whats the best race youve ever gotten into?

[Max Boost]

Originally Posted by ogeorgeko

You live in Glendale, California?

We got a 187 in Glendale, Cops are all over it, lets go!

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

Best race that I lost? I was drivin my mom's Kompressor, raced an older 'Stang, coulda been a 5.0, wouldn't know (it had the badges, but my buddy's Civic as Si badges, and its an EX...looser), and it beat my moms car by less than the bumper. It was a good race.

Best race that I won was me in my dad's old car (an older 944 Turbo) v. a newer 911. I was on 121 South, and he was on my tail the entire time, and when he went to passed, I gunned it, and we pulled back at about 130 when 121 merges to 820 South. I had about a length on him.

[Bunta]

The eclipse I beat this morning was pretty good. He even had the jump on me. Ha.

[90Stangjc]

Well for me its a tie between two looses, then one good win.
1st Loose- 94 (i think) prelude w/ H22 motor heavely modded. We start off the same then we hit second at the exact same time and he inches on me bit by bit once i hit 4,500 rpms, then third he inches, and fourth, and fifth. VERY CLOSE race ending up, darn.
2nd Loose- 02' GT Mustang- Stock, i kick his ass taking off by about 1 car. He hits second and pulls about 5 feet on me, then hits third and pulls like 7 more feet, erh!!! Well i let off cause i knew it was over.

My win-94' GSR Integra- He was about bumper to bumper coming out of 3rd, then i pulled on him when i hit 105 (exactly 4th gear). Ended up about 2-3 cars in front of him at 120. (He missed 5th, hehe )

My cars pretty slow right now, saving up for nitrous, all the little mod money is going in to that so its pretty much stock for right now.

[nissanfanatic]

my best was when me ('92 240sx) and my friend ('01 grand am) were racing down one of our local roads going to a friends house. We were going around the 90 degree bends at about 80 and we came up on the S turn and had to slow doun to 50. right after that we both took it back up to about 105 and some little suzuki jeep wanna-be thing was driving along at 35 mph, the speed limit, and i got over right before i got to him. It was the greatest feeling in the world. There is nothing better than passing somebody going 100+ than passing them going faster.

[Mediocrity]

What in the name of all things holy were you doing going through 35mph roads at 100+? I'm callin BS on that one... 90 degree bends at 80?

[GTStang]

I have a tie one is a win and the other is a loss.

Win: Back when the S2000 had just come out and people were paying way over sticker to get there hands on one and it was suppose to be so amazing. I got next to one at a light where ahead was a perfect 2 lane and the first speed limit sign is exactly a 1/4 mile. I reved he reved we looked at each other. Light when green I left him at the light bad and he was a good 2-3 car behinds me the wholel way. This was in my 83 GT.

Loss: One I posted here last summer about my Boss's Quick Street Blown Stang on street tires giving me an ass raping in my N/A 393 GT.

[youngvr4]

Originally Posted by Mediocrity

What in the name of all things holy were you doing going through 35mph roads at 100+? I'm callin BS on that one... 90 degree bends at 80?

yeah that damn near sounded like bs too me too.

[vetteguy1]

Mine had to be my 85 vette against a new cellica gt. this kid at my school had been talking shit for a long time and he followed me out of the parking lot. At the light we both hit it and i left him. the next week at school he had to tell everybody that he got his ass handed to hm by a domestic. it was an easy race it was just soo great to hear him try to make excusses

[carrrnuttt]

Originally Posted by vetteguy1

Mine had to be my 85 vette against a new cellica gt. this kid at my school had been talking shit for a long time and he followed me out of the parking lot. At the light we both hit it and i left him. the next week at school he had to tell everybody that he got his ass handed to hm by a domestic. it was an easy race it was just soo great to hear him try to make excusses

What excuse was there to make? It's a freakin' 'Vette versus a Celica for chris'sakes.

Maybe if it was a Celica GT-S...but either way...unless your 'Vette is really junked.

[GOldenTaurus426]

Originally Posted by carrrnuttt

What excuse was there to make? It's a freakin' 'Vette versus a Celica for chris'sakes.

Maybe if it was a Celica GT-S...but either way...unless your 'Vette is really junked.

heh i own a celica GT and unless that vette is a real POS, the kid with the celica should have seen it comin.

[codebrn]

Originally Posted by lowsonoma1999

2nd one, friend of mine has an 11sec street legal 93 Civic hatch. It's about an hour drive to where everybody races so he doesn't make it much. Guy has a vette z06, beats a lot of people for a few weeks, thinking he's just the shit and that he can beat anybody there. My friend shows up one weekend and the guy in the vette talkin shit as usual. My friends blows him away by ungodly amount of car lengths. Guy never even came back after the race and nobody has seen him since.

I think i have a video of that from a website i used to go to.. What color is your buddys civic?

[nissanfanatic]

In reply to mediocrity, I live in a very rural area. It is a town called Melrose near Gainsville in Florida. The name of the road is Baden Powell. The bends are not sharp at all. very broad. thats why i said bend instead of turn. I dont know why they put the speed limit at 35 except for the s turn. That requires some slowing down to like 45. Other than that it is a pretty straight road. Two long straightaways at the beginning and end, about a mile and a half long and 2 75-90 degree bends in between with quarter mile straights between them. the s turn is the last turn. it is a two lane road. No BS. I have driven the road so many times that i could do it with my eyes closed.

[jon@af]

Me in my 89 olds 88 coupe, and a honda VTEC with exhaust intake and suspension mods were sitting at the light to pull on to I74 at about 1:30 in the morning, it's two lanes that merge into one, and I was sitting there when he came flying up looking all bad ass. Light turns green and we both gun it around the bend to the on ramp and he's at the front of my driver door all the way down the ramp, to the point where I had to slow down or I would have run out of road. I loved hearing him shift gears and barely pull any farther up on me.

[KustmAce]

New best race ever! Almost got my ass busted too!


my buddy is driving his cousins car trying to sell it (brand new eclipse, engine mods, exhaust, very loud, very fast). I took a ride with him yesterday, and he drove it like a pussy, cuz he wasnt used to it, couldnt get a decent launch if his life depended on it. Well, me being the bigmouth that i am, challenged him to a race, but he didnt wanna, cuz he knew he'd be embarrased, cuz he couldnt drive it well.

Well, today he calls me and asks if i still wanna race, i accept, becuz i never turn down a race, so we leave my school and go try to find a suitable track. We end up some side street road, and lined up. Well, this lady had just turned behind us, so we let her thru. Well, the flagman calls it, and we both launch. I light up my tires for a quick sec, and pull away really fast. So im going, and i can hear him lettin the clutch slip real bad, but he's gaining on me. At about 60, he passes me, and by about 75, we start to slow down.

He ended up winning by less than a car lenght, he prolly passed me by about 3/4 maybe a little more. Needless to say, i am very proud of my bonestock cavalier.

On to the good part, the lady that had passed us had gone down the road, turned around, and was waiting for us on another sidestreet. Well, we come flyin by, me and my friend both turn around, and she turns and starts to follow me. Well, i recognize a bad situation, and turn onto another street, she guns it, and follows my friend, who takes off. So while shes chasing him around, im working my way back to my school, to hide. He calls, meets me there, and we just chill for a while. Then we leave.

It was great fun, and man, that eclsipse was sweet. Luckily, i still pretty much have bragging rights over him, because a. the car isnt his, and b. it was the car that beat mine, not his skills. Like, a car that shouldve blown the doors off of mine beat me by less than a car length, so im happy.