Teen arrested for doing 142 on Sunset Highway

Cmon Jon, i bet you could bury 142
your cars got to be worth at least 175 Plus the white would show up really well for the late night press shoot.

we just put some 2.73 gears in PCINPDX's car yesterday...I bet he could top the 159 record now. Oops...he still thinks they are 3.55's. Shhhhhhh!

Yeah, it did feel pretty sluggish taking off. I just thought that was the difference between the 4.10's to the 3.55's...

Am I going to have to pull the diff cover off and start counting teeth? Don't make me do it.

oooooooh...the can is open!

too bad you didnt get those Mickey's in an all season tread so you could run saturday

gospeedgo said:

too bad you didnt get those Mickey's in an all season tread so you could run saturday

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I'm remaining optimistic. I'll have the car loaded and ready to go and will make a game day decision as to whether or not I'll be making the trip down to Woodburn.

Rootus said:

This is pathetic ... we need to show these punks how it's really done. A Mustang should be holding the top spot. Who is ready to sacrifice their license for the cause? Ed?

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Yeah, I mean, what are these kids doing these days?!? Who races on Hwy 26 anyway? I mean Geeesh.

that kid that got stopped is an idiot he has way to much hp for him to handle i met him once at the 24hr starbucks he swerves all over the road when he gets on it on the 26 casue of the monster tourqe steer. its a mid 12sec car he got all these upgrade parts from another guy that almost died in his srt4 or something like that he says it has like 350ish at the wheels.

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Yeah, I mean, what are these kids doing these days?!? Who races on Hwy 26 anyway? I mean Geeesh.

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That's what I'm thinking .

Dave

Haaaaaaaa. They hate it when you call it a Neon.

Ben

Here's your chance to go this fast (or faster) *legally*--

OK, all you Pacific NW listmembers who think your car's fast and you're good, here's your chance to find out, on the road course at PIR on Monday, July 11. The Portland Shelby club will be doing its first HPDE event that day, from 7 am until 4 pm; it's the "perfect" opportunity to put in up to 4 20-minute sessions, drive 80 miles or more for the day...at the highest rates of speed you can manage--SAFELY.

Go to our website--- http://www.saacnw.org/ ---and follow the links to our track day page and the trackpack page (which is where you'll find the details of what it's like and what it takes to participate...and most importantly at this point, where you'll find the APPLICATION page, which you need to PRINT out & SUBMIT, WITH the early registration fee, ASAP).

What does it take? (1) SIGN UP--submit your app & early registration fee of $119 by the end of this week; (2) Make sure you've got the REQUIRED GEAR--helmet & gloves that meet our safety standards; (3) make sure your CAR is ready--adequate tires, brakes, fluids, suspension components (all can be stock, O/E components, they just need to be SAFE at track speeds) and capable of meeting all the check points on our TECH inspection list (also in the trackpack); SHOW UP on Monday, July 11.

Oh...and, to borrow a quote from Cool Hand Luke, "get your mind right"; we don't race. We DO have maximum fun enjoying driving our cars as they were designed, built AND modified to be enjoyed, and learning (yes, I'm still learning, after doing HPDE events for over 10 years) how to be both safer AND faster, without worring about officers, pedestrians, other traffic, live stock or any of the other obstacles that are ALWAYS out there waiting to ruin your day on the public streets & highways.

Feel free to contact me with any question you might have; on our website you'll also find contact info for our track steward, and other club members.

Oh, and we're "non-denominational"--we welcome EVERY marque, and (in additon to Shelbys & other hi-po Fords, SVTs, & Ford-powered cars) we're expecting to see Cobras--(kits/reproductions), BMWs, Porsches, Corvettes, Alfas, probably a vintage racer or two, and hopefully a Noble and an Ultima from up WA way. AND there'll be pedigree Shelbys (GT350s, GT500s, and maybe a REAL Cobra or two) touring the track during lunch break. What BETTER way to spend a day, eh?

There're at least some of you folks that have GOT to do this, right? And even if you--for some inexplicable reason--can't participate THIS time, you should think about coming out & watching (and maybe riding "shotgun" with a participant?) during the day, eh?

How 'bout it? Let us hear from you.

That kid is a tool. He had a very smug grin on his face during the news interview, as he casually leaned against his neon. I hope he blows the engine. Having said that, I seem to recall going 150 in a certain friend's red '95 GT on murray road one night, when I was in high school... I also remember racing him in mine one afternoon on the same road. He was trailing me by a car length at about 135mph... I did some stupid stuff, but I was smart enough to not get caught. I also had a very good laser/radar detector. Saved my ass many times!