CarRacer
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I took 83/2000 to the track today. It wasn't the drag strip either. I ended up going to the local 1/4' mile asphalt circle track to participate in their spectator drags. It's pretty tame stuff and you never really know what will show up. It's mostly domestic stuff but some import stuff shows up as well. I wasn't able to get any video because my dad ended up grabbing his Camaro and racing as well because car count was down a little bit. He had fun screwing around and not actually racing. The races were a single lap from a standing start.
There were 2 neons, who I think were buddies as they raced against each other. The other cars were a mustang with headers and exhaust on it, a mazdaspeed protege, and a LT1 camaro, a F-350 turbo diesel, a ford contour (wtf?), and a jeep, and my dad's 67 Camaro.
It was double elimination and ended up being a good time. I raced the mazdaspeed first and that car ended up being pretty quick. Launching against it was a pretty good advantage, but it kept up with my car pretty well. The next few races ended up going by rather fast and I ended up in the final best 2 out of 3 against the lt1 camaro. I started on the inside on the first go around and ended up winning that race. I didn't see the same result starting on the outside on the next race and ended up losing. My car was pushing (understeer) like a dumptruck and I couldn't keep enough speed up to pass the Camaro. I lost the coin flip before the third race and the Camaro picked the inside line again and had the same result.
I was pretty happy with finishing second. The camaro was gutted out except for the dash and drivers seat and was sporting dot drag radials all around. My car didn't put up my of a fight with worn out rt615s. I was surprised to learn that I got $50 for being the first loser though, I was under the impression that we were only racing for trophies. All in all a fun day at the track with the car.
There were 2 neons, who I think were buddies as they raced against each other. The other cars were a mustang with headers and exhaust on it, a mazdaspeed protege, and a LT1 camaro, a F-350 turbo diesel, a ford contour (wtf?), and a jeep, and my dad's 67 Camaro.
It was double elimination and ended up being a good time. I raced the mazdaspeed first and that car ended up being pretty quick. Launching against it was a pretty good advantage, but it kept up with my car pretty well. The next few races ended up going by rather fast and I ended up in the final best 2 out of 3 against the lt1 camaro. I started on the inside on the first go around and ended up winning that race. I didn't see the same result starting on the outside on the next race and ended up losing. My car was pushing (understeer) like a dumptruck and I couldn't keep enough speed up to pass the Camaro. I lost the coin flip before the third race and the Camaro picked the inside line again and had the same result.
I was pretty happy with finishing second. The camaro was gutted out except for the dash and drivers seat and was sporting dot drag radials all around. My car didn't put up my of a fight with worn out rt615s. I was surprised to learn that I got $50 for being the first loser though, I was under the impression that we were only racing for trophies. All in all a fun day at the track with the car.
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