Hey, this is for everyone to listen & learn, brag & boast, share your errors, etc. In other words, share your racing stories, win or lose (hey, can't win all the time). It's always good to hear a good story!

 

At the strip I just happened to line up against an early 90's mustang LX, flowmasters, wide tires, K&N, you know the typical mustang mods that make mustang owners think they own the road. The last orange light up and we launched. (I'm on factory tires) He had me out of the hole pretty well. He was actually leaving me behind, but once my wheelspin subsided, and I hit third gear on full boost I started gaining on him violently and passed him at about half track and left him wondering what happened. (can you say Type-R? can you say VTEC? can you say BOOST?) Later on , I was parked trackside with my buddy's black 91 GS, and some dude's black 02 RSX S all lined up next to each other. Mustang guy comes over looking at our cars with a dumbfounded look on his face.
I overheard him saying to his bud "What makes these things so goddamn fast?" Needless to say, that put a smile on my face, and I went on to run him again, beating him even worse this time (he was running mid 14's, I was running mid to high 13's) I can't wait until next season to see how much money he spent to beat guys like me!!

 

My sophomore year of college (98) I bought a 68 mustang, and juiced it (yeah I was one of them it had soooo much horsepower. There is a perfect two mile strip of backroad right outside the university where anyone could race. One night I squared against a 97 or 98 ITR, didn't really know at the time. I was being a complete monkey, revving and chirping, and he just sat and waited for the light to turn. As soon as it went green I dropped the clutch and POP!! broke my unijionts and dropped my shaft.

It was f-in embarasing ops: But the coolest part was the ITR ran the full quarter before coming back around, and he was fast...Now that I look back at it, I was one of those kids that I laugh at when I see them giving the R dirty looks.

There is no better way to learn a lesson than thru failure
Dev

 

I really like your quote, I live by it with one exception, learn through other people's failures if possible, although nothing beats a good old failure done on your own for learning a lesson

 

Learn through everyone's mistakes, how's that?

Anyway, here's an embarrassing story for you. I just got my ITR 2 weeks prior, and was going to race my friend's slightly modified Civic Si. Unfortunately, I didn't know about no VTEC on a cold motor (and bad for ur car). i ran him cold motor, and stayed with him all the way up to 3rd gear. Around 4th, he started pulling...just a little. Anyway, he won. If I ran him now, with what I know, he wouldn't stand a chance...but he won't run me again :cry: .

Here's a bragging story for you. Celica GT-S, black, at the street races in the city of Brea. Supposodly faster than Type-R's. He was running an Injen intake, GReddy (4-1) Header, and A'pexi Exhaust. I was still bone stock. He got a better launch than I did, because I kinda blanked out for some reason...oh well. I caught him by the end of first gear. Pulled even with him in 2nd and 3rd...neither of us was pulling on eachother. Then 4th gear came around and I inched passed him. It was cool because it's just that feeling where you're slowly pulling on them, and you know they're trying, but can't do anything about it.

Stupid Story: My friend tried to race me with his Honda Odyssey. Needless to say, I burned the hell out of him. It must have looked like that scene from Back to the Future (pick up all three of them tomorrow!). Later on, he was like...damn, ur s#it is fast. lolx.

 

What do you mean... How's that?
How that is, is very simple. If you watch someone burn their hand on a hot pipe, do you really have to burn your's to know that was hot? If your buddy runs into a tree, do you have to run into a tree to learn that it's no fun? Etc...etc....etc....anotherwords, learn through other people's mistakes, it's a lot cheaper.

 

yeah, i see your point...
New Story
Racing a Civic down the freeway (I didn't pick on the Civic, he was asking for it...weaving in and out of traffic, and hitting his hazards on all modified cars, so I figured he's fast). I pull up next to him, cruising 70 (he slowed down, because I hazard him from behind), and he looked at me. I looked back, and pointed forward, like saying, "you wanna give it a go?" He looks down at the Type-R logo, and his eyes got big, then looks back at me, back at the Type-R logo, and then at me...and shakes his head, No. Then slows down to 60 (guessing), as I just cruise along home at 70 (coming from work).
never seen anyone so intimidated by a Type-R before...

 

this is true sh-t and I like it because everytime that people wants to race the integras they always look-down, making sure that there is no Type R logo.

 

I agree. I just got my ITR less than a week ago. I usually take it out at night because there is no traffic and less cops. Anyway, last nite i was about to enter an expressway. A civic comes up behind me and then comes over to my side. He looks at me and I look at him. He then looks back, towards the Type R logo. He shook his head, saying nevermind I assumed. I just started laughing and sped away slowly. I was actually quite happy. I can barely use the car. I woulda lost the race easily. Type R = GOD.

ITR 703

 

That's a good thing. The R logo just weeds out the idiots. Around here, it's all mustangs and camaros, they are clueless on the R. That's what makes spanking these mutants so rewarding.