Raced a friend of mine with a 00 Vette!!

CobraConv99 · 01-02-2002, 04:53 PM

Well a friend of mine has this red 00 Vette. Well I have been wanting to race him for a while. He won't race me until he got new tires well he finally did. Well when we get to our spot I look inside his car and his taking all of his interior out and the passenger seat.

Remind you I have raced Vettes before from a kick, and I have raced his from a kick. The other two I raced from a I pulled pretty good, but his pulled me immediately and I could not over power his car.

Back to the race we line up @ light on empty wide road that we race on alot. I told him we can just wait for the light to chance, and when we see green then we will hit it. We do just that reaction was about the same, and I pull out about 2 lengths right of the start. Well I keep a check on him through each gear. At the end of second he has closed a car, top of third still have one car on him the time we get to everybody I am in fourth cross in front of everbody in an empty parking lot with about 3/4 car lead. We even watched on a video camera that some guy had.

We race another time. Me and him both decide to shut down about 1 block early then we did last time. Because on the last run you come over a small hill then a red light it makes stopping real hard at over 100. Anyways we line up about the same thing, but only about 1-1/2 cars off the start. He gets up right beside me at the finish, and we leave at that.

His car has got to be the fastest stock vette that I ever raced. Anyways that car is fast, and I respect him and his car. Although I think the snake done pretty darn good. I think he just got one of those freak cars from the factory.

Later,

Jeff

LS1JAY · 01-04-2002, 02:19 PM

I know a guy(who can drive)with a '99 Vette hardtop, he ran 12.6X@111.XX on street tires bone stock! it's a M6.

fastang · 01-07-2002, 10:08 PM

Congrats CobraConv, Any new Vette kill is a good one. Hell any LS1 kill is a good one

Sucks that he was pulling on you up top. But you were winning when you stopped so thats that. Sounds like his car would rip on the freeway but yours would smoke em in the qtr.

Rev · 01-08-2002, 01:46 AM

I drove a stock '00 Vette around one night in Dallas Tx. with the owner right beside me. It was sweet. best Vette of several older ones that I had driven in the last 10 yrs.

It would break the tires loose in 2nd pretty much at will. Couldn't do it much as this was the guy's baby. Very sweet ride. I really couln't fault it with the limited time I had to drive it.

Rev

exgmguy · 01-08-2002, 03:31 PM

Sounds like a good running car you've got. A hardtop C5 with a stick is an easy 12 second car with a good driver.

Nice run!

CobraConv99 · 01-09-2002, 09:00 AM

Thanks guys. His car is so strong. If he could come out of the hole he would have ate me up. It's all in fun though!!

I raced once before on the freeway and pulled me pretty good.
I think I can get my car in the twelves if I would take to the quarter mile track again. It's so far away I don't like driving all the way out there. I'm going soon. I will tell ya'll how it goes.

Later,

Jeff

01-02-2002, 04:53 PM	#1
CobraConv99 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, AL, Posts: 31	Raced a friend of mine with a 00 Vette!! Well a friend of mine has this red 00 Vette. Well I have been wanting to race him for a while. He won't race me until he got new tires well he finally did. Well when we get to our spot I look inside his car and his taking all of his interior out and the passenger seat. Remind you I have raced Vettes before from a kick, and I have raced his from a kick. The other two I raced from a I pulled pretty good, but his pulled me immediately and I could not over power his car. Back to the race we line up @ light on empty wide road that we race on alot. I told him we can just wait for the light to chance, and when we see green then we will hit it. We do just that reaction was about the same, and I pull out about 2 lengths right of the start. Well I keep a check on him through each gear. At the end of second he has closed a car, top of third still have one car on him the time we get to everybody I am in fourth cross in front of everbody in an empty parking lot with about 3/4 car lead. We even watched on a video camera that some guy had. We race another time. Me and him both decide to shut down about 1 block early then we did last time. Because on the last run you come over a small hill then a red light it makes stopping real hard at over 100. Anyways we line up about the same thing, but only about 1-1/2 cars off the start. He gets up right beside me at the finish, and we leave at that. His car has got to be the fastest stock vette that I ever raced. Anyways that car is fast, and I respect him and his car. Although I think the snake done pretty darn good. I think he just got one of those freak cars from the factory. Later, Jeff __________________ Mods: 4.10 gears, nitto drag radials, o/r h-pipe Best 1/8 8.39@82.56 Best 1/4 only went once 13.3@104 Best 60ft (on DR 1.84)

01-04-2002, 02:19 PM	#2
LS1JAY Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Central Florida Posts: 102	I know a guy(who can drive)with a '99 Vette hardtop, he ran 12.6X@111.XX on street tires bone stock! it's a M6. __________________ 1999 Camaro SS / A4 / #0877 Best ET with only Mac's, Lid & 160* Thermostat: 12.73@109.15 New Mods: '02 LS6 Cam & Springs, LS6 Oil Pump & PCV System, Yank 2600 Stall Converter & LS1 Edit. http://jayscustomrods.homestead.com/index.html

01-07-2002, 10:08 PM	#3
fastang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: santa ana ca Posts: 1,349	Congrats CobraConv, Any new Vette kill is a good one. Hell any LS1 kill is a good one Sucks that he was pulling on you up top. But you were winning when you stopped so thats that. Sounds like his car would rip on the freeway but yours would smoke em in the qtr. __________________ 98 GT manual trans, Magna Flow exh. old car: 95GT, TFS T.W. heads, Holley Intake, B303 cam, FRPP 30lb injectors, Scorpion 1.6 rollers, 65mm TB, 73mm MAF, BBK Longtubes, Flowmaster cat back, March Pulleys, MSD coil, 9mm wires, Tremec 3550 trans, Pro5.0 shifter,10.5 Motorsport clutch, FMS aluminum driveshaft, weld in subframe connectors. 190lph pump, BBK adj FPR.

01-08-2002, 01:46 AM	#4
Rev Registered Member Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Houston, Tx. Posts: 3,887	I drove a stock '00 Vette around one night in Dallas Tx. with the owner right beside me. It was sweet. best Vette of several older ones that I had driven in the last 10 yrs. It would break the tires loose in 2nd pretty much at will. Couldn't do it much as this was the guy's baby. Very sweet ride. I really couln't fault it with the limited time I had to drive it. Rev __________________ '66 Coupe, 306, 350-375 HP, C-4, 13.07 e.t., 104.8 mph, 1/4 mi. O.B.C. #2 '66 coupe

01-09-2002, 09:00 AM	#6
CobraConv99 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, AL, Posts: 31	Thanks guys. His car is so strong. If he could come out of the hole he would have ate me up. It's all in fun though!! I raced once before on the freeway and pulled me pretty good. I think I can get my car in the twelves if I would take to the quarter mile track again. It's so far away I don't like driving all the way out there. I'm going soon. I will tell ya'll how it goes. Later, Jeff __________________ Mods: 4.10 gears, nitto drag radials, o/r h-pipe Best 1/8 8.39@82.56 Best 1/4 only went once 13.3@104 Best 60ft (on DR 1.84)

01-08-2002, 03:31 PM	#5
exgmguy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Utica, Michigan Posts: 2,631	Sounds like a good running car you've got. A hardtop C5 with a stick is an easy 12 second car with a good driver. Nice run!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
I raced a Ferrari Enzo today!	Fox Body	Stang Stories	17	08-29-2003 10:33 PM
Raced a new Vette	7up	Stang Stories	10	07-28-2002 10:24 PM
raced late 80's Vette	7up	Stang Stories	2	07-11-2002 07:44 PM
State Police runs an 88 L98 Vette....mine!	gtsr515	Stang Stories	2	05-03-2002 11:52 PM
ITS ALL MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	itsallmine	Blue Oval Lounge	9	07-22-2001 04:15 AM