My first race... VICTORY!

[GRStinger]

So, last night I'm coming back from Thanksgiving dinner at friends house. 10:30ish. Have The Wife, my oldest daughter and her BF in the car. North on our only north/south freeway near downtown GR. Just cruising freeway speed. Notice this tricked rice-burner ziggin' and zaggin' around the cars in front of me. A white, WRX, I think. This thing is tuned. He's clearly proud of the flames licking out the back. Seems like a real d-bag. Saw me; slowed down; pulls up behind me... then gives me the fricken' brights!?! I give him the one-finger salute... then I realize - he wants to GO. OK, knuckle-head! Game on! Gave 'er a little juice; then let him pull along side. We both mashed and... blew his F***king doors off! I'm thinking we're going 75-80mph; I look donwn... 112! Best part: my wife and daughter are giggling: "let him catch up again, Dad!" (I' think the boyfriend had turned white by then). 2nd-best part: as he's pulling off the next exit, rolls down and gives me a thumbs up. Got this old man's adrenaline going for the first time in awhile. I might start going out and looking for a few more off these! God, I love this car!

 

[Stinger GT SS]

So, last night I'm coming back from Thanksgiving dinner at friends house. 10:30ish. Have The Wife, my oldest daughter and her BF in the car. North on our only north/south freeway near downtown GR. Just cruising freeway speed. Notice this tricked rice-burner ziggin' and zaggin' around the cars in front of me. A white, WRX, I think. This thing is tuned. He's clearly proud of the flames licking out the back. Seems like a real d-bag. Saw me; slowed down; pulls up behind me... then gives me the fricken' brights!?! I give him the one-finger salute... then I realize - he wants to GO. OK, knuckle-head! Game on! Gave 'er a little juice; then let him pull along side. We both mashed and... blew his F***king doors off! I'm thinking we're going 75-80mph; I look donwn... 112! Best part: my wife and daughter are giggling: "let him catch up again, Dad!" (I' think the boyfriend had turned white by then). 2nd-best part: as he's pulling off the next exit, rolls down and gives me a thumbs up. Got this old man's adrenaline going for the first time in awhile. I might start going out and looking for a few more off these! God, I love this car!

Feels good don’t it, especially knowing your car is stock & ricer boy has ploughed a million bucks into his rice cooker only to get his butt kicked by Pop in a Kia....hehehe, love it.

 

[smmrfld]

112 with your family in the car on a holiday. Smart.

 

[GRStinger]

Feels good don’t it, especially knowing your car is stock & ricer boy has ploughed a million bucks into his rice cooker only to get his butt kicked by Pop in a Kia....hehehe, love it.

Yup. 100% stock and 4 people in my Stinger... and I had my winter wheels/tires on. That's the hottest they'll get 'til April!

 

[washguy]

"Got this old man's adrenaline going for the first time in awhile. I might start going out and looking for a few more off these! God, I love this car! "
Way to go GR ! That's the way to top off a holiday ....you didn't spill any leftovers in the car did ya?
Wash

 

[Stinger GT SS]

Yup. 100% stock and 4 people in my Stinger... and I had my winter wheels/tires on. That's the hottest they'll get 'til April!

Hahahaha, man glad we don’t have to have 2 sets of seasonal tyres here, one type all year round, only change em when they wear out.

 

[GRStinger]

112 with your family in the car on a holiday. Smart.

That didn't take long! Was waiting for that. Like I said, I was very surprised that I was going that fast. I hit the binders when I saw it, and let Mr. WRX pass by. I'm sure you've had that happen, right? Probably not, Alice.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I read your encounter with avid interest. My wife is in a state of mild despair. I keep talking about going fast again, and reassure her that I won't do it when the cops can get me. She's only slightly reassured. I've started talking about St Rt 318 in Nevada: the Silver State Classic Challenge. That sounds like an event I could try. Ninety miles of high speed cruising trying to be the closest in your class to the class average; starting at 95 MPH, and going up by 5 MPH increments to the fifteenth and highest class of 170 (Autoweek; Wikipedia says 180, with unlimited beyond that): to get close to that you have to hit speeds well above 200 MPH on the faster bits. Our Stingers would be in the lower classes, 95 to 110 MPH, the Stock street car touring class: with three point seatbelts, top speed limited to "tech speed" of 124 MPH (they have hidden detectors to hold you to that; I guess you can be disqualified or penalized). The race is between Lund and Hiko, but I don't know which end it starts at.
(edit to add: the festivities start in Ely, and parade over to Lund, c. 35 miles away. So Lund is evidently the start of the race: north to south; ninety screaming miles through the desert.)

 

[OliverNuther]

I read your encounter with avid interest. My wife is in a state of mild despair. I keep talking about going fast again, and reassure her that I won't do it when the cops can get me. She's only slightly reassured. I've started talking about St Rt 318 in Nevada: the Silver State Classic Challenge. That sounds like an event I could try. Ninety miles of high speed cruising trying to be the closest in your class to the class average; starting at 95 MPH, and going up by 5 MPH increments to the fifteenth and highest class of 170 (Autoweek; Wikipedia says 180, with unlimited beyond that): to get close to that you have to hit speeds well above 200 MPH on the faster bits. Our Stingers would be in the lower classes, 95 to 110 MPH, the Stock street car touring class: with three point seatbelts, top speed limited to "tech speed" of 124 MPH (they have hidden detectors to hold you to that; I guess you can be disqualified or penalized). The race is between Lund and Hiko, but I don't know which end it starts at.View attachment 15595

That sounds bloody fantastic. I wish we had something like that here. Very cannonball runnish without the comedy.

 

[MerlintheMad]

That sounds bloody fantastic. I wish we had something like that here. Very cannonball runnish without the comedy.

In fact, with some tragedy. Four fatalities in thirty years. the latest one four years ago, a 71 year-old guy with his daughter as navigator. He was a Silver State Classic run veteran, but still lost it on the final turn before the finish line. His car burned. His daughter tried to pull him out but couldn't. So, not so Cannonball Run(nish). But I bet there is a fair amount of humor that crops up anyway.

 

[OliverNuther]

In fact, with some tragedy. Four fatalities in thirty years. the latest one four years ago, a 71 year-old guy with his daughter as navigator. He was a Silver State Classic run veteran, but still lost it on the final turn before the finish line. His car burned. His daughter tried to pull him out but couldn't. So, not so Cannonball Run(nish). But I bet there is a fair amount of humor that crops up anyway.

No, nothing funny about that. Statistically though, a good record. Statistics however are no comfort to the poor girl trying to drag her Dad out of the car.

 

[GTA Jay]

I’m sure it’s the dad in me, but this story is nothing to brag about. Do stupid shit on your own accord, not with a mom and children in the car. I would never race someone, or even drive spirited with my daughter in the car. The repercussions of something going wrong hold zero value vs the rush of excitement you get from pulling on someone.

 

[MerlintheMad]

I’m sure it’s the dad in me, but this story is nothing to brag about. Do stupid shit on your own accord, not with a mom and children in the car. I would never race someone, or even drive spirited with my daughter in the car. The repercussions of something going wrong hold zero value vs the rush of excitement you get from pulling on someone.

When we commit an act of impulsivity, all we can do afterward is repent in sackcloth and ashes and "vow to endeavor to persevere" to never, ever, do it again. (And savor the memory, of course; being grateful to Providence that nothing happened.)

 

[DoctorStiches]

112 with your family in the car on a holiday. Smart.

Thanks mom! jk my mom wouldn't mind

 

[nhcowboy28]

Unbecoming behavior for a stinger.

Be better than the mustang crowd (I was one so I know the demographics).

 

[westcoastGT]

..................getting a bit hypocritical here , GR posted a race , several members have as well , if he's willing to post with all the attendant detail then I think we should assume he's made the post and had the race with sufficient knowledge of the rights and wrongs of the situation ..........he doesnt need chiding .................IMHO

 

[Ecobust]

I’m sure it’s the dad in me, but this story is nothing to brag about. Do stupid shit on your own accord, not with a mom and children in the car. I would never race someone, or even drive spirited with my daughter in the car. The repercussions of something going wrong hold zero value vs the rush of excitement you get from pulling on someone.

I'm not even a dad and I fully agree with you. Risking the lives of three others is beyond ridiculous.

 

[Kamauxx]

Unbecoming behavior for a stinger.

Be better than the mustang crowd (I was one so I know the demographics).

If he were driving a mustang he would have promptly smashed into a crowd of onlookers and their parked cars.

So he's at least a little bit better than them.

 

[DoctorStiches]

Can we all stop this 'Dad'ing that you guys (not all of you) are doing. If you dont want to hear the race stories then dont look at the race threads

 

[nhcowboy28]

If he were driving a mustang he would have promptly smashed into a crowd of onlookers and their parked cars.

So he's at least a little bit better than them.

Too funny. I thought of all those videos when I said it. Lol