I got beat tonight.

[exgmguy]

I have not lost a race on the street in a long time. Here's the story. The new wife and I went out for a cruise on Gratiot tonight. A Viper RT/10 pulls next to me at a red light, with a convertible LT1 Vette on the other side of me. We all take off slow from the light and the Vette starts goosing it. The Viper guy was not even looking, so I let the Vette go first and I walked him by a couple cars by the top of 3rd. We slow down and the Viper pulls next to me and picks his gear!
I open the bottle and cocky me motions for him to take the jump. He does with me a tick behind. I am in 3rd at around 3000 rpm and put the go pedal down.

The R's start to come up and I am not catching him! He let off before I got to see my shiftlight shine in 3rd. I got to his door, but never got the carlength jump back. DAMN!
So we stop at the next light and get ready to go from a dead dig. The light turns, and he idles out, the leaves. I did not let him get the jump this time and stomped it in first, got a fender on him and pull second while I hear him catching rubber through the gears like crazy. I am running 3rd to the top and he is right about my rear tire. Just before the shiftlight lit, I broke up a bit on the top, then we let off due to us rapidly approaching traffic ahead.

First I am thinking, There is no way that thing was stock. I have my 150 jets in, and have beaten a couple GTS Vipers with only the 100 shot. This was a dark colored RT with silver stripes. No GTS that is for sure.
I get home and bring my bottle in to put it in the freezer before tomorrows race day fill up. I throw it on the scale and it weighs 16 lbs! The thing weighs 14 lbs, 12 oz empty.
Reguardless, I raced and he got me. No excuses.

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1988 Mustang GT
11.8 @ 123 (7/14/01)
1992 BadAzz Wrangler
1993 Explorer