Your first drag race?

[frapjap]

I got the idea for this thread from the guy with the GTR giving his wife/kid a ride which got me thinking about the first time I was in a fast car.

What was your first drag race?
How old were you? What were you driving? Was it modded? Were you driving? Was it your dad who said "hold on tight, don't tell mom, I'm gonna smoke this guy?" Was that the instance that got you into going fast?

My first drag race was in a friends older brothers dark blue 5.0 Fox body Mustang GT that had a 351 that he and his father had built paired to a Streetfighter transmission. He had just filled the tank with Ultra 94 at a Sunoco when a third gen Camaro was revving his engine at us. Unfortunately, I was in the back seat for the ride, but I remember him saying to his brother and I, "hold on, this guy wants to race," all casual like. He revved the engine, the exhaust was loud due to the dual dumps mid-car and suddenly he side stepped the clutch, launched the car, the torque pinning me to the seat back again and again each time he shifted gears as he pulled away from the RS Camaro who wanted some. At the time, I also didn't understand what it meant to have a fast car, but it all came together really quickly after that.

Thankfully, I never ended up with a Mustang.

[Bubba1]

Many many moons ago, I was 17, alone, driving my father's old V12 Ferrari on a fairly empty southbound NJ Turnpike, enroute to visiting my sister who lived in Maryland. I was puttering along in 5th at 55 mph when a dude in a new Camaro pulled up beside me, recognized what I was driving and tried to bait me into a rolling race. After shaking my head no a few times, I then grinned at him, downshifted into 3rd and floored it. All 6 weber throats opened up simultaneously, and she launched like an F14 on a aircraft carrier catapult. What a sound. Pretty much left him in a cloud of smoke (she ran rich) with a shrieking V12. When I hit 105 mph in 3rd (which happened very quickly), I slowed and shifted her back in overdrive. I got a big grin and thumbs up from the camaro when he finally caught up. I haven't done it on a public road since.

[bigbadberry3]

Statute of limitations still in play here

[gwoods]

I had just turned 5 and had a big wheel that came with slick tires kid across the street had last years model

[ImStricken06]

it was about 2002 and i had a bone stock 1999 nissan altima gxe 5mt. it was my first manual. i learned to drive that stick like its was my life's mission. i used to memorize every gear, and its RPM;s depending on the mph. i knew the gear ratio in that car through and through.

one night around 10pm, me and my then girlfriend are sitting at the light on a 55mph highway. next to me pulls up a f150 stick-shift with some dude inching at me. i looked over and recognized the dudes gf- she went to my high-school. i knew that this truck had a v8, while i had a 4cyl, but i knew my car. i knew if i beat him, all the friends of this chick would hear and maybe i could land a better looking date than what i had in my passenger seat LOL i got into first gear, and held it around 4,500rpm i think. and then light turns green......

i spanked the f150. idk wtf it was, but i absolutely embarrassed him. he pulls up at the next light and asks if i had a turbo. i said, nope, bone stock. that was that. been a nissan fan since then!

this is my altima right here: 2 layers of 5% limo tint lol

[elwesso]

Many many moons ago, I was 17, alone, driving my father's old V12 Ferrari on a fairly empty southbound NJ Turnpike, enroute to visiting my sister who lived in Maryland. I was puttering along in 5th at 55 mph when a dude in a new Camaro pulled up beside me, recognized what I was driving and tried to bait me into a rolling race. After shaking my head no a few times, I then grinned at him, downshifted into 3rd and floored it. All 6 weber throats opened up simultaneously, and she launched like an F14 on a aircraft carrier catapult. What a sound. Pretty much left him in a cloud of smoke (she ran rich) with a shrieking V12. When I hit 105 mph in 3rd (which happened very quickly), I slowed and shifted her back in overdrive. I got a big grin and thumbs up from the camaro when he finally caught up. I haven't done it on a public road since.

What a great story! I bet you've not had too many quite like that......

[Kompresshun]

The first time for me as a driver would've been in my 91 Mustang GT. It was NOPI weekend in Atlanta and my buddy had just bought a new Celica and dumped a few grand into it. He always went around spouting how badass it was. We lined up at a light and I absolutely embarrassed him. I had an automatic with stock gears too and the only mods were exhaust, filter, and underdrive pulleys.

That one wasn't my favorite though...

One afternoon a friend of mine borrowed my Ranger and he loaned me is 89 Mustang GT 5spd. So that weekend he was riding with my other friend in my old 91 LX 5.0 Coupe. The coupe had more mods and was a much more solid car, but they decided they wanted to drag race. We lined up on an old abandoned road and took off. I got an awesome launch and broke the tires loose going into 2nd and 3rd. Once I hit 3rd, I had it in the bag. When we pulled over, the guy that owned it said he could never beat my old car and he had never been able to break the tires loose in 3rd gear either. That was a good day for me

[Jesda]

I was running a marathon and got beat by Ru Paul.

[Bubba1]

I was running a marathon and got beat by Ru Paul.

[Oatmealman]

would have been a cammed and bottle fed ws6 trans am vs my buddies kenne bell cobra.Guy hit the bottle and we still pulled away at a decent pace.This was on a closed course

as far a bikes go

My 07 96" dyna vs a buddies 72 cammed ironhead,I pulled away but for being a 35 year old bike it kept up.

[PEZi]

First "drag race" was back in the day when I was in high school... I was driving a bone stock evo ix and got my a** whooped by a modded Neon SRT-4.... I've hated Dodge ever since...

[frapjap]

First "drag race" was back in the day when I was in high school... I was driving a bone stock evo ix and got my a** whooped by a modded Neon SRT-4.... I've hated Dodge ever since...

I have never raced/talked to anyone who has raced an SRT-4. How fast were they? Those cars didn't do anything else well, did they? All I really remember was that fat front mount in the front and the staggered look of the body with the lower front end vs the rear.

[Bubba1]

I have never raced/talked to anyone who has raced an SRT-4. How fast were they? Those cars didn't do anything else well, did they? All I really remember was that fat front mount in the front and the staggered look of the body with the lower front end vs the rear.

FWIW I had a student awhile back w/an SRT-4. I liked it. Surprisingly quick, and pretty agile, but you really could feel it lean (kinda fun). Although it performed well over 2 days. I remember having a feeling each time I got in it that something was about to break, but the car never skipped a beat.

[PEZi]

I have never raced/talked to anyone who has raced an SRT-4. How fast were they? Those cars didn't do anything else well, did they? All I really remember was that fat front mount in the front and the staggered look of the body with the lower front end vs the rear.

They can't turn worth balls... its an odd FWD drag car. With that said... evo was bone stock so roughly 215 whp. My guess is that the SRT was making around 300 whp. The sad part is how plain and simple it is to make power out of those things. Like Bubba said, though, you feel like you're in something that is ready to break.