[Shotimes] Another silly race story

[David P]

Low 15's car. You gained on him when he had to shift into second, but he got
back into his power spot as you were finishing off second gear. You'd have
started pulling on him again as soon as he had to hit fourth while you were
still in third, although the ground he gained in second was considerable,
and makes me think he was running a little extra boost.


David P

95MTX



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Kesselring" <ckesselring@sisna.com>
To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 14:54
Subject: [Shotimes] Another silly race story


> On Friday, on my way home from work, I encountered a guy in an Eclipse
GS-T
> who rolled up next to me at a light.  Of course, the light took forever to
> turn, and we spent it checking out each other's cars.  His was lowered,
nice
> wheels, and he had a few huge gauges on the side of his dash.  Also, a
real
> (I HAVE seen fake ones) fire extinguisher on the passenger side A pillar.
> On green, we both took off.  It was almost dead even through first gear,
and
> halfway through second I had a 3/4 car length on him and pulling when the
> Eclipse jumped and started gaining fast.  At the top of second, he was
> creeping past me.  We had traffic ahead, so we both shut it down.  I was
> surprised at his burst of acceleration at the end, maybe it was nitrous,
or
> just a sweet spot for the turbo?  It was a nice car, though, and a good
> race.
>
> Christian Kesselring
> '92 SHO 120k
> '02 PT Cruiser 15k
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