RACE STORIES:
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My car VS 97 Honda Civic Vtec [Jeff Cockerham]
Jefferson City, MO ~9:00p.m.

Well is was out cruising the blvd one night with friend Isaac. We drove past a plaza where all of us hang out after it gets dark on the weekends. Well a couple of my friends were there so Isaac and I decided to stop by and say whats up. My friend jeff was there with another friend of mine, Corey. I was feeling like driving fast so I jokingly told Jeff we should race. Well, he said ok and we started down the blvd. I pulled up to the stop light discussing my launch with Isaac. He said that I should launch at about 3500rpms. I was like "no way" way to many r's buddy. So here comes Jeff pullin up on my left side. We sat there for a second Jeff's music is blaring and him and Corey ask me if I'm ready. Well I rev my car up to about ~2300rpm, and when the light turns green I dumped the clutch. I just sat there and spun my tires. Jeff had already taken off. Finally I grabbed traction and took off, by the next light I was pulling on my friend in his Civic with an aftermarket air intake. I was like a car length and a half behind him when he drove through the next stop light. DAMN I lost!!!! Oh well, it was just a little friendly competition. Maybe next time.



My car VS 94 Pontiac Firebird V6 [mods] [Jesse Fritz]
Jefferson City, MO ~12:30a.m.

Well all of my closest friends are hanging out over at my friend Rocky's apartment, and we just got finished watching the Fast and the Furious so naturally we wanted to drive really fast. Jesse hollas across the living room at me, "Modem! wanna run 'em?" So I said sure and we got in our cars, along with some andy guy that drives a white 2000 Civic. We drove out towards Jamestown on this straight stretch that was almost 2.5 miles long exactly. We made a pass to see how the road conditions were, and then we went and lined up at one end of the straight stretch. Andy [I'll call him Andy dude] sat about half way down the road and it was his job to flash his lights if he saw a car coming. Well Jesse and I are ready to race and pumped up. He says on the count of three we go, well he counts to three and we both take off. I had the same problem again!!! DAMMIT! no traction. I finally caught traction and didn't leave his back quarter panel. We ran all the way up to about 85-95Mph before we stopped. He beat me [I really need to work on my launch] Oh well, like I always say "Theres always another race".



My car VS 2000 Civic [Auto/Vtec/no mods] [Andy dude]
Jefferson City, MO ~1:15a.m.

On the way back to Jeff City after my race with Jesse, me and this Andy dude turned off on to this new road by a strip of road we call twilight. I waited for him at a stop light right before this gigantic stretch of open road. I light turned green and I just barely took off. Andy goes flying by me [he didn't have to stop, I was waiting for him] Up ahead you see his breaklights come on. Well it was me and Rocky this time. I pulled up next to Andy dude in third gear runnin about 25mph. I heard his car downshift, so I jerked it down into second gear. I took off! Andy couldn't catch up to me. [my car runs better if you are already moving] A little down the road we decided to run them again at about 40mph, and yet I killed him again [this was with my stock muffler] But I guess I can't say that Andy dude didn't put up a good race, it was fun, and it is only a game.




My car VS 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse [Stock/Auto] [Rocky Martin]
California, MO ~11:00p.m.

Me and my friend Rocky were chillin at my friend James' House one night last week and we just decided that we should run our cars. Rocky was always saying that we had the "same" cars so mine wouldn't be any faster than his. Eventhough I have a header, exhaust, and an intake [basically], and a five speed he still didn't believe me. Well we went to this straight stretch that was about 3/4 of a mile long. So we lined em up and James said go. The first race I took him by storm, he decided that he should launch in second gear :) I was walking car lengths on him!! It was great. The second time we raced he decided to start out in first gear like he should. I had a perfect launch! No wheel spin. I pulled on him at first but at an upwards of 100mph he stayed right at the back of my passenger side door. It was a great race.