It's so incredibly rare for me to find races nowadays (due to the
heavy-traffic area I now live in + everyone selling their sports cars for
SUV's), I just have to post about the race I finally found today..

7:30pm.  I come to a signal (red).  I'm in front on the far right lane,
there's a bunch of cars in the two lanes to my left but I don't look to
see what they are.  Light goes green, I get going briskly but nothing too
excessive.  A few hundred feet later I'm cruising along and suddenly
notice some headlights coming fast to my left.  I don't think too much of
it since none of the yuppies around here driving the real cars are into
racing.. Maybe it's some "sporty car" with an aggressive driver.

Whoooooosh....  Brand spanking new Porsche 911 Cabrio passes me by.
(Hasn't received his license plates yet).  He wants to play!  I give
thanks to the turbo god for this unexpected present :)

I drop to second, get on the gas, reel him in, pass him, and put some car
lengths on him.  I slow down to 35 and wait for him to catch up.. He
approaches & guns it when he's about 1 car length behind me.  I let him
pick up momentum and as he comes by me & starts to pass, I punch the gas.
 It's no contest, he's quickly in my rear mirror and after falling about
6 car lengths behind I think he gives up on it.

We come to a red signal, I'm sitting there waiting for him.  He actually
looks over at me (amazing) instead of ignoring me.  He's in his 30's and
wearing a smile.  I ask if he'll go one more time but his response was
muffled, I wasn't sure if it was a "yah" or "nah", I thought it was a
"nah" so I wasn't going to launch on him again & rub it in.  (Hey, I'm
trying to keep it classy).

The light changes, I start off really slow, but suddenly he takes off.  I
think he was about 3 car lengths ahead when I romped on the gas.  A
couple seconds later and I'm already starting to pass.. The best way to
describe it would be a stock DSM (turbo) giving a Honda Accord a couple
second head start and then just blowing by the Accord in no time.  A cat
playing with a mouse.. :)

At the next light I gave him a friendly farewell (he had a sheepish look
on his face) & then I headed back home..

And the new 911's have 300hp?.. (I wonder how much I was making on pump
gas..)

Anyways, it sure was satisfying.. Just had to share..

G'nite,
Marc

-- Go Back --