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mr playz

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Mar 12, 2005
whittier, California
Well I'm making a left turn down Valley View over by my house I kinda give it some gas around the turn spinning my tires a bit, just for fun. When I look in my review mirror and I see a nice looking luxury car do the same thing and come right up on my ass. I quickly throw it into second and floor it and pull inches but he is still there. Were coming to the next light and the guy is looking at me, but I still didn't know what kind of car it was. Well the light turns green and I hit it so does he. FWD I just spinn out like a retard and pulls hard I mean kills me horrible, as he passed me though I saw what it was. 300c SRT-8. I was like oh OMG Well he pulls instantly like 8 cars. I catch up and slow down to 20mph as we are coming to a light that was about to turn green for us. I said perfect I don't have to go from a stop taking his RWD advantage away from him. We are even when the light turns green and I floor it from second about 4000 rpm's. I stayed close to him through second with him pulling a little bit but the middle and top of third he just pulls me crazy!! 3 or four cars in a matter of seconds, I was damn. I pull up to him at the next light and said, "it's a SRT-8 huh!" He said ya 425 hp. I said ya it's fast. He said "well what do you have in there? I was a little suprised you kept up at all." I said "pretty much close to stock it comes with a small turbo". He was a cool older guy and said he hated his traction control. I asked if he could turn it off he said no. That sucks. While we are talking only going 15 mph he punches it again as do I and get a little tire spin but he just pulled away. Those things are fast! I like to see a older guy with a powerful car actully use it! At least he got a little suprised from a 9 year old DSM convertible. :D
 
So what track was this at?
 
I take it that was a smart ass comment?
 
Interesting story:) Thats crazy tho 425 hp's not bad, is the styling on those that much different than just the 300c?
 
Whittier dragway. haven't you heard of it? Opened 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Not much prep though.
 
They pretty much look the same as the 300c but the SRT-8 Is in bright red! It's pretty nice looking luxury car. More like a pimp car.
 
1993eclipseGS said:
Track Talk: Preparation, technique, tips, and "kill" stories from the track. AutoX, Road Race, and Drag Strip.

Hi..

Yes it was on a ROAD and it was a RACE= ROAD RACE! :D
 
SRT-8 Mangum is very nice too. 6.1L Hemi....

Unfortunately this thread started out as a street race and the responses aren't really helping things much. I'm sure there's lots of us out here that enjoy the story but it's just not safe to street race/horseplay and we don't encourage or harbor a venue to share this kind of story.
Thanks,
Doug
 
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