Street Racing & Kill Stories - Embarrassed myself the other day...yes I got beat

Ok I resisted posting this, cause my ego is huge. Well here we go... On my way to my girls house I come up on this S197 kinda light green GT. Nice day windows open blower whining, LM2's singing. I don't give it much thought looked pretty stock and I couldn't hear it over my car.
Come up to a light and I'm like holy shit has DR's and 3 pillar gauges and get a load of this, a probably 75 year old guy at the wheel. Guy couldn't be more than 5' tall, looks like he is sitting on a phone book. I'm staring at him trying to get him to look over and I mean he has both hands on the wheel in a death grip, hollow stare straight ahead. In my head I'm saying must be borrowing his sons car... light turns green he rolls away kinda quickly. I gas it to get up to him. I get next to him at about 30 or so and get this he freakin nails it car just squats and goes. In shock I nail mine my DR's go up in smoke he has me by about 5 lengths at about 80 and he backs off. I'm like did I just get smoked by father time or what? Guess I did. We come up to the next light, I'm beeping trying to get his attention...Same death grip on the wheel but I caught a shit eating grin on his face still looking forward. I wanted to go again but he would have no part of it he pulled one over on me and he was gonna take that win to the bank. He must smoke alot of unsuspecting dumbasses like me....:cheers: to him.



Disclaimer story is bs...

To bad you did not get another more even heads up run against him. Looks like you got a stout car and he knew better than to give you another chance, lol.

Damn I love your car. Oh well, he kinda pulled a fast one. But hey that probably made his day. So I say cool deal!

He knew better than to run again!! lol

lol...hope Im like that in 40 years

Ok I resisted posting this, cause my ego is huge. Well here we go... On my way to my girls house I come up on this S197 kinda light green GT. Nice day windows open blower whining, LM2's singing. I don't give it much thought looked pretty stock and I couldn't hear it over my car.
Come up to a light and I'm like holy shit has DR's and 3 pillar gauges and get a load of this, a probably 75 year old guy at the wheel. Guy couldn't be more than 5' tall, looks like he is sitting on a phone book. I'm staring at him trying to get him to look over and I mean he has both hands on the wheel in a death grip, hollow stare straight ahead. In my head I'm saying must be borrowing his sons car... light turns green he rolls away kinda quickly. I gas it to get up to him. I get next to him at about 30 or so and get this he freakin nails it car just squats and goes. In shock I nail mine my DR's go up in smoke he has me by about 5 lengths at about 80 and he backs off. I'm like did I just get smoked by father time or what? Guess I did. We come up to the next light, I'm beeping trying to get his attention...Same death grip on the wheel but I caught a shit eating grin on his face still looking forward. I wanted to go again but he would have no part of it he pulled one over on me and he was gonna take that win to the bank. He must smoke alot of unsuspecting dumbasses like me....:cheers: to him.



Disclaimer story is bs...

Nice death! It happens to the best of us!

lol that kinda ass kicking happens form time 2 time. He got that ass an kept his victory by not giving you a second race...cool:)

All i can imagine is this old man sitting in a bar laughing telling all his old war buddies how he just kicked this guys ass in a built mach 1 and they are buying him a round of 75 cent drafts haha

It happens from time to time

Thanks guys I really would have loved to know what was in the thing, probably keeps it a secret so he can make some cash. LOL It may have been blown it moved out pretty good M5 too guy was rowing through the gears hope I'm like that in 30 years. :drive:

Damn your car is slow...


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Good death man, I wouldn't be ashamed!

hahah he pulled a fast one on ya an shit if he's doin that to guys at his age you gotta know he's a not only a senior but a veteran racer... good death, but next time be ready lol

If you play into his conditions and chase its still a race; now the reason I say that is it sounds like in this case he got you on his optimum condition, and not yours, thus making his win a little easier... I am sure he did not know exactly what you had, but good deal on hedging his bets on choosing his best spot to run you!

We have a decently quick car, and sure it is hard not to open her up when someone runs from you; but sometimes playing their game by their rules ends with a hurt ego when in all likelihood had everything been equal you would have (or could have) won. IE, why people say anything can happen on the street... Of course I am sure you already know all of this and I am just preaching to the choir.

Oh yeah, nice car!

If you had a LS1 you would of won...








































Jk lol Good Death!

Damn your car is slow...


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Good death man, I wouldn't be ashamed!

LOL your right I need more money... Wish I lived closer to redneckville up there so I could give you a run.:cheers:







hahah he pulled a fast one on ya an shit if he's doin that to guys at his age you gotta know he's a not only a senior but a veteran racer... good death, but next time be ready lol

Your right probably alot of experience messing with guys like me!!



If you play into his conditions and chase its still a race; now the reason I say that is it sounds like in this case he got you on his optimum condition, and not yours, thus making his win a little easier... I am sure he did not know exactly what you had, but good deal on hedging his bets on choosing his best spot to run you!

We have a decently quick car, and sure it is hard not to open her up when someone runs from you; but sometimes playing their game by their rules ends with a hurt ego when in all likelihood had everything been equal you would have (or could have) won. IE, why people say anything can happen on the street... Of course I am sure you already know all of this and I am just preaching to the choir.

Oh yeah, nice car!

Thanks man, well said and great avitar.




If you had a LS1 you would of won...































Jk lol Good Death!

Maybe my buddies 8 second LSX could have beat him with the hole I dug myself into.LOL

I'm still waiting for you to tell us that you were in your GF's car taking it back to her after you got done mounting the DR's for her.









no?



ROFL

I'm still waiting for you to tell us that you were in your GF's car taking it back to her after you got done mounting the DR's







no?



ROFL


Lol my girlfriends car is SLOW. Your car is faster. She drives an 06' Tribute V6

Lol my girlfriends car is SLOW. Your car is faster. She drives an 06' Tribute V6

Uh....actually, no. She'd kill me. LOL


I'm missing the stangs today man. GORGEOUS day out here and the GF is in MN. I could SO use a nice cruise/drive. :(

Uh....actually, no. She'd kill me. LOL


I'm missing the stangs today man. GORGEOUS day out here and the GF is in MN. I could SO use a nice cruise/drive. :(

It was raining all day here had the Explorer out. My buddies Cobra the other day check this thread out. I'll never drive in the rain on my drag radials again...
http://www.stangsofsouthflorida.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14329

its been raining so damn much here.....kinda makes me happy I don't have a bike or toy cause I know how pissed I would be if I did and couldn't drive it :lol:

good death. "shit eating grin" :jest: i can picture that old fart.

good death. "shit eating grin" :jest: i can picture that old fart.

Thanks man, hell yea he knew exactly what he was doing. The post about him bragging to his war buddies over 75 cent drafts was hillarious.:jest:

It's always the cars you suspect least that end up taking a win from you because you're just never ready for it, haha.

That's awesome! It's funny because tonight we were all hanging out in a parking lot with our cars and this really old dude pulls up in a Porsche Boxter and asks who wants to "drag". We all start laughing and he gets this grin on his face and then guns it across the lot. One of the coolest old men I've ever seen!

That's awesome! It's funny because tonight we were all hanging out in a parking lot with our cars and this really old dude pulls up in a Porsche Boxter and asks who wants to "drag". We all start laughing and he gets this grin on his face and then guns it across the lot. One of the coolest old men I've ever seen!

I'd guess the guy was 85-90 years old, no joke. He pulls up and goes, "HELLO FELLAS!!! SO WHO WANTS TO DRAG?!!" I wish I had a video. It was one of the best things I've ever seen.

Ok I resisted posting this, cause my ego is huge. Well here we go... On my way to my girls house I come up on this S197 kinda light green GT. Nice day windows open blower whining, LM2's singing. I don't give it much thought looked pretty stock and I couldn't hear it over my car.
Come up to a light and I'm like holy shit has DR's and 3 pillar gauges and get a load of this, a probably 75 year old guy at the wheel. Guy couldn't be more than 5' tall, looks like he is sitting on a phone book. I'm staring at him trying to get him to look over and I mean he has both hands on the wheel in a death grip, hollow stare straight ahead. In my head I'm saying must be borrowing his sons car... light turns green he rolls away kinda quickly. I gas it to get up to him. I get next to him at about 30 or so and get this he freakin nails it car just squats and goes. In shock I nail mine my DR's go up in smoke he has me by about 5 lengths at about 80 and he backs off. I'm like did I just get smoked by father time or what? Guess I did. We come up to the next light, I'm beeping trying to get his attention...Same death grip on the wheel but I caught a shit eating grin on his face still looking forward. I wanted to go again but he would have no part of it he pulled one over on me and he was gonna take that win to the bank. He must smoke alot of unsuspecting dumbasses like me....:cheers: to him.



Disclaimer story is bs...



If you could have gotten a more even run I am sure it would have been much closer!! That Mach of yours is one bad machine!!

That's awesome! It's funny because tonight we were all hanging out in a parking lot with our cars and this really old dude pulls up in a Porsche Boxter and asks who wants to "drag". We all start laughing and he gets this grin on his face and then guns it across the lot. One of the coolest old men I've ever seen!

I'd guess the guy was 85-90 years old, no joke. He pulls up and goes, "HELLO FELLAS!!! SO WHO WANTS TO DRAG?!!" I wish I had a video. It was one of the best things I've ever seen.

I'd say it was probably the same guy...lol but your old guy talked a hell of a lot more.

If you could have gotten a more even run I am sure it would have been much closer!! That Mach of yours is one bad machine!!

Thanks bro, coming from a guy with a car like yours that means alot.:cheers: