G37 - I need bigger fish
02-27-2012, 05:55 PM
#11
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Not sure if its that they really dont want to or they dont want to risk getting shown up by a lowly mustang but it seems like most of the people with more expensive cars like that wont even race.
02-27-2012, 06:56 PM
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02-27-2012, 07:04 PM
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Thats a joke and a half.
Im not gonna dig up my slips but the one sitting in front of me goes like this.
Me: 11.35 @ 121 mph
Who I raced: 17.3 @ 77 mph
Thats a pretty extreme one but when I go to cecil this is mostly what happens....seems to be a lot of 14-16 second cars...some 13 second ones, anything running 12s or better is rare.
The fastest car I raced that night was an Audi R8 but he ran like a 12.8 to my 11.45.
Im not gonna dig up my slips but the one sitting in front of me goes like this.
Me: 11.35 @ 121 mph
Who I raced: 17.3 @ 77 mph
Thats a pretty extreme one but when I go to cecil this is mostly what happens....seems to be a lot of 14-16 second cars...some 13 second ones, anything running 12s or better is rare.
The fastest car I raced that night was an Audi R8 but he ran like a 12.8 to my 11.45.
Last edited by bluebeastsrt; 02-27-2012 at 08:41 PM.
02-27-2012, 07:17 PM
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Don't come to Fayettenam either. 50% of them are running out if gear and letting off at the 1/8th and still running 9 and 10s in the 1/4. Biggest issue is keeping the front end down and not clearing the wall. EVOs, old 280s, Supras, Cobras, Vettes, SRT-4s, stuff like that consistently run 11s at 120+.
02-27-2012, 08:03 PM
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11.35 @ 121 is cute. Thats just another daily driver street car time at Atco. We have about 8 Hondas in the 10s trapping 130 on any given friday night. I've raced at Cecil many times and it's the luck of the draw on who you race there. At Atco they seperate the daily drivers and the actual cars with ***** for the cocky guys looking to get their teeth kicked in. Come try it out sometime. I know alot of people down here and can set you up a few races if your tired of being the fasted guy at the track.
02-27-2012, 08:40 PM
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02-28-2012, 12:13 PM
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11.35 @ 121 is cute. Thats just another daily driver street car time at Atco. We have about 8 Hondas in the 10s trapping 130 on any given friday night. I've raced at Cecil many times and it's the luck of the draw on who you race there. At Atco they seperate the daily drivers and the actual cars with ***** for the cocky guys looking to get their teeth kicked in. Come try it out sometime. I know alot of people down here and can set you up a few races if your tired of being the fastest guy at the track.
And my car is a daily driver street car, im not saying its fast, thats my point. There should be lots of other cars that can beat on me but that just doesnt seem to be the case when I go to cecil.
Im not saying im the fastest guy at the track but out of a hundred cars, there is probably a few of them that would even be a race on a normal wed/fri night test and tune.
02-28-2012, 12:43 PM
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Thats awesome, wish cecil had more respectable cars to race. Its fun to actually have competition but I just dont see my self driving 4x as far to Atco when im so close to cecil. lol
And my car is a daily driver street car, im not saying its fast, thats my point. There should be lots of other cars that can beat on me but that just doesnt seem to be the case when I go to cecil.
Im not saying im the fastest guy at the track but out of a hundred cars, there is probably a few of them that would even be a race on a normal wed/fri night test and tune.
And my car is a daily driver street car, im not saying its fast, thats my point. There should be lots of other cars that can beat on me but that just doesnt seem to be the case when I go to cecil.
Im not saying im the fastest guy at the track but out of a hundred cars, there is probably a few of them that would even be a race on a normal wed/fri night test and tune.
02-28-2012, 12:54 PM
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This is going to be a boring summer. 
A G37 decided to play this morning and I started pulling him way too easy. I initially started to pass him casually and as I reached his door he nailed the gas and started to pull away... I was sitting in 3rd at 70~75 so I just went WOT... stopped his pull and put 2 lengths on him before letting out. I'm not used to the change in power... honestly I wasn't sure what to expect but knowing those cars are pretty stout I expected it to take me a moment to stop his pull since he got the hit.
How do you guys with stupid fast cars get any races worth talking about?? I'm not even fast and this is frustrating. At this point I feel like I just pushed down a 3rd grader... never felt guilty about racing someone before.
Edit: I was thinking of the 370z as far as performance... that poor G37 didn't stand a chance before the last round of mods.
A G37 decided to play this morning and I started pulling him way too easy. I initially started to pass him casually and as I reached his door he nailed the gas and started to pull away... I was sitting in 3rd at 70~75 so I just went WOT... stopped his pull and put 2 lengths on him before letting out. I'm not used to the change in power... honestly I wasn't sure what to expect but knowing those cars are pretty stout I expected it to take me a moment to stop his pull since he got the hit. How do you guys with stupid fast cars get any races worth talking about?? I'm not even fast and this is frustrating. At this point I feel like I just pushed down a 3rd grader... never felt guilty about racing someone before.
Edit: I was thinking of the 370z as far as performance... that poor G37 didn't stand a chance before the last round of mods.