Me vs 07 Vette A6 for a tank of gas.
 

My buddy at work just got an 07 vette and believed it to be the fastest car on the planet. He just put on a Intake, LT's, and exhaust (sangbagged me because I didnt know about the first two) and was thrilled. We had always busted each others balls about vettes and stangs but yesterday was different. The people in his dept started talking about how slow mustangs were and that he would just "walk me" hard. I kept on with the playing it off but it got to the pt where even my friend with the vette started raggin on me. It slowly began to eat at me. So being tired of it I offered to race him after work just for fun. I guess this didnt sit right with the other co-workers who immediatly said to him "race for money".

I was hesitant at first not because of his car but of what money does to friendships sometimes. So i remembered what my dad said about the old days and racing for a tank of gas. He immediatly took the offer and the challenge was set. I also took bets from other Supervisors saying that I would lose for a tank of fuel as well.

So 6pm rolls around and he comes up to me and ask if we are still on for the bet. I immediatly say "yup". We drive off to get on the hwy.

First run was from a 50. I immediatly pulled 2 cars and held it edging out 3 cars by 130.

second run from a 70. This run went well into the 150's and had me ahead by 3-4 cars holding not pulling by 140.

3rd run was a 30. This was was rough. I got out on him hard and by 110 it was pretty bad.

We stop at the nearest gas station and he roll down the windows to chat. He looks at me in the most serious face and says " I cant believe that just happened" LOLOLO! I didnt rub it but just changed the subject. We talked a bit and he gave me my tank of gas at CHevron of course!:headbang: and off I went.

Im at work now and the guy called in! LOl. Anyways just thought i would share. :whip:


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Nice, I like the running for gas bet. Lol.

Both cars sound slow.. :D

Believe me they are!!:bowroflwerd6:

Nice to see you have a sense of humor about it. lol Good kill. Free gas is always a good thing.

That's awesome! Too bad you couldn't get it on camera so he can't make up some lie tomorrow. At least he paid up at the pump.

-Alex

Facts are facts. 12's arent fast.

Believe me I wanted to but no go pro and no passenger. He called in to save face.:owned: Gotta collect my other wagers now!

This is going to make work much more fun. Has anyone been asking you about the outcome?

Which BAMA tune are you using?

-Alex

93 race. Few people. Most said I wouldn't be able to see his tailights. Ive collected all my side bets as of now Im 80$ richer LOL!

Sucka! Very nice kill.

That makes 2 tanks of gas then.

Can't beat that!

-Alex

Haha...hilarious.

I assume you're an M6? What mods?

Mods in his sig.

-Alex

Next performance stuff will be O/R H and 3:55's. I have 3:31's right now but with the 20's they are more like 3:23's or so.

Hmmm. First of all great story and kill. Second of all, your friend's car sucks. A good running ls2 auto should be making 375 rw or so with those mods... I know Id be a good race at only 335 in the c5. If you are ever in the dfw area lmk and Ill dig the ole girl out of storage, she hasnt moved in 10 months.

Def.

I need only one day notice to charge or replace the battery. :)

Ive raced a zo6 c5 before and pulled on him a car or so.

Nice, then I should be an easy win.

Actually isnt there a vid of a ORX only 5.0 racing a stock c5 Zo6 neck to neck?

I dunno, is there? I know theres a vid of a stock frc and a stock 5.0 door to door till I lost my passenger weight... then I won by about 4 lengths. Also Junkie had a stock z and drug many 5.0s with it, some on this site...

Yea that's the vid. He ran zeeks car with an or x and zeeks was actuall pulling a bit.

Buddy at work traded his 06 GT for a 02 ZO6. I fully expect to get manhandled but, I'll race for pure fun.

-Alex

If your tuned your gna be surprised.

Awesome. I'm impressed. My money would have been on the vette too.

No tune. His car is stock and mine is basically stock also.

-Alex

Your gna get beat. Should be fun.

Lol... you didnt see the third vid, thats good. Zeek pulled about half a car when I had the camera passenger. Camera guy got in Zeeks car and I won by about 4 lengths... same run, same night. that was my vette in the video, the one I want to race you in... (technically its my wife's but she doesnt drive it anymore). It ran a 8.1 @89 on 20s stock at Denton a few years ago.

I'll take some of that foxbodyvette. ;)

Sweet! Gotta move it by end of March, so anytime better than another? You know I dont dig race it on 20s, so a slow or fast roll is all I got to offer.

Why not? I'm on 20's too. Roll racing these slow turds is pointless and dumb. lol

U are on 20 inch drag radials. A vette will hop if i leave too hard, or I can pull a Will and fry the clutch to make it leave... and then be out 2 grand to replace it... thats why. Its not worth it for a friendly jaunt. Have no money to put into repairing or modding this car, just trying to keep it in one piece.

Uh huh..sure. lol. Ok, 10 mph roll.

When I ran Stoked my car was totally stock. He walked my ass when Vic was riding with me.
When I ran Will in the C5z he was ahead at 150 but I was fetching pretty hard. I had a orx and bama tune when I ran Will.

That's because you gave him his race. I know Matt way better than you do. He would have no issue driving that car from a dead stop because he's a good enough driver to finesse it out of the hole. He's just fishing for his best possible advantage. He might be able to pull this BS on someone who doesn't know him as well but not with me and he knows it. lmao.

Exactly, your car was much faster when you ran Will, but his car was also faster than my stock ls1.

Hows the new hotrod? Glad to finally be in a Vette?

Oh yeah lol. Its at Vic's right now all torn up. Getting Cam and headers installed.

Steve, you said you wanted to run me, now taking the Vettes best atributes being aerodynamics and its 4th gear pull and throwing it out the window. Why would I want to race a one sided race when you arent willing to? You have 90 rw on me and about what, 500 lbs? Seems to me it should be an easy roll race win for you... im too lazy to swap tires for a friendly blast to blow the cobwebs out.

LOL, just like I thought. You're so predictable.