First real street race...(GSX vs. Prelude)

[DragonofBC]

The Intro

I've never really been one to street race. I love the culture but whenever presented to opportunity, I usually chicken out. I'm one of those "10-15 over the speed limit is the highest I'll go" people without feeling unsafe and nervous about cops. A little peer pressure and wide open roads near midnight can change a person though as I experienced tonight.


The Setting

I was with a bunch of people heading from mini-golf to Steak and Shake and it was pretty late (11pm-ish). I get in my car with my 3 friends (thats right, 4 adult males in an eclipse = a small miracle) and we are following my other buddies car to S&S. On the road, I spot red prelude a few cars in front of me and one lane to the right with a giant aluminum wing. As if reading my mind, my friend Skip asks me,

Skip: "What is that?"
Me: "A nice car with an ugly wing."
Skip: "Think you can take it?"
Me: "I think so."
Skip: "So catch up and race him."
Me: "We'll see."

I pass the car I'm following to catch up with the 'lude. I'm not an expert on Preludes but I know it was not the most recent generation. I didn't see any identification marks either (exept some sort of asian looking symbol on the gas cover). I drop it to third and pull up to him letting my BOV sound. He looked over at me, dropped gears and took off through weaving through traffic.

Skip: "Look, he want to race. Go catch him."
Me: "Too much traffic."

Well as it happens, I lost sight of him and remained going 55 (in a 45). As luck would have it, I caught up to him up ahead. Traffic had subsided after we passed through a major intersection leaving just open road and our two cars.

The Race

Skip: "No traffic. Are you going to race him?"
Me: "Hold on"

I passed by him going about 50 and prepared myself in case he dropped gears and was going to come up next to me. I put my car in 3rd and sure enough, I see the headlights start to quickly gain on me in my right-hand mirror. I knew he wasn't going to slow down so when his nose came even with mine, I punched it. My intake took a deep breath and the turbo whined to life. I looked over and I was creeping forward on him. His nose slid slowly from my quarterpanel, to my rearview, to my doorhandle, to my rear wheelwell. I glanced down quickly at my tach. 6500 RPMS. My adrenaline tell me to shift and I quickly stomp the clutch and slam the shifter into 4th. Simutaneously I noticed my speedometer approaching 90 and my brain blew the whistle on the race. I release the clutch and tap the breaks to start slowing down. Apparently the race was not over for the Prelude though. He kept going and blinked his hazards a few times.

Skip: "Why'd you stop?"
Me: "Too fast. It's only a 45 zone."
Skip: "Aww."

The Conclusion

I didn't lose, but I don't know if I won. I really only accelerated through one gear for what felt like the blink of an eye. I did get my taste of the forbidden fruit though and it was delicious.

[streetrcr45]

your a good story teller


nice race..glad you had fun.

[CassiesMan]

Nice kill

[Sandhawk]

Yeah you definately won

prelude with huge wing = ricer with no power

GSX = Lovely powerful car!

[147GTA]

You won for sure. Good job. Good writing too.

[i3o2Matt]

i'd say you won...'course the guy would probably say that you had just missed a shift...driver error...but we all know what really happened...lol

[Musashi3000GT]

I dont know if you won cause you sort of gave up. Still a GSX would smoke an early model stock Prelude easy. hell, a stock GSX smokes me and I've never met a Prelude that could walk me.
one thing does bother me though, you are a Mitsubishi driver, whats worst is you drive one of the three best Mitsubishies ever built.......and you've even modded it slightly! WHY ARE YOU SOOOOOO SCARED! seriously dude its not becomeing of a young guy driving a fast car. you need to either sell that car and get a Civic or start driving it like it was meant to be driven.
Also your a good story teller so its a shame you dont race more often cause it would really bring some life to this forum.

[qr25sentra]

u had 4 people in the car and u still beat him lol good kill.nice story..its true u do need to race more often.next time when ur about ready to shut down turn on ur hazards and let him kno that he just got smoked so he doesnt pull his little flyby and thinks he won..im sure he seen ur brake lights right?

[147GTA]

"you drive one of the three best Mitsubishies ever built.......and you've even modded it slightly! WHY ARE YOU SOOOOOO SCARED! seriously dude its not becomeing of a young guy driving a fast car. you need to either sell that car and get a Civic or start driving it like it was meant to be driven."

Good point. I will race anything that I find. I will race a city bus. I will race an EVO/WRX. Shit, I've raced a Modena before. I didn't buy a (relatively) fast car to not race!!!!

[clawhammer]

You should have turned on the blinkers right before you slowed down

[xXxRocker5150]

I agree, u do tell good stories, nice kill...

[i3o2Matt]

Originally Posted by 147GTA

I will race a city bus.

-raises hand- im guilty (different kind of bus...it was greyhound)...i handed its ass to it...it was a highway run...the bus kept speeding up a lil past me...then down the road i got tired of it and just dropped it into third and took off on him...said bye bye...lmao

my sister just laughed

[Musashi3000GT]

^ HAHAHA..........I raced an ambulance once and lost! WHAT? I was in my moms caravan. Id be pissed if I won though! if I was in dire need of medical assistance Id expect an ambulance to haul ass!

[Underground_Killah]

haha! i've raced a firetruck once.. well not more so raced but get out of their way (they were behind me and it was congested.... i had to do some quick moves lol they don't kid... sirens blairing and they kick it. had to dodge them from ramming me

[qr25sentra]

them china garden delivery people are fast too..one time they got to the house in like 5 mins..my friend asked the chinese guy "damn bro that was quick,do u have nawwws" lol