My death...
My death... The Contestants: 2007 Dodge Viper Yellow with black stripes, 5% tint and huge yellow wheels. Same model as pic below.
VS: Me. Complete bolt on M6 2006 GTO.
The Setup:
So, I'm heading south through Grandview, MO on my way home from a tailor. With me are three passengers, and a tank about 3/4 full.
I look in the rear view after getting on the interstate and notice some VERY familiar headlights and black racing stripes. I've seen this car, and honked at this car numerous times because we live pretty close to each other, but today was the day.
Because of traffic, the guy ends up passing me as I glare into his 5% tint (or try to at least). Of course I hop behind him and pace him for a few seconds before the car in front of him moves over to the right lane.
The "Race" (if you want to call it that):
Now, after this car moved out of the way, the Viper starts pulling away instantly right as I down shift to 3rd (going about 65. One of the passengers...my mother, lmao, starts to scream and protest as I punch it. Well, I go through 3rd, he's pulling, 4th, he's pulling. Get my warning speed beep at 125mph and he's about 2 buses ahead of me and I shut her down. He keeps going for another few seconds until I flashed my lights at him.
The aftermath:
Finally caught up to him after he got in the right lane to exit at OUR exit. I pulled along side him we both rolled our windows down. My mom, my wife and I gave him a thumbs up and he returned the favor. I hopped ahead of him a couple cars and we both exited. He pulled on side of me at the light and blew the horn, exchange thumbs up again. I noticed he had a yellow Eagle Globe and Anchor emblem on his rear window, so I wish I could have talked to him for a bit but traffic was thick and we were heading in opposite directions.
My Thoughts:
I knew there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to beat or even pull on this guy, but honestly, I just wanted to see him run, and it was well worth it. Maybe without the extra 400lbs of passenger weight I would have done a little better. I'll cam my car and try him sometime before I PCS to another base.
VS: Me. Complete bolt on M6 2006 GTO.
The Setup:
So, I'm heading south through Grandview, MO on my way home from a tailor. With me are three passengers, and a tank about 3/4 full.
I look in the rear view after getting on the interstate and notice some VERY familiar headlights and black racing stripes. I've seen this car, and honked at this car numerous times because we live pretty close to each other, but today was the day.
Because of traffic, the guy ends up passing me as I glare into his 5% tint (or try to at least). Of course I hop behind him and pace him for a few seconds before the car in front of him moves over to the right lane.
The "Race" (if you want to call it that):
Now, after this car moved out of the way, the Viper starts pulling away instantly right as I down shift to 3rd (going about 65. One of the passengers...my mother, lmao, starts to scream and protest as I punch it. Well, I go through 3rd, he's pulling, 4th, he's pulling. Get my warning speed beep at 125mph and he's about 2 buses ahead of me and I shut her down. He keeps going for another few seconds until I flashed my lights at him.
The aftermath:
Finally caught up to him after he got in the right lane to exit at OUR exit. I pulled along side him we both rolled our windows down. My mom, my wife and I gave him a thumbs up and he returned the favor. I hopped ahead of him a couple cars and we both exited. He pulled on side of me at the light and blew the horn, exchange thumbs up again. I noticed he had a yellow Eagle Globe and Anchor emblem on his rear window, so I wish I could have talked to him for a bit but traffic was thick and we were heading in opposite directions.
My Thoughts:
I knew there was NO WAY IN HELL I was going to beat or even pull on this guy, but honestly, I just wanted to see him run, and it was well worth it. Maybe without the extra 400lbs of passenger weight I would have done a little better. I'll cam my car and try him sometime before I PCS to another base.
