last friday up at bandimere for the last club clash i was setting there watching the races after i lost (I had an .005 light, but the other guy ran his dial in, sucks when that happens) like always they are trying to give people reasons to spend $30 to go up to their track and race, usually talking about how dangerous street racing is, and like always i blow it off figuring there just wanting money. anyways there talking about 2 kind out racing in a maxima and a sonoma, at the time everyone was in the hospital, 2 serious and one crytical.
on the way home from the track i catsh up to a guy in my club and by some stroke of luck we catch a light and race from there, i go al over the road, there was a bit of water and the ground was cold, horrible for traction. so i'm smoking up the intersection doing everything i can to keep it straight, just being an idiot, first off for doing it after i proved at the track i have a faster car, and then by not letting out once i realized there was no way the tired would grab.
sunday night i go out and cruse around looking for someone to race, didnt' find anything, but i wasted 4 gallons in the process.
so today i get to school and my friend comes up to me and asked me if i heard about jimmy. i didn't know what he was talking about, i only know of one jimmy, he doesnt' go to my school, i've talked to him a few times and i'm good friends with his girlfriend who i swim with. he goes on to tell me about this wreck that happend out on federal, then i remember hearing about that at the track, but i thought everyone was ok, and i didn't know anyof them anyways. turns out he was the one crytical person, he was in a coma for 2 days and died on sunday.
The police say they were only doing about 80, and thats a very straight road that you could easly do 80 on with no problems. how it could come to this i don't know.
I know how much fun it is to pull up next to a riced out honda, or a $40,000 vette and blow their doors off, but is it really worth it? don't get me wrong i'll be up at the track next season as often as i can afford to go, but i'm not going to be out on the streets ooking for any races. as much as i hate to do it i'll set there at a light with some guy in a mustang next to me reving his engine and i'll just let him go now. its just not worth it. I hope you'll all think about this too, i don't want to spoil your fun, and if you want to race then thats your choice, but think about it.
on the way home from the track i catsh up to a guy in my club and by some stroke of luck we catch a light and race from there, i go al over the road, there was a bit of water and the ground was cold, horrible for traction. so i'm smoking up the intersection doing everything i can to keep it straight, just being an idiot, first off for doing it after i proved at the track i have a faster car, and then by not letting out once i realized there was no way the tired would grab.
sunday night i go out and cruse around looking for someone to race, didnt' find anything, but i wasted 4 gallons in the process.
so today i get to school and my friend comes up to me and asked me if i heard about jimmy. i didn't know what he was talking about, i only know of one jimmy, he doesnt' go to my school, i've talked to him a few times and i'm good friends with his girlfriend who i swim with. he goes on to tell me about this wreck that happend out on federal, then i remember hearing about that at the track, but i thought everyone was ok, and i didn't know anyof them anyways. turns out he was the one crytical person, he was in a coma for 2 days and died on sunday.
The police say they were only doing about 80, and thats a very straight road that you could easly do 80 on with no problems. how it could come to this i don't know.
I know how much fun it is to pull up next to a riced out honda, or a $40,000 vette and blow their doors off, but is it really worth it? don't get me wrong i'll be up at the track next season as often as i can afford to go, but i'm not going to be out on the streets ooking for any races. as much as i hate to do it i'll set there at a light with some guy in a mustang next to me reving his engine and i'll just let him go now. its just not worth it. I hope you'll all think about this too, i don't want to spoil your fun, and if you want to race then thats your choice, but think about it.