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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 02:42 AM
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I took the car to a half mile event this weekend and had a blast. Tons of awesome cars and people and no shortage of fast Vettes. Made a few passes, splitter and all which didnt help, and averaged 169-170. Couldve been mids 170s without the splitter but oh well, its made to take corners. Had a blast either way.

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Time to head home


Riding off into the sunset
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 06:36 AM
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What rear bumper is that? I am digging it! Looks great!
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 07:24 AM
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Looks like a blast!!!
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Looks like a very fun day.
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 10:23 AM
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Those guys from Prestige auto have some insane cars! I saw that red lambo run here in the summer and pulled off a 205mph in the half mile. It actually had to shut down before the finish line because there wasn't enough room to slow down...anyhow looks like you had a blast!
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:09 PM
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What rear bumper is that? I am digging it! Looks great!
Thanks. It the RK Sport rear fascia.
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Those guys from Prestige auto have some insane cars! I saw that red lambo run here in the summer and pulled off a 205mph in the half mile. It actually had to shut down before the finish line because there wasn't enough room to slow down...anyhow looks like you had a blast!
Yeah those lambos are nuts. They're built by Heffner Performance and the blue one ran 229mph in the 1/2mi on Saturday. Good thing this airstrip had another 1/2mi for braking.
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 01:20 PM
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Great run!

Maybe it's just me, but I would not have as much fun without being able to row through the gears with a manual trans.
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Yeah those lambos are nuts. They're built by Heffner Performance and the blue one ran 229mph in the 1/2mi on Saturday. Good thing this airstrip had another 1/2mi for braking.
Tell me about it! The red one actually spun out in the event in Canada because it didn't have enough runway. He had the blue one built as a back...you know your rich when...lol

I still think your car looks bitchin
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Tell me about it! The red one actually spun out in the event in Canada because it didn't have enough runway. He had the blue one built as a back...you know your rich when...lol

I still think your car looks bitchin
Yeah the red one spun out here too in thebraking zone aas well. Lol

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