12 Jul 08 05:40, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> I ran into that situation once or twice. One that I pride myself on
 RW>> is the day a 64 GTO thought he could beat my Z28. He couldn't, until
 RW>> I let him go because of the traffic all around us. He wasn't smart
 RW>> enough to slow down and as unstable as those old cars were, somehow
 RW>> managed to not wreck it.

 RN> I ran a guy like that once in New Orleans at night.  We were on a
 RN> road that ran perpendicular to US hwy 90, but as I was about to leave
 RN> him in the rear, I noticed how close to the hwy I was, so I backed
 RN> off, wanting to allow myself plenty of room to stop.  That fool ran
 RN> flat out across the hwy and would have totalled himself and anyone
 RN> else he came into contact with. I stared in disbelief as I was coming
 RN> to a stop when I saw what he did. Winning a challenge race is not
 RN> worth that, so that was the end of challenge racing for me.
 RN> Fortunately for everyone, he made it across the hwy without hitting
 RN> anything.

Bob Falfa (55 Chevy) while racing Milner (yellow duece coupe) did that in
American Graffiti. As Milner pulls to a stop at the red light that Falfa
ran;

14yo ride along: "Boy, he's fast!"

Milner: "Yeah, but he's stupid!"

 RW>> That GTO had lots of go, but no brakes and no handling.

 RN> You mean it was like a Tempest?  (-:

In a storm. Like we used to say back then, All go and no slow.

 RW>> I always thought it was a lot of fun trying to find that one. :o)

 RN> You will, in a place you won't expect it.

Pontiac (or should I say; SLP) built Firebirds like they did SS Z28s. I
hadn't owned my Z28 for very long and I ran into one of them. That's when
I realized how much power the LS engine made compared to the LT engines.
That Firebird was rated at the same 305HP as my Z28, but it didn't make
that HP at the rear wheels (mine did). I didn't at the time, realize that
I knew the guy driving it. He had owned a 2nd gen Z28 before and I didn't
know he had traded up. Of course, he didn't know it was me who beat him,
as I had owned a 95 Z28 and had totaled it a month or so before.

                R\%/itt



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