First race
05-05-2007, 02:35 AM
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First race
So I was coming off the NYS thruway onto a two lane, fairly wide street following some kind of Jaguar. I naturally assumed that I'd be able to blow by him and get into the lane that would take me in the right direction. I didn't bother downshifting, I was in third doing about 2k rpms. I pulled off to the side of this guy and step on it, and realized that I wasn't really going anywhere in relation to the other car. [:'(]He stepped on it too, we pretty much matched each other up to about 100 mph, him about half a car length ahead of me the entire time, even as I was shifting into 4th.
Methinks not bad for my first race, considering I didn't downshift at the beginning or take it to the top of third before I shifted to fourth.
Btw, I was driving my all stock 5 speed 01 GT. Vert too, not that it makes a ton of difference.
Methinks not bad for my first race, considering I didn't downshift at the beginning or take it to the top of third before I shifted to fourth.
Btw, I was driving my all stock 5 speed 01 GT. Vert too, not that it makes a ton of difference.
05-05-2007, 04:08 AM
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RE: First race
ORIGINAL: jman511115
So I was coming off the NYS thruway onto a two lane, fairly wide street following some kind of Jaguar. I naturally assumed that I'd be able to blow by him and get into the lane that would take me in the right direction. I didn't bother downshifting, I was in third doing about 2k rpms. I pulled off to the side of this guy and step on it, and realized that I wasn't really going anywhere in relation to the other car. [:'(]He stepped on it too, we pretty much matched each other up to about 100 mph, him about half a car length ahead of me the entire time, even as I was shifting into 4th.
Methinks not bad for my first race, considering I didn't downshift at the beginning or take it to the top of third before I shifted to fourth.
Btw, I was driving my all stock 5 speed 01 GT. Vert too, not that it makes a ton of difference.
So I was coming off the NYS thruway onto a two lane, fairly wide street following some kind of Jaguar. I naturally assumed that I'd be able to blow by him and get into the lane that would take me in the right direction. I didn't bother downshifting, I was in third doing about 2k rpms. I pulled off to the side of this guy and step on it, and realized that I wasn't really going anywhere in relation to the other car. [:'(]He stepped on it too, we pretty much matched each other up to about 100 mph, him about half a car length ahead of me the entire time, even as I was shifting into 4th.
Methinks not bad for my first race, considering I didn't downshift at the beginning or take it to the top of third before I shifted to fourth.
Btw, I was driving my all stock 5 speed 01 GT. Vert too, not that it makes a ton of difference.
congrats though on your first race! Go treat your baby to some rice. It must be hungry.
05-05-2007, 09:34 PM
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RE: First race
Wellllllllll... Raced a 5.0 today, smoked him. We were at a light and started from a dig, then I quit when I got up to about 80 and he was about two car lengths behind. I slowed down to let him catch up, and he got level, paused for a second, and then hammered it again. Caught me offguard, but I downshifted and caught up before I had to hit the brakes because a car was making a left from opposing traffic.
That was fun.
That was fun.
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