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From: Waffles, BU
I love how the headlights come up as if the NSX woke up and went.. Oh shit.
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From: Waffles, BU
Also, it's at the track.. ET is the only thing that matters. He won on the 2nd pass with a 2.2 60'.. that's fucking insane.. against a freaking GT3.. you know.. the car that has a 7:40 on the Ring.
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yeah, they all suck and don't know how to drive then. 
if you are driving a 700hp car ANYWHERE, you have to be able to feel for traction and feel how much you got and massage the throttle thereof - if you start losing grip you feather the throttle to get off - not stay on it and go sideways.
look, I'm not a pro driver or anything but I've driven my fair share of fast cars and done hundreds of passes down the 1/4 mile in my 500hp Supra back in the day. the first times I tried it, I had some trouble launching but I always let off when I was losing grip. common sense. I never wiped out or went sideways. those people need more experience to be driving a 700hp car at a track.
I'll give him a pass on the reaction time.
if you are driving a 700hp car ANYWHERE, you have to be able to feel for traction and feel how much you got and massage the throttle thereof - if you start losing grip you feather the throttle to get off - not stay on it and go sideways. look, I'm not a pro driver or anything but I've driven my fair share of fast cars and done hundreds of passes down the 1/4 mile in my 500hp Supra back in the day. the first times I tried it, I had some trouble launching but I always let off when I was losing grip. common sense. I never wiped out or went sideways. those people need more experience to be driving a 700hp car at a track.
I'll give him a pass on the reaction time.
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From: Waffles, BU
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I should have known that you would have known that. Got a dunce cap lying around? 
ALTHOUGH, it is not uncommon for a (much) higher hp car to overcome a quicker-off-the-line car and beat it at the end.........
here is me racing one of those darty old Mazda's at NOPI Drag Wars '98 - hope you can get to the link - it's public so you should be able to -
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=210286480330
ALTHOUGH, it is not uncommon for a (much) higher hp car to overcome a quicker-off-the-line car and beat it at the end.........
here is me racing one of those darty old Mazda's at NOPI Drag Wars '98 - hope you can get to the link - it's public so you should be able to -
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=210286480330
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not watching the video, just looking at the argument. Srika, you gotta learn to drive a 700hp car and the only way to learn is to track/drag it. Be happy that he isnt trying to learn how to push the car on public roads 
