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Old 05-26-2001, 03:07 AM   #1
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Unhappy I Lost my first race in my 2000 GT

NOOOOOOOOOOOO......It happened, I lost my first race in my 2000 GT tonight. Well kinda, the other guys said I won, but I think I lost. Man this sucks.

I've beaten LT-1 Camaros, Firebirds, Roush's, an LS-1 auto, a few Cobras, turbo charged Rice thingies..BUt I lost too.........A damn 2000 GT Auto Convertible.

AARRGGHHHHHHHH. There was even two people in the Convert and only one of me.

See what you all think, I consider this a loss, but they said I won. I saw a New Stang GT convert so I caught up with him and the light up a head changed to red. The passenger looks over and says "Well lookie there, its another 2000 GT. I give you permision man." The driver then stepped on the gas, I knew at that point they wanted to race. The light turns and We take off.

The intersection has a butt load of ruts and bumps, and all I do is break traction and kick the rear squirly. He gains like 2 car lengths on me before i catch traction a third of the way into second. I quickly start pulling on him FAST. By trhe end of third I'm dead even with him. Then this damn Explorer pulls out infront of me up a head. So I let off, then he lets off.

We pull over and talk for about 20 minutes. they were cool guys. Turns out its a Automatic to boot. I asked the guy driving if he let off any at all during the race. He said he didnt, all he knew was that he looked in his rearview and saw me coming up Fast as hell, and he couldnt do anything about it. They said I won because I would of easily passed them if the Explorer had not of pulled out up ahead.

I asked him if he wanted to run again and he shook his head no, he said he'd know I would win.

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Old 05-26-2001, 07:26 AM   #2
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Hmm... I wouldn't really consider that a loss considering the race was kind of interfered with(Explorer), how fast where you going when that happened?
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Old 05-26-2001, 10:52 AM   #3
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I was in fourth gear, doing about 100-105. THe explorer was far enough up ahead that it didnt create a saftey problem, but it didnt give me the room to pull ahead of him and get over without bieng to crazy.

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Old 05-26-2001, 11:21 AM   #4
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Ah ok if you let off at 100-105(around end of 1/4), I consider that a loss. Sorry. Find the guy and get him to run again on a better road.
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Old 05-26-2001, 01:12 PM   #5
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Just like baseball, if noone scores the winning run when your pitching, or driving, it's a no-decision
Gotta hate those rutted intersections though...

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Old 05-26-2001, 01:18 PM   #6
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Yeah, sorry man, it was a loss...that is what street racin is all about. Drivin your car the best you can, given any circumstances.

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Old 05-26-2001, 02:20 PM   #7
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Nooooooo...... Well, at least my first loss was to another Ford. I told them about the Hang Out and they said they would show up tonight. Maybe I can get a rematch.
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Old 05-26-2001, 08:51 PM   #8
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What mods have you done to your GT?
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Old 05-27-2001, 01:36 PM   #9
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Yeah, that was definitely a loss. I almost never take it up past 100mph in a street race, so if you can't show your stuff before that point, then you're out of luck. On the bright side, at least it was to another mustang, and one with a cool driver also.

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Old 05-27-2001, 03:52 PM   #10
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I ran against a new auto GT at the track last night.. it still had the window sticker.. only time it was close was when I missed 3rd... still beat it though ;-)

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Old 05-27-2001, 10:39 PM   #11
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Sorry to hear about your loss....but you can take comfort in the fact that it was another Stang and not a Chevy/Pontiac/any ricer. Sounds like you would've had him if you short shifted 2nd and got traction a little earlier.

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