No one in the area really gives the colts and the mirages in the area any credit until they are personally beat, or see how well you hang. A few weeks ago some of the other sleepers on the local car boards got into it. They started setting up a good time to have a race. I volunteered to join on the action thinking I could easily handle just about all the other budget builds. The night that ended up being the night, was after a car show that the entire online colorado racing community new about. It's mostly set up by one board, but we have compition out here so the other 3 catch wind and it ends up being where EVERYONE goes.
This month it wasn't too big, but there were still quite a few quick cars. Including an R32 Skyline with a single turbo conversion. 51-trim if i remember correctly. There was also a 4th gen Supra w/ single turbo. He was running a 67. After that, it was me, bobby, a turbo II rx7, turbo 626, a turbo honda hatch, a completely stock ws6 with a very good driver (13.7 at this altitude) and a small group of slightly slower cars trailing to more or less watch.
With the highway monsters the virtually all of us were, we hopped on the closest one we could find. Its already 10:30 pm, so traffic is really light, and we have 3 lanes to work with most the time. I was second in line behind the turbo II. Soon as we finished the onramp it was a go. The tII wasn't modified too much, just exhaust, intercooler, and other minor mods. I waited till he spooled. Then i waited til he started moving. I was dissapointed with its bottom end response. At that point i floored it in third (he started in second), and put about 7+ cars on him before i got off. After that, was the 626. He had a JDM motor of some type. 2 liter mazda turbo engine. He had a bigger turbo on it. He ran a 14.8 with decent traps and shitty 60's. The funny thing was, he thought he could take me. He was the one that actually set everything up in the first place. This time, the TII, me, and the 626 line up. I again wait until both of them are moving. I go ahead and floor it when the turbo II finally gets moving cause i couldn't see the 626. When i had about 4 cars on the tII i looked back and noticed that the 626 either had some serious lag issues, or waited for me. He had just started pulling on the tII pretty hard and you could tell it did have some top end. But it wasn't a match. He never caught. and actually blew something up a few minutes later.
For a while after that, i was out of the racing. I got a little too far ahead of the crowd. the 626, the tII, and some random car were holding everyone up. When a gap finally emerged, bobby pulled up and got a race in with the same people. Then they skyline emerged.
I see 3 cars behind me coming quick all of a sudden with a new set of headlights where bobby's were. they were the brightest of the set. I was at the perfect spool point in third and punched it. I had the hardest pull of the night right then. I see the 2 cars behind me start to fall back again but i cant see the skyline in my rear view anymore. Right then I hear the loudest exhaust i've ever heard. he probably passed me doing 145+. Of course, I couldn't catch. This is the same skyline i raced a few weeks ago. In that short of a time he did the single turbo conversion.
Then comes the supra racing some of the other cars i already beat. He flew by quickly and I couldn't get into it with him right away. About a mile down the road though, I was able to see what I could do. I dropped the car in to 3rd and waited for the supra to get in gear. He had a huge turbo, and I knew his top end was crazy, but I still waited til i could at least hear it start to spool before I took off. I punched it and put about a half car on the supra. He started pulling back up and hit his revlimter right in my window, he nailed it quickly though, i only heard it bounce twice. I was already in 4th at that point and managed to keep within a car of him for a good distance, but when fifth came. I was out of the picture. He instantly put many cars on me.
The ws6 was one of the cooler domestic guys i've met. he was actually the only domestic at the car show for almost the entire time. Hes trying to get an fd or a supra sometime soon, but also has an SS with a blower. The ws6 is exected to have the 427 in it next year though. He was probably about dead even with how bobby holds, but i think bobby beat him too. I could be wrong on that though.
We stopped and got gas after realizing we just did a half hour drive in 5 minutes. On our way back bobby and I managed to get a few highway pulls in with each other. There was one race where we shifted at EXACTLY the same time. It was about the coolest sounding thing I've ever heard. I was getting about a car a gear until we were moving a little faster. In 5th I would pull a little harder though.
About all there was left to race was the honda. It was a white hatch that dynoed at around 320 or so. The rumor was 380, but unless he was lying, it was straight from his mouth. 3rd gear start for me. I think he might have gone second. I put a car or 2 on him instantly, but he started reeling me in after that. he passed me, but when he finally hit 4th i caught back up. We had to get off though. He still had a half car on me.
All in all, it was about as fun as it gets.
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