.

[@TheJagjr4450]

No coordination really needed, you can pull as hard as you want on the stick when under full load and you are not pulling it out of gear, stab the clutch and never let off the gas... it will shift lightning quick without the front end dropping.

[@user-jj3tw1sr7o]

Isn’t that a vertical gate shifter? Just row it back and forth.

[@Brad355]

You act like there’s not a clutch involved for me to f up lol

[@user-jj3tw1sr7o]

@@Brad355 Is your daily driver a manual?

[@Brad355]

@@user-jj3tw1sr7o yep. This is totally different at this rpm though

[@davidkeeton6716]

​@Brad Is it?

[@Brad355]

@@davidkeeton6716 yep. Think of driving down a road next to a fence, and you want to throw a ball through it. The slower you drive, the easier it is to throw the ball between the posts. The faster, the more chance you’ll have of hitting one of the posts. Now take that and think of speed as engine rpm, and the vertical fence posts as syncros. Remove some of the posts, easier to get the ball between.

[@jbusta8548]

Find them don't grind them! They will make them out of cheese next year

[@rocknrollrod5]

I would tear off the T handle banging 2nd gear even after I welded it on.

[@rodneycody8746]

Can u shift it?

[@Brad355]

watch my latest video

[@KEW-pd1jn]

Yeah!!! Racers that actually make their cars go fast. Letting off a Button and holding the wheel is not the same

[@billmadison2032]

If you say you would never missed a shift you never drove a stick car properly. The only thing worse than this is having it in gear and the transmission explodes

[@Brad355]

Yeah, that or a clutch explosion would suck

[@billmadison2032]

@@Brad355 been there too

[@blauer2551]

Most truckers that drive 13, 15, or 18 speeds don’t even use the clutch except to start. It’s easy to criticize.

[@Brad355]

Yep, pretty impressive stuff. A lot harder when the input shaft is spinning 7500 rpm though

[@blauer2551]

@@Brad355 Might be harder yet pulling 120,000 lbs. I’d love to drive something truly fast one day like that car.

[@Brad355]

@@blauer2551 that’s true too, that’s a lot of load on drivetrain

[@elainerussell924]

They call him Mr clutch at the parts store 😣

[@davealback2102]

Top loader?

[@Brad355]

Nope, Muncie

[@marcturk4410]

Aquire a shifter mount it by a seat find an old clutch brake mechanism and get ta practicin

[@samc8272]

If you have a manual and like going fast I’m sure you have missed a gear a time or two. Car, Harley, Dirt Bike. It happens but yes it sucks ass and you do feel like a tool when it happens haha

[@Brad355]

Thats for damn sure!

[@johnnyonly4584]

Granny shiftin not double clutchin like ya should

[@white_devil73]

Slow down and practice more before trying to speed shift. Too many missed shifts. And, yes, I've been driving a manual for around 35 years.

[@MP-pz9oe]

Any monkey can drive with an automatic

[@dannymadsen5846]

Real Hot Rods have 3pedals. Cheers!!!

[@macksadams6165]

Looks like he’s still beating the other car 2:11

[@Brad355]

Two missed shifts and yet still two wins. Pretty rare

[@msh6865]

Hey, if it were easy everyone would do it. Time and practice my friend.

[@KCDW83]

I'd say try some different shift knobs, that one's definitely not working for you.

[@user-qb2lr1ls3d]

Richard petty.you never be maybe a cook at McDonald's.

[@Brad355]

Disagree. Watch one of my newer videos. Petty wasn’t a drag racer.

[@TheLastResort3113]

It doesn't get much uglier than that, unless you end up with 16 dimples in hood from over-revving because you missed a gear and blowing you're hot rod motor to smithereens.😂

[@joshuagarvey9362]

I was tired of that 3rd gear H pattern shit.Lost an important race like that.Just recently went V-gate and Oooooo boy.Nite and day difference.Let’s get ready to rumble.

[@adamweston4152]

That bar shifter is a hindrance and should be changed to a gear knob. American driver's are so lazy and to used to automatic gearboxes and say that sticks are so hard to get used to where as it's the complete opposite here in the UK where automatic cars are not so popular.

[@Brad355]

That’s nice. Not sure your rationale for the shift knob, if you can grip it and pull it doesn’t matter what shape it is.

[@TheReal10bears]

Keep missing 3rd gear 😳🤦‍♂️

[@jameswaddington7913]

vertigate

[@snakepliskin2297]

Dude what's your best time? . I always respect the manual cars, it's wayyyyy harder. Lmao just saw the rest of the vid you're pissed😂

[@danwheeler544]

It is skill 100%. This guy isn’t very good at it other than killing clutches and transmissions

[@Brad355]

never killed a clutch or transmission. watch any of my other videos. I think if you race a lot, you learn shit happens sometimes.

[@douglasrizzo9210]

Someone needs to practice a little more.

[@michaellaughlin8457]

nothing a new shifter couldn’t cure?! 🤷‍♂️🤔👍

[@Brad355]

Or a new driver

[@davekreitzer4358]

Never heard of speed shifting , it appears , or maybe bad synchros , maybe a combination of all !!! 😳🙄🥴