http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...ZmQzMXk1NDE%3D

That should do it. There was a news article with it, but that's long since gone. This is the one with the fools in France.

 

post the one about the idiot in the s2000. i'm from philly and i heard about that accident. it some dumb young kid who thought he could drive. thanks sscguy!!!

NT

 

Have you followers of the Honda Challenge noticed how very often Corey Jacobs makes it to Turn One well ahead of higher horsepower cars?

LOL...

Corey cut his teeth in his teenage years at a 1/8 mile drag strip out in the woods in Culpeper.

In consequence of this, he's just a better drag racer, and since Honda Challenge is standing start, he usually begins the race a leg up on any competition.

 

The S2000 one wasn't a video, it was an article on a news site, and I made a mistake, apparently one of them actually lived...
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/121..._dragrace.html

By the way George, what are you talking about? Did you post on the wrong thread? I know you're old, but I didn't think you were getting senile yet... :wink: j/k

 

Just thought it was an interesting tidbit for all those people who can't make it to Turn One before Corey.

:P

 

Heh heh. I've often thought about practicing launching somewhere totally deserted, but have never been able to find a place.

 

Well i'll say this, I used to street race and I'm not telling others to. When I was younger and wilder I tried some pretty crazy stupid things, but nowadays especially because I own a ITR I see idiots everyday acting crazy on the highway. just the sight of me coming up on them on the highway on my road home, people in other vehicles (VW's other imports) either try to downshift and start hauling ass or pull some crazy manuever cutting off other cars without signaling just to entice me to race in traffic. I've come to my own realization that there is a time an place for such activities and it's not on the street. We as ITR import owners have enough heat placed on us because of movies and stupid acts. So to even try to race and you get caught or worse your adding to the problem rather then helping it. :twisted:


but that just me

 

Good to hear Kangbateh, keep on keepin' it on the track. If they really want to race you, tell them to come to the next autox or track day. By the way, I agree with what you said about drag racing the R, it's really not meant for that. I don't find much fun in drag racing anyway, just going in a straight line for a few seconds, regardless of how fast, I dunno, just doesn't do it for me.

 

Same here, i don't feel you are using an ITR to its full potential unless its in an Autox. Thats where real skill comes in. I myself am a young kid (19) but i do know that street racing isn't good. Its not worth risking a ticket or dying to show to some 16 yr old who just got his license that i'm better. Any recent challenges i have gotten since i got my R, i have made them all Autox races. About half agreed, the other half chickened out. This way, I become a better driver and also get to shut up some of my friends who say the R isn't "that great."

NT #703

 

Heh heh, very nice swtxaznrac3r. Ever taken it on a track before? From what I've been able to gather from my own track experiences, if autox is really fun, tracking is REALLY fun. If I wasn't going to school and had loads of money laying around, that's all I'd do.