The Last Street Race

Yes, street racing still goes on, but for me it ended 10 years ago. My last street race was with my friend Mike, a Viper owner, and me driving the 2003 Mustang "Terminator" Cobra I owned at the time. This race is detailed in the last chapter of my book. (This is something I haven't done on this blog before), here are a couple paragraphs from Chapter 15 of my book;

"We cruised down the highway, often trading positions, so we could observe each others cars from all angles. As we were reaching the outskirts of town, the traffic thinned out, just as expected. It still took some more waiting and maneuvering before we would have the needed space to run the cars.

Finally, things opened up a little more, Mike moved the Viper into position along side my Cobra, and we started slowing and confirming our intentions with signals and nods. We slowed to about 60 MPH, down shifted to third, bringing the engine RPM to mid-range where the most power would be instantly available.  We confirmed our status to each other with three fingers raised and a nod.  A few more seconds passed as we insured our pace was matched, then, in an instant we both floored the gas and we were off. I felt my Cobra lunge forward as the superchargers mechanical howl tried to drown out the roar of the exhaust, and the tires strain as car is thrust down the road. Instantly, I’m moving ahead of the Viper, and by the time I make the fourth gear shift, a few seconds later, we had just blasted past 100 MPH, and I catch sight of the Viper in my mirror, a couple car lengths back.  We let off, braked to cut some speed, and fell back in line as we were quickly approaching the traffic ahead. We took the next exit and pulled over, both grinning from ear to ear, and discuss the results of our little race. We both agreed that the outcome confirmed the Cobra had to be putting out 100 more horsepower than the Viper. We pulled back out onto a secondary highway and tried an encore, this time from a slower speed, at mid-range in second gear. The results were the same, further confirming our estimate of the Cobras 510 horsepower".
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Mike's Dodge Viper and my Mustang Cobra. (Picture from the photo shoot for my book cover, taken in 2006)