treynor
Enthusiast
I was up at Sacramento Raceway last night for the Sep11 Grudge Night drags, driving my wife's '03 SRT/10 Viper on drag radials, and while there ran into a very clean white WRX STi and got to chatting with its owner. He turned out to have a turbo conversion, engine management system, upgraded fuel system, and some other odds & ends. We decided to do a couple runs. Little did I know that the STi would be my closest races all evening, and my only losses out of 20 passes!
Our first race was in the 95F heat of the afternoon. When the lights turned green, the STi leapt out to a quick 2-carlength lead (jumping the gun slightly, as it turned out), and I was in the unfamiliar position of having to play catch up all the way down the track. I finally reeled him in on the big end, but the race was waaaay closer than I had expected, and I knew that there would be trouble when the temps dropped and the boosted STi picked up power
The next race was a nail-biter! The STi got an incredible holeshot and leapt to an early lead, while with the cooler temps the Viper just spun when I launched, and I had to pedal the throttle. Once again playing catch-up, I started reeling the STi in by half track and we were neck and neck as we approached the timing lights. In the end the STi was a few hundredths ahead of the SRT, and the timeslip reflected the win.
We were both so pumped by this race that we immediately lined up to go again. This race my launch was better but my R/T was worse, and the STi combined an incredible .011 R/T with a great launch to run his best pass of the evening and beat me (again!!) by a clear 0.1 secs at the timing lights despite my faster pass. Arrrgh!!
Video: http://www.treynor.com/SRT-WRX.wmv
OK, now I wanted revenge Before our final run I practiced my launch a bit while the STi cooled off, and when we lined up for the final pass I was ready. My pass had a great RT and a good 60', and the STi made it easy on me by jumping the gun; by half-track the STi had missed a shift and given up. I don't mind saying I felt good that I was leaving the field of battle with a 2-2 score.
If no one buys it before next Grudge night, I'll have to pay him a visit in the Yellow DLM beastie and see how an extra 650HP affects the outcomes
Our first race was in the 95F heat of the afternoon. When the lights turned green, the STi leapt out to a quick 2-carlength lead (jumping the gun slightly, as it turned out), and I was in the unfamiliar position of having to play catch up all the way down the track. I finally reeled him in on the big end, but the race was waaaay closer than I had expected, and I knew that there would be trouble when the temps dropped and the boosted STi picked up power
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The next race was a nail-biter! The STi got an incredible holeshot and leapt to an early lead, while with the cooler temps the Viper just spun when I launched, and I had to pedal the throttle. Once again playing catch-up, I started reeling the STi in by half track and we were neck and neck as we approached the timing lights. In the end the STi was a few hundredths ahead of the SRT, and the timeslip reflected the win.
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We were both so pumped by this race that we immediately lined up to go again. This race my launch was better but my R/T was worse, and the STi combined an incredible .011 R/T with a great launch to run his best pass of the evening and beat me (again!!) by a clear 0.1 secs at the timing lights despite my faster pass. Arrrgh!!
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Video: http://www.treynor.com/SRT-WRX.wmv
OK, now I wanted revenge Before our final run I practiced my launch a bit while the STi cooled off, and when we lined up for the final pass I was ready. My pass had a great RT and a good 60', and the STi made it easy on me by jumping the gun; by half-track the STi had missed a shift and given up. I don't mind saying I felt good that I was leaving the field of battle with a 2-2 score.
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If no one buys it before next Grudge night, I'll have to pay him a visit in the Yellow DLM beastie and see how an extra 650HP affects the outcomes
