I was at the local rice fest at the drag strip Weds and I took the Q for a pass. I took the bad lane with my brother sitting shotgun and staged against a random 20ish kid in a 98ish Mustang GT. I did far bigger of a burnout than was called for
and moved up. This was actually the first time I shut the traction control off on the Q. I usually leave it there to yell at me on the street. If I see the slip light, I'm being a jerk again. I lock it in 1st and we launch. I got the jump on the stang off the line, but he was right with me the whole way. He was at my front door when I hit 7.5k in first and kicked 2nd, getting a little jump on him. We finished the 1/8 mile (lame I know) with him <b>just</b> behind my fender. I pulled around and stopped for my timeslip, but they apparently don't do timeslips for rice fest, even though they charge $5 for a single pass.
My brother asked the Mustang what he ran and they said just under 10. I certainly wasn't gonna pay $5 for another run if I wasn't going to get a 1/4 cent printout of my times. At least the crowd got a big kick out of it. I'm headed back up there this weekend to shoot Battle at the Border again this year, so I'll get some passes and timeslips.
