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01-02-2001, 02:22 PM

Back in 96, I was riding with a good friend in his 91 5.0 with some nice mods, and we see a guy that we both had been wanting to race for a while directly behind us. He was in a 95? trans-am with some basic bolt-ons. Rather than pulling up beside us to race, the dude in the TA floors it from behind and keeps going instead of lining up. My bud nails it as he is going by and starts to eat up the TA's 2 second head start. The TA stayed in it to try to hold us off, and my friend stayed in it to try to pass him cuz we were pulling. We both went into a fairly sharp corner (3 lanes each way) at about 110 mph.

The TA was in the outside lane, and we were in the middle lane. Our nose was at his rear wheel as we started the turn. The TA loses it (oversteer) about half-a-second before we go into a 4-wheel drift. The TA came around about 90 degrees and we were headed for the curb. My friend countersteered and regained control,(this all happened it about 3 seconds) but now our front bumper was about a foot from his driver side door (left hand turn) he was sliding away from us, but we were going faster because he was bleeding speed fast still sliding directly sideways. Finally as we were about to t-bone him, his car came around to 180 degrees and he flew off the road backwards. I saw his headlights go right by my door and disapear down the hill next to the road. We pulled over just down the road and went running over there to see if he was OK. He was busy thowing some contraband from his car into the woods before the cops showed up. He was fine (lucky the car did not flip, so were we!)

Moments later, the cops, a firetruck, and an ambulance showed up. The 5.0 was not visible form the crash site, The cops knew he was racing, but did not know against who. There were skidmarks all over the road, and I'm sure that it looked like the two cars hit each other given how close together we were.

Later that night, the cops pulled us over in the 5.0 and inspected the front right corner of his car, but there was no damage. Over the next week everyone, including myself that had a musclecar, got pulled over and the cops looked for damage on the front right of our cars.

The accident was not too bad. The TA had big time suspension and exhaust damage. It was a miracle that we did not collide, and both roll several times.

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67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint
351W 415 hp, Trick Flow Alum. Heads, C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars.

01-02-2001, 02:22 PM	#7
tom351 Guest Posts: n/a	Back in 96, I was riding with a good friend in his 91 5.0 with some nice mods, and we see a guy that we both had been wanting to race for a while directly behind us. He was in a 95? trans-am with some basic bolt-ons. Rather than pulling up beside us to race, the dude in the TA floors it from behind and keeps going instead of lining up. My bud nails it as he is going by and starts to eat up the TA's 2 second head start. The TA stayed in it to try to hold us off, and my friend stayed in it to try to pass him cuz we were pulling. We both went into a fairly sharp corner (3 lanes each way) at about 110 mph. The TA was in the outside lane, and we were in the middle lane. Our nose was at his rear wheel as we started the turn. The TA loses it (oversteer) about half-a-second before we go into a 4-wheel drift. The TA came around about 90 degrees and we were headed for the curb. My friend countersteered and regained control,(this all happened it about 3 seconds) but now our front bumper was about a foot from his driver side door (left hand turn) he was sliding away from us, but we were going faster because he was bleeding speed fast still sliding directly sideways. Finally as we were about to t-bone him, his car came around to 180 degrees and he flew off the road backwards. I saw his headlights go right by my door and disapear down the hill next to the road. We pulled over just down the road and went running over there to see if he was OK. He was busy thowing some contraband from his car into the woods before the cops showed up. He was fine (lucky the car did not flip, so were we!) Moments later, the cops, a firetruck, and an ambulance showed up. The 5.0 was not visible form the crash site, The cops knew he was racing, but did not know against who. There were skidmarks all over the road, and I'm sure that it looked like the two cars hit each other given how close together we were. Later that night, the cops pulled us over in the 5.0 and inspected the front right corner of his car, but there was no damage. Over the next week everyone, including myself that had a musclecar, got pulled over and the cops looked for damage on the front right of our cars. The accident was not too bad. The TA had big time suspension and exhaust damage. It was a miracle that we did not collide, and both roll several times. ------------------ 67 Fastback - Arctic White Pearl paint 351W 415 hp, Trick Flow Alum. Heads, C-4 Trans, 3.55 gears, Front Disc Brakes, 1-1/8" Fr. 3/4" rear sway bars.