Re: Good race last night

From: KURTZ ERIC (erics5.9@home.com)
Date: Thu Jul 08 1999 - 20:13:42 EDT


Chad,
  Excellent! I love good stories and happy endings!
Eric

RCPL-VAN CNIWR wrote:
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> After months of not finding a decent match-up, I found one last night.
> I'm cruising around and I see a late-80s IROC ahead of me. Kid and his
> girlfriend. Cool. Get beside him at about 35 mph and inch ahead of
> him. He, of course, nudges the gas because as insecure males, we must
> not be left behind. I respond with a stomp, as does he. I pull away a
> little bit, but he keeps up. We get to a light. He's got a big grin
> and is motioning for a race. I happily oblige. He revs it up, telling
> me that it's a 5 spd, If stock, that would be a TPI 305, but I've seen
> many around that have had 350s put in them. Anyway, I brake torque to
> 1300 rpm, light goes green, I stomp it and spin. I think he spun too,
> but I was concentratng on me. I drive through the spin and get a
> fender on him. He pulls his nose to my front wheel, but loses ground
> on his 1-2 shift. He pulls to my front wheel again, but we shut it
> down for the next light. R/T 1, Iroc 0.
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> Chad Niwranski
> 99 R/T CC Black/agate
> Abbotsford, BC



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