How many of you have a reputation at work as a "maniac driver?"

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Mar 26, 2002 | 06:25 PM

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DouglaS2000

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I'm guilty... I mean so what if I usually drive 95mph down a 45mph zone to work...

Mar 26, 2002 | 07:00 PM

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Ash

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Yes... to some extent. But at work, there are ALOT of engineers who don't know how to drive. After a group trip to the local SpeedRing, the designation between being a "good" driver and a "maniac" driver became apparent, with me leading in laptimes, and those where would call me a "maniac" driver spent more time in the barrier systems.

Needless to say... they don't give me much crap anymore.

Mar 26, 2002 | 07:24 PM

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by jvils
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Mar 27, 2002 | 04:16 AM

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Thanks for the head's up on the helmet. I don't have one, but I could probably drop $15 for the rental. Hey, I thought Moroso was for draggin'? With just 153 ft lbs of bottom-end grunt, I'd say that racing our cars from a standing start would be somewhat anticlimatic. Are we driving a course or the 1/4 mile?

Yeah, we're running the 1/4 mile. I'd love to do the Road course, but they don't open it very often. Of course, you can fly all the way down to the end of the 1/4 mile and hit that hairpin turn pretty hard.

I usually only make 3 passes, clutch starts to smell after that. dolfandrus will be there too, with a Comptech SC and a 30 shot. He's trying to get into the 12's.