Did I Kill or Get Killed

AAARRRGGGG!

A Chevelle from Wells that I beat a few years ago in Wendover showed up in Elko a couple weekends ago, jumped me through an intersection while he's in 1st and I'm in 2nd so he gets me for 1/2 block. I backed out after kick down and pulling on him cuz I don't do 80mph on the street. He then says, "I guess we're even". I tell him no way 1/2 block is a win, especially when I didn't even know it was on.

Then to Wendover last Sunday and he's there so I figure we'll give it a go and have some fun. I say Hi to the guy who runs the "track" and he tells me Karl (Chevelle) has written a challenge letter to me in the Wendover Times (which I don't get since I live 125 miles away). I guess he says "I beat you on the street so show up in Wendover and I'll stomp you there, too". WOW!

So he and his shivvy pals are all crowded together when I do a solo test run and do 13.38 or such. My wife and friends all say the shivvy guys are laughing and saying "NO WAY that car will run that". So when I get back to the pit area I'm told this and it PO's me a bit so I run right to the staging lane and click off a 12.96 (my first sub-13 in Wendover).

I'm running 13.1 all day and the Chevelle can't get lower than 13.50s (usually 13.70) so he ain't lining up. Turns out when I go to line up with my neighbors Nova (12.49) yet one more time he's got a TA to play with so the Chevelle is forced to race me. Then what do I do? I run one of my worst runs of the day at 13.48 to his 13.45... .03 LOSS. I fell asleep under the tree yet again and broke traction early. I figure he beat me by a bumper, but he DID beat me.

So I go tell him we'll play some more and he says "No way, I got you man!". I run all day in low 13s and best ET of 12.90 (my best ever in Wendover) while he watches. He celebrates everytime I lose a race (I'll race anything, win or lose), even when I run way better than his best time, gives high 5's to his pals and laughs while I'm on the return road, but he won't line up.

I raced for about 3 hours after his "kill" and he never fired the Chevelle back up except to put it on the trailer. His best ET was the one against me at 13.45. His buddies couldn't even shame him into running again. My Nova neighbor thought he could get the chickensxxx to run me but nothing would do it.

Then Mr. Chevelle tells me as he's hauling his car out on the trailer that they're racing again in September. I had some choice words for him, basically calling him chicken and to "Put your car on the trailer and get your sorry xxx back to Wells, I'm done with you". Yeah, he got under my skin.

This is the kind of guy that gives Chevys a bad rep. What a turkey.

Guess I put him on the trailer with a loss. o No:

 

Guy has to trailer a 13 second car? And it's just a Chebby? What a :boring: wimp.

 

he lost

He can think all he wants, but he didnt beat the BUICK!!!

 

One thing I learned years ago was "Never Race untill you are dead ready !!"

The other racers will do everything they can NOT to be taken down in public by the "B" word!!!!:TU:

 

Racing

Gary

Now you could have some fun with this guy... he seems to think that he has beaten you twice.
Now go to the track the next time he is going to race, and walk over to him in front of his friends and offer a small wager on a race now, and see if he accepts, if he does, make sure you take your time staging and play games with him at the line and make sure you have the car just like you want it, with the tires nice and sticky and it cleaned out and ready to go.
But, if he says no--then you can have fun with calling him a chicken.

Whatever you decide to do, you already know that your car is faster and you have the timeslips to prove it.

And have fun doing it

 

Sounds like an A$$! Seriously. I can understand that he was victorious in one heads-up match. But he's got to know the truth!
Unfortunatley there are no rules concerning backing up a win in street racing or bracket racing. Patience grasshopper, your time will come. Meanwhile, why don't ya write his paper? If he can challenge you, than you certainly can challenge him.

 

13's and he needed a trailer. I always drive to the track. I just have someone drive my suburban with the slicks/jack/tools behind me.

How slow does it have to go for him to drive it there???:boring:

 

Just wave your faster time slip at him. He's afraid to run you again but you won't let yourself see it that way.

 

This guy is not worth your gas, Gary. Fahgetahboutit:Smarty:

 

Phil is the man. No trailer, drove from Ohio to Flint, drove 70 miles to the drag strip, broke 12 seconds, then drove back to Flint for more celebrations. And its a convertable :jd:

 

What you all said!

He trailered it from Wells to Elko 50 miles, cruised the drag, trailered it 23 miles from here to Carlin, then trailered it back to Wells 73 miles. Wells to Wendover is 60 miles and he trailered it there.

I've already determined I'm DONE with this turkey.

My wife did 3 runs for a 14.01, 13.75 and was sneaking up on a low 13 her first time behind the wheel. We'd planned to have her challenge him when she got to low 13s Sunday but she got all kinda sideways on her third run and wouldn't let up.. all 4 were SMOKIN', took out a couple cones and ran the ricer in the next lane off the track. Whipping the car down the track, side to side. Scared the snot outta her daughter and our grandkids and they were bawling so she didn't take it down the track again. Didn't bother her though. She had this smokey look in her eyes.. in a trance I think. Yowza!

You guys are right, be sure you're ready for these clowns. ou:

Appreciate the support.

 

You killed him. He just doesn't want to lose again. Its like the classic Hemi Vs GS story. After one race the guy left. You won.

Steve

 

Those brand X guys have no class. No even decent enough to give you a re-run when it was obvious you could have had him. And what's up with a 13 second trailered "race car" :laugh: . This guy does sound like a turkey. So how did you manage to keep calm while your car was sliding all over the track? :eek2:

 

hmmm

Gary,
You and I both know that we have teased, taunted and razzed each other for many years now about who's car is faster. Always in good fun and you've been great to play with! Don't let one "poopyhead" ruin the fun you get at the track! Just let it go and the next time you two go down the 1320....blow his doors off and then you can make the choice of how you want to react! I'm thinking that you wouldn't wanna be a "poopyhead" but after being aggrevated by this butthead, you might wanna throw a few jabs in there. OOOO and if you need me to come out there and kick his ...ummm butt...just let me know! I just got a window sticker for the back of my GS that says "YOU'VE JUST BEEN PAST BY A GIRL" I bet he's the kind of guy that would just LOVE that!
Remember....patience and consistancy....your time is coming and you got all the support you could possibly need here on this board! ewwww that sounded mushy..........gotta stop there!

By the way.....a couple years ago, when I was running low 13's high 12's, I drove my car 2.5 hours to Norwalk for the Buick Raceday Event, raced in two different classes, won one class, and then loaded up and ran 2.5 hours home. Didn't need no stinkin trailer! Only had to stop and get gas twice too!

 

Dude, this yo yo goes to sleep at night knowing his car is slower. He cannot escape that fact and I'm sure it kills him. It's the typical ricer mentality behind the wheel of a Chebby.

 

well it wasnt in a car but it was on a track...

i went lived in a small town in the imperial valley in ca. i was on the track team in my high school. i was the fastest in the county in the 400 and 800m races at the time but was pretty quite about it. i was always freindly with the people i ran against and always willing to lend advise. about a week before one of our meets this guy from the other school shows up in the paper for "the imperial valley press athlete of the week" he gets about a half a page artical and is saying how theres no real competition. says his biggest challenge is me! and says hes gonna show me whos faster when we race later that week!

well, come race day, i tell my coach to put me into every event that hes in. so comes the 400m relay we both run anchor... we beat him... come the 400 "his event" i beat him by ten meters, come the 1600 relay, the guy wont even run the same leg as me!!! i run a split of 49.06 he runs a split of 51.4. after the race i say "i guess every thing you read isnt true huh?" you he says if he would have run the same leg that he would have beaten me. i say, whatever dude. youll get another chance at the league finals. then i walk away and hear all his friends teasing and laughing at him.

league finalls was just about the same story.

pete

 

Re: hmmm

Thanks Renee. I'm not letting this guy get to me, just venting how I felt at the time. He isn't worth the gas, as Skip told me.

BTW a couple/3 years ago the same guy told me "You don't want no part of that Chevelle!". I ran him down from behind that day after snoozing at the tree and beat him a few 10ths. I then walked up to him to shake hands with a smile on my face to tell him good race, let's do it again, and he charged across the parking lot with his finger in my face saying, "I ain't fxxxxx done with YOU!". This time around he was all giggles saying, "Isn't this fun!" but wouldn't line up again, either time.

I feel a bit sorry for the guy. His wife and all his friends that were there have to know what an insecure little man he is.. she probably already knew that, tho'.
Sure wish Erin could have taken her shot at him. And I shudder to think what you'd have done to him in that blue car. :blast:

 

As far as I'm concerned, its the fastest slip that matters, you won!

 

Well if the outcome was the same every time it wouldn't be racing. Ask Dudek when he redlighted and lost to Gessler's slower car.

You lost, but there is next time. Now just think how nervous this guy is going to be worryiying about keeping his crown. If he's afraid to race again then you can razz him. You can razz him about his trailer queen against your street-car.

"If it's too much trouble to put your race car on the trailer and bring it to Elko to run my street-car, I'll drive my streetcar to Carlin, run your race-car, then drive it back to Elko".

 

Hey Renee,

Did I see your name on Quaker Citys 100 MPH club list?