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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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Well I planed it and I've succeeded! I took the legendary "all 9's" picture, and as icing on the cake, I took this on the home from a TRACK DAY at Gainesville International Raceway, still goin strong!!

At 99MPH, I had 2 1/2 seconds to take the photo. Holding the camera and trying to hold steady at 99mph is a tough thing to do!

I tried my hardest before hand to figure out a way to be at 9,000 RPM but it's just plain impossible! I tried calculating new gear ratios if I were to put on rear tires from various cars I had access to, and none of them would work Maybe one day someone will out do me but good luck!



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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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crazy people trying to get matching numbers all the time!
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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Haha! That's pretty sweet!
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:31 PM
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Would have been cool if you were also at 9,000 rpm.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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very nice, if at 9,000 RPM it would be the best!
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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you should've clutched in and revved! lol...way to go though
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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should have taken it out of gear and taken the photo just as it dropped under 1kRPM, then claim 999, haha. Seriously though, very nice!
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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nice, i always thought about doing the 11111 22222 et c..
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 08:07 PM
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I think I read that Nostradamus predicted the end of the would happen after 99,999miles + 99mph + 999.9miles + 9000rpms. Phew... glad you didn't get them all.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 08:27 PM
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lolol very cool. should've been at 9999 rpm though...downshift!! jk.

also what happens to the trip meter after 999.9? does it reset back to 000.0? if it did 1000.0 you might as well have snapped another picture at 100 mph 100,000 miles and 1000 trip lol.
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