There are just some things you cannot fake in Texas. Or at least Justin Ashley couldn't pull off the New York bluff. 

Ashley drove his way to an impressive Top Fuel win at last year's Texas NHRA FallNationals and landed the ultimate prize - the Cowboy Hat. 

So where's the problem?

"It was the first time I ever wore a cowboy hat in my life," Ashley, who lives on New York's Long Island, admitted. "I had no idea; there was a way that you could put it on forward, there was a way you could put it on backward. I just thought you put it on."

Ashley's hat swallowed his head, and in doing so, he also learned a bit of Texas hat etiquette. 

"I also didn't realize that you can't touch it by the brim either," Ashley added. "There are a number of different rules that I learned, so coming into this year, I feel like I'm a little more experienced in that regard."

Cowboy hats weren't his only lack of experience.

"I never wore cowboy boots before," Ashley admitted. "I never wore a cowboy hat. This was all a brand-new experience for me. A fun one. I'm glad. I'll gladly do it again, but this time the first thing I'm going to do is make sure that cowboy hat is on the right way because I haven't been able to live it down ever since."