Beast vs Rex

On my way to work this morning, and as I pull up on Hall Johnson, I look over and see that shiny tri color M badge. Beautiful. I talk to the guy for a little bit, and find out exactly what he has under the hood. Its a nice car, powerful, sexy....sorry, starting to ramble. Anyways, before I can ask him if he wants to meet me and friend at beach street some night and represent the Bavarian side of racing, I hear that anoying little whine of a four cylinder turbo charged motor. I look in my rearview, and see a blue WRX (not STi) pull up. He starts reving, and hard. Guess he saw the ///M badge.

So, light goes green, and I slow down, and let the Rex pass me, and line up with the ///M. Hes still reving hard, and now its just old and annoying. We pull up to the next light, and, by the Grace of God, its red. I know this is gonna be good. Anyways, the Rex revs more, and then the ///M revs it. My God, the sound of a Supersprint full exhaust is beautiful. At this point, I'm thinking the guy in the Rex is wondering what he has gotten himself into.

Light goes green, and wel, theres not much to say except the Beast took the Rex to school. And very very hard. Its beautiful to see things like this. And for those who were wondering, it was the same ///M5 that I saw race the SS.

ohhhhh....so it was an m5, thought it was an m3....did the wrx aleast take it on the launch.....

Barely. The Rex has about a foot on him for half a second, then it was all over.

I would think being able to launch at 5k with out or minimal wheel spin would at least get him a car or two lead until third..........

Just having the ability to launch at 5k doesnt mean he does it well or does it at all...

than that just means hes not using the full potential of an AWD car............in other words he cant drive........

Even with the full potential of the Rex, it really didn't stand a chance against the M5. If that guy really did have (and I think he did) everything he said he had, then the best launch in the world couldn't save that Rex.

true too....... but he would have the bottom half of the race...........

The bottom 0.01 seconds anyways.... :rofl:


Nice race buddy, thanks for sharing!

No problem, I enjoy telling race stories, even if I'm not involved. I really enjoy it becasue I live in an area that has enough money so that mommy and daddy can buy the kid a nice car, and then I can watch that car get spanked by somone who knows their stuff.

than that just means hes not using the full potential of an AWD car............in other words he cant drive........


well yeah... i was just being nice about it :P

lol, yeah...;-)

Neon, look at the 60' times of a good rwd driver vs a good awd driver, not that much different. Someone who had the time and money to put into an M5 like that could easily be a good driver. Good rwd vs average awd = rwd taking it. The rex was just outdriven, not sucking.

either M (sorry ///M....I like how you did that) is on my dream car list. especially the m5.
just for future info: we call the CRX the Rex, not the WRX. we know what you meant, so its cool.

have any pics of your car posted anywhere?

Not yet, I registered for car domain last night, now I just gotta do teh whole take the picture thing. I might not have any up till next week when I get the intake installed.

Neon, look at the 60' times of a good rwd driver vs a good awd driver, not that much different. Someone who had the time and money to put into an M5 like that could easily be a good driver. Good rwd vs average awd = rwd taking it. The rex was just outdriven, not sucking.

I have yet to see a good driver in a RWD car take a good driver in a AWD car from a digg son..............did you think I thought a modd m5 would lose to a stock wrx :uhoh: ...............I said simply from a digg the wrx would take him probably till the end of second going to third.....

No problem, I enjoy telling race stories, even if I'm not involved. I really enjoy it becasue I live in an area that has enough money so that mommy and daddy can buy the kid a nice car, and then I can watch that car get spanked by somone who knows their stuff.

Sounds like where I live. At my school alone we have an M3, an Integra Type R, a T/A WS6, a BMW sedan (not sure what kind), Two WRXs (not STI), and an Audi TT. Yeah, there are some spoiled people at my school.

either M (sorry ///M....I like how you did that) is on my dream car list. especially the m5.
just for future info: we call the CRX the Rex, not the WRX. we know what you meant, so its cool.

have any pics of your car posted anywhere?

yeah i was lookin forward to a killer crx or something...it ended up being a lowly wrx :lol: jk jk i love the subbies

Sorry, where I'm from, we call the WRX the Rex (say it fast, lol). Im gonna try to get pics of my car up, or at least pre Dinan Intake, tonight.

RWD > AWD for drag. With a powerful car w/ good suspension and therefore weight transfer, RWD is better. RWD will put more power to the ground(less drivetrain weight = more power). If you have a poor drag setup and poor traction/launch skills(which is the case for almost all street cars/drivers), AWD will prove better on the launch than RWD simply because it has better traction. Not much better though. If you've got enough power to break the rears free, you definately have enough to break the fronts free. Its better to save the weight and just go RWD. If you have a properly built suspension and chassis, RWD will be able to put down as much power as you can make with no problem. Directing some of that power towards the front wheels will just put less power to the wheels that need it. Plus less nose weight will lead to better weight distribution for a drag car, yeilding a lighter car and better weight transfer. If you build a car for stoplight racing, RWD is the best choice, then AWD, then far behind is FWD. Most streetlight cars aren't really built for dragging(b/c of owner's brand preference, style, what the have available, ignorance.. whatever), so most of the cars I see dragging at the stoplights are FWD, then RWD, then the occasional audi/subaru/eclipse representing the AWD crew.

than that just means hes not using the full potential of an AWD car............in other words he cant drive........
True

Even with the full potential of the Rex, it really didn't stand a chance against the M5..
True

The WRX is a beast for it's class, and in my opinion still should have pulled from launch, however an M5 is in a whole different class.

And by the way, a AWD car has a great advantage early in the race, however it can be harmful at higher speeds.