Posted by: Acefighter
Unusal Races - 09/07/08 08:00 PM
What are some unusual races you guys have seen (or taken part in ), either at the track or on the street. Could even just be an unusual outcome.
I ask because I saw one today. It was a Mazda (Protege, I think) and a older domestic motorcycle. Not a big Harley, but almost certainly a domestic. I was about to turn left when the guy on the bike revved his engine at the Mazda. I'm thinking "This I gotta see." So I stay straight, and after they start accelerating, I punch it. I'm kinda thinking I'll ride right up behind them, but surprisingly, with me getting about a 1.5 second late start, the three of us were exactly evenly matched. The moment we hit 100, they braked, and I turned around (not at 100, of course ) and continued home.
I'm thinking I probably didn't have the pedal at WOT though, because I'd first seen the Mazda when he floored it around a truck, and the smoke coming out of his ricer exhaust was what caught my eye. I punched it behind him, matched him, then realized the pedal was about .5" from all the way down. I pushed it down the rest of the way, and started gaining, till he let off at 85 or so. I probably did the same thing the second time. The reason is, when I'm just cruising, I had my foot resting near the bottom of the pedal, so when my foot hits the floor, the top of the pedal doesn't. Regardless, that Protege was NOT stock, to match a GTP. Impressive, really. Kudos to the middle aged guy on the bike, too. Didn't expect him to try and race the Mazda when we passed him.
What are some unusual races you guys have seen?
*DISCLAIMER* I don't condone street racing, but just for the record, this all happened when we happened to hit a very long, straight, flat piece of road that was completely devoid of traffic.
I ask because I saw one today. It was a Mazda (Protege, I think) and a older domestic motorcycle. Not a big Harley, but almost certainly a domestic. I was about to turn left when the guy on the bike revved his engine at the Mazda. I'm thinking "This I gotta see." So I stay straight, and after they start accelerating, I punch it. I'm kinda thinking I'll ride right up behind them, but surprisingly, with me getting about a 1.5 second late start, the three of us were exactly evenly matched. The moment we hit 100, they braked, and I turned around (not at 100, of course ) and continued home.
I'm thinking I probably didn't have the pedal at WOT though, because I'd first seen the Mazda when he floored it around a truck, and the smoke coming out of his ricer exhaust was what caught my eye. I punched it behind him, matched him, then realized the pedal was about .5" from all the way down. I pushed it down the rest of the way, and started gaining, till he let off at 85 or so. I probably did the same thing the second time. The reason is, when I'm just cruising, I had my foot resting near the bottom of the pedal, so when my foot hits the floor, the top of the pedal doesn't. Regardless, that Protege was NOT stock, to match a GTP. Impressive, really. Kudos to the middle aged guy on the bike, too. Didn't expect him to try and race the Mazda when we passed him.
What are some unusual races you guys have seen?
*DISCLAIMER* I don't condone street racing, but just for the record, this all happened when we happened to hit a very long, straight, flat piece of road that was completely devoid of traffic.