yea well part of the problem was not goin to 7 grand or atleast close to it.
your gears are longer than his, so actually that should have givin you the edge. if you shifted at 6 grand, you lost a whole lot of momentum, your 3rd gear goes to about 123mph alone. but you still did pretty good, for only shifting at 6 grand. very damn good actually.... take it as a learning experience. regardless i bet it gave you one hell of a adrenaline rush