Yeah, Vin kicked ass. On his first ever auto-x run, he ran a 29 with anything under 30 seconds being fast for street tires. Then he continuously improved into the 28 second zone.
After all of the runs were complete, we let a few cars do some more laps for the cameras with each car doing a smoke show at the end of the run.

way to go guys congradulations, great work Jake, great driving Vin. air ride +1

Jake you need to put up a guide on how to remove molten rubber from fresh paint. :bow:

Yes Vinnie did a great job. His first run scared me a bit because I just assumed he was over his head, bu by is second lap I was quickly seeing he can drive. Good show guys.

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vinny beat the crap out of it again, running 12 times down the 8th mile, running hot laps 3-4 at a time. ran as quick as 7.64 at 99 mph, feathering throttle most of the track, the car was spinning at trap when hitting 3rd gear.
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Yeah, now all I gotta do is explain to the Stadium management why all those black marks are on the parking lot in the morning...:willy:
Vinnie's car is a killer car guys, first class all the way. One thing though, Jake did miss one thing when he was building it, he forgot to ween it from its need of GASOLINE!!!!! and forgot to tell Vinnie......:rofl:


(sorry, I just had to bust Vinnies balls about running out of gas 10 minutes after he got here.:lol: )

lol, yeah it was a great time and a cultural experience that should be had by any pro touring enthusiast. air ride put on the nice bbq dinner and the cruise was, well WET!!!! great time thanks for putting it on bill

Jake, I know Vinnie and you cruised the strip a good bit too each night. Obviously overheating was not an issue in sitting traffic. To me, that is as important as the ETs at the strip. :thumbsup:

yeah the 650hp 496 does well, it runs 190-200 no matter if its 50 or 95, and goddamn does it sound good. the car is officially broken in i would say, now if i can keep vinny from hitting the rev limiter in my 7.3 turbo diesel on the way home,lol:thumbsup:

I have heard both good and bad reports on the mufflers, but IMO it sounds great. Loud, but great. You all be careful on the way home.:thumbsup:

I want to give a BIG THANKS to Jakes rod shop,Twist Machine and Air Ride for building me such a bad ass car! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: