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1slowdsm · 11-29-2004

Well...I recently just raced my work buddy(1994 Mustang GT 5.0). I got off work before him and went to McDonalds for some food and ran into him as he was just leaving work. So he caught up to me on White Bear, then we go on 36 and there is this car infront of me. I get infront of that car and wait for him to pull up and line next to me, but he keeps on going. So I get into 3rd and catch up speed, now he is about 1 1/2 car lenght infront of me and no one is getting the gain. Third gear ends and now I'm in fourth and next thing I know, I walked pass him or power walked. I get into fifth gear and we're doing about 125+ and the light on English is coming up and I see about 4 cars in my lane and none in the next. I didnt want to cut my buddy off, so I stomp of the brakes which didnt really stop as quick as I wanted. I planned to wait for my buddy to pass me up so I can switch lanes...all of a sudden the last car in the group switches and takes up the open lane. At that time, I knew I would be able to stop in time...but my buddy might not. He flies by me and swerves between the rail and the car, he had like 1.5' on each side of his car. Then we're going with traffic and I catch up, we talk alittle and go our own ways. The next time I see him at work and we're talking about it again, he was telling everyone that he missed the shift from D2 to D3 and over revved....he has an automatic. He claims to have been catching back up, but it took him a few seconds to fly by me as I was stomping on the brakes as hard as I could. I cant claim that I beat him unless he says I beat him and he wont say it...which sucks. I hate to sound cocky, so I'll just wait until he says it. Oh well..I dont think I did to bad, he had like a 10 MPH start on me...it was fun until that one point.

Okay...now that that's over. If anyone wants to tell their stories about racing or whatever...I'd want to hear about it. There arent many interesting topics I like to read, so I'll try this topic. I just like reading this kind of stuff...its interesting.

11-29-2004	#36
1slowdsm Now 1 second.....slower! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: St. Paul, MN Drives: 1993 Talon AWD Posts: 1,359	Well...I recently just raced my work buddy(1994 Mustang GT 5.0). I got off work before him and went to McDonalds for some food and ran into him as he was just leaving work. So he caught up to me on White Bear, then we go on 36 and there is this car infront of me. I get infront of that car and wait for him to pull up and line next to me, but he keeps on going. So I get into 3rd and catch up speed, now he is about 1 1/2 car lenght infront of me and no one is getting the gain. Third gear ends and now I'm in fourth and next thing I know, I walked pass him or power walked. I get into fifth gear and we're doing about 125+ and the light on English is coming up and I see about 4 cars in my lane and none in the next. I didnt want to cut my buddy off, so I stomp of the brakes which didnt really stop as quick as I wanted. I planned to wait for my buddy to pass me up so I can switch lanes...all of a sudden the last car in the group switches and takes up the open lane. At that time, I knew I would be able to stop in time...but my buddy might not. He flies by me and swerves between the rail and the car, he had like 1.5' on each side of his car. Then we're going with traffic and I catch up, we talk alittle and go our own ways. The next time I see him at work and we're talking about it again, he was telling everyone that he missed the shift from D2 to D3 and over revved....he has an automatic. He claims to have been catching back up, but it took him a few seconds to fly by me as I was stomping on the brakes as hard as I could. I cant claim that I beat him unless he says I beat him and he wont say it...which sucks. I hate to sound cocky, so I'll just wait until he says it. Oh well..I dont think I did to bad, he had like a 10 MPH start on me...it was fun until that one point. Okay...now that that's over. If anyone wants to tell their stories about racing or whatever...I'd want to hear about it. There arent many interesting topics I like to read, so I'll try this topic. I just like reading this kind of stuff...its interesting.