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gixxerdrew
DSM Wiseman
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- Oct 5, 2007
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Yokohama, Japan,
Asia
I wanted to tell you guys something kind of a personal story now that I have a breather.
One of my goals with this car was to prove a point. I wanted to say basically, screw the haters. You know from day one I've been hearing it up and down with this car wrong wheel drive, convertible top and meanwhile I was cruising the streets in a car I loved spanking Porsches and Ferraris, with the breeze blowing in my hair. You can hate on convertibles all day long but there's something to be said for that.
I first built this car because I came from a background drag racing bikes. After a good friend of mine passed away on a group ride I swore off riding motorcycles the closest thing I could replace that with was a convertible car, this was what I could afford and what I could make fast. I became really attached to the car when I had a beautiful girlfriend that lived in LA and I was in love. I'd drive down to see her (about 5 hours away) every other weekend and the hours just melted away with that top down. When I lost that relationship and I lost my job I had to throw everything in my eclipse and go to wherever I could find work. During the dot com crash I lived like that for a while.
I got older I could afford basically a lot more car but I still loved this thing. My tastes changed a lot, what I wanted it to do and how I wanted it to look and every time I changed it. Each time I found I had to blaze my own trails, find my own way because nothing that was out there did I what I wanted and it had to be exactly how I wanted. I've spent many many years not buying new clothes or shoes, losing girlfriends I've made so many sacrifices over many years. Its just who I am. I take pride in what I build and I always did, win or lose, or cheated out of a win like what happened in Land Speed. It gives me a sense of achievement and I think to be happy you have to see that achievement when the chips are down and up so screw the haters.
I want people to fear those three letters, I want break that mold that we are junk cars that go fast only in a straight line. These cars won world challenge in their hay day, and IMO new cars suck. They do have better chassis but their engines aren't half the motor the 4g is. I want to prove words like what David Buschur said about DSM's wrong. We are diamond stars and we're out to get you. I dont know why nobody cared to do this until now but yah, I do have something prove. That's why I try to share what I am doing here because I want to increase the strength of not just my car, but all DSMs and I don't fear sharing it because I know that whatever I put here I'm already planning the next steps and I have to be on my game to be ahead anyway.
I do have to say one thing, now that I know where we are at with the car and what we're up against which is a huge huge adversary. These guys are a factory mazda team with a 100% dialed in ready to battle car and I hate to say it but a 13 year newer chassis is a huge advantage last I checked playstation doesnt make car parts so thats probably a CASH sponsor . We really have to be ready to do battle while I am developing at the fastest pace I can afford to and wont have a nervous breakdown on, I assure you, so are they. And.. they are already ahead. I think their blistering 2:00.3 time still had more on the table.
I have been making a point to keep in contact with the officials about small changes to make sure I'm within the allowed boundaries so I never get a repeat of what happened to me in land speed. When I went through tech inspection it was pretty clear that people were not happy with the car I was building to compete against them (I have no idea who was unhappy). There are still many cars that may show up at later races as well or cars that might come back down from mod class that are very fast. There's a long tough battle ahead of me. I may have to be happy with second place but I wont rest on it!
One of my goals with this car was to prove a point. I wanted to say basically, screw the haters. You know from day one I've been hearing it up and down with this car wrong wheel drive, convertible top and meanwhile I was cruising the streets in a car I loved spanking Porsches and Ferraris, with the breeze blowing in my hair. You can hate on convertibles all day long but there's something to be said for that.
I first built this car because I came from a background drag racing bikes. After a good friend of mine passed away on a group ride I swore off riding motorcycles the closest thing I could replace that with was a convertible car, this was what I could afford and what I could make fast. I became really attached to the car when I had a beautiful girlfriend that lived in LA and I was in love. I'd drive down to see her (about 5 hours away) every other weekend and the hours just melted away with that top down. When I lost that relationship and I lost my job I had to throw everything in my eclipse and go to wherever I could find work. During the dot com crash I lived like that for a while.
I got older I could afford basically a lot more car but I still loved this thing. My tastes changed a lot, what I wanted it to do and how I wanted it to look and every time I changed it. Each time I found I had to blaze my own trails, find my own way because nothing that was out there did I what I wanted and it had to be exactly how I wanted. I've spent many many years not buying new clothes or shoes, losing girlfriends I've made so many sacrifices over many years. Its just who I am. I take pride in what I build and I always did, win or lose, or cheated out of a win like what happened in Land Speed. It gives me a sense of achievement and I think to be happy you have to see that achievement when the chips are down and up so screw the haters.
I want people to fear those three letters, I want break that mold that we are junk cars that go fast only in a straight line. These cars won world challenge in their hay day, and IMO new cars suck. They do have better chassis but their engines aren't half the motor the 4g is. I want to prove words like what David Buschur said about DSM's wrong. We are diamond stars and we're out to get you. I dont know why nobody cared to do this until now but yah, I do have something prove. That's why I try to share what I am doing here because I want to increase the strength of not just my car, but all DSMs and I don't fear sharing it because I know that whatever I put here I'm already planning the next steps and I have to be on my game to be ahead anyway.
I do have to say one thing, now that I know where we are at with the car and what we're up against which is a huge huge adversary. These guys are a factory mazda team with a 100% dialed in ready to battle car and I hate to say it but a 13 year newer chassis is a huge advantage last I checked playstation doesnt make car parts so thats probably a CASH sponsor . We really have to be ready to do battle while I am developing at the fastest pace I can afford to and wont have a nervous breakdown on, I assure you, so are they. And.. they are already ahead. I think their blistering 2:00.3 time still had more on the table.
I have been making a point to keep in contact with the officials about small changes to make sure I'm within the allowed boundaries so I never get a repeat of what happened to me in land speed. When I went through tech inspection it was pretty clear that people were not happy with the car I was building to compete against them (I have no idea who was unhappy). There are still many cars that may show up at later races as well or cars that might come back down from mod class that are very fast. There's a long tough battle ahead of me. I may have to be happy with second place but I wont rest on it!
