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04-09-05, 08:31
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| | Autopia Master Trooper
PrinzII is offline
Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 5,793 | Best bang for the buck
Story:
Today, I went to Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove, WI to watch a few of the Maximas I know run. For the most part, the runs were pretty decent but I was paying a lot of attention to the other cars that were running.
One of my favorite cars that ran was a Lexus SC 300 with a TT Supra Motor that was ran a best of 10.4 in the quarter. Right behind that was one of two black '71 Chevelles that ran 10s in the quarter consistently and did a lot of wheelstands.
However, one of the strongest runners of the day was a yellow Z06 Corvette. This car was running 11-12 second quarters consistently. At any rate, I was in the parking lot talking with one of the WI Maxima owners about MFs and other detailing goodies when I heard the most hellacious bang. I turned around and saw a large plume of black smoke and some flame. Pretty soon, a crowd of folks ran over to the track to see what was going on.
End result:   
Apparently, the driver sprayed too soon and the nitrous went kaboom.
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04-09-05, 08:50
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Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 25,234 | Oops!
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04-09-05, 09:38
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One of my favorite cars that ran was a Lexus SC 300 with a TT Supra Motor that was ran a best of 10.4 in the quarter.
| Was this a black on black Lexus from TX? If so did you notice his detailing job? 
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04-09-05, 09:49
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: DFW, TX (Mesquite) Posts: 445 | Sprayed too soon? How did the car get to that spot? That looks pretty hellacious I might say.
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04-10-05, 05:44
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| | Autopia Master Trooper
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Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 5,793 | Quote: Originally posted by Soarer V
Was this a black on black Lexus from TX? If so did you notice his detailing job? | Nope. It was a white Lexus SC 300.
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04-10-05, 05:45
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Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 5,793 | Quote: Originally posted by mrecktid
Sprayed too soon? How did the car get to that spot? That looks pretty hellacious I might say. | Had to be pushed from the track. The other side was worse and the interior was pretty bad, too.
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04-10-05, 05:50
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Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,130 | Quote: Originally posted by PrinzII
Nope. It was a white Lexus SC 300. | Hmmmmm, wondering if this was the Lexus: http://autopia.org/forums/showthread...threadid=53071
Last edited by PrinzII : 04-10-05 at 06:39.
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04-10-05, 06:39
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Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 5,793 | Yes. This was the exact Lexus.
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04-10-05, 07:42
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Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southport, CT Posts: 6,667 | Nice day out...Too bad about the Vette. It sucks that they will most likely total it out  .
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04-11-05, 09:51
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Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ypsilanti Township, MI Posts: 1,218 | I feel for the guy with the Vette, insurance aint payin' for that! I cant believe the power they get out of those Supra motors!! WOW!
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04-11-05, 01:45
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04-11-05, 04:28
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Pats300zx is online now Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: West Chester, Pa. Posts: 6,281 | Ugh..I can imagine how that guy feels. We had this tricked out Supra show up for our Z meet. The car stalled in front of all of the Z's and the guy couldn't get it started. He had to push it away... | |
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