A lot happened in the last two days!
It started when we busted in on the Supra whiz bang event in Vegas baby. Sat night we show up at the drag strip to shoot a few of these bad ass Supras we have HEARD so much about.
Nothing remarkable. No 8 sec passes, a couple of high 9 passes I saw but most everything is over 10 sec including all the usual variety of bikes.
We talk to a few of these guys to warm em up but they are all busy pounding numbers into the laptops and moaning about an assortment of ails.
We went cos four or five said they would run us. We get there and we cant nail down anyone. One the faster guys, Marco is acting like a primadonna and finally refuses to run, period. Then all the smack talking starts cos they wanna run on their home turf which is in town. Some even wanna run on the 15 at night!
We wanna go out into the desert where there are no cops and no other traffic. but they cant go cos they dont have enough high octane fuel to get there and road is rough and wa wa wa......so we finally agree to go to their regular meet place next morning.
We are there on time, ready to race, ready to shoot .... no Supras.
After and hour even their own guys are telling us they wussed out on us. Most of them did not show. There was a nice Ferrari there, a cool vette and a 6 speed Supra who knew he could not beat a stock busa. These guys were cool and two of em agreed to come out into the desert so we could shoot em.
We tell em we heard they had a bone fide Busa beater. Then one guy says he has a 9 sec car at home and is willing to race us. Daniel was super nice and his car was great. He was making about 800Hp. We told him we just wanted to find a car that really could beat a stock busa. He said he thought he could do it. Great.
Now we have seen some heavy duty cars this year, Vettes, Vipers, Mani's Supra but nothing has walked away from a stock busa. Usually the busa jumps out in front and then at about 160 or so the car starts to reel it in.
All the vids we see are shot at night and you cant tell what is going on. Could a Supra really pull a Busa? We wanted a car that pulled a busa all the way.... a car that is undeniably faster than a stock busa. Hard to find!
So we head out the their road. The traffic is regulated by a light so there is nothing on it when ya go. I still didnt like the location. A cop could easily be coming the other way and you come up on traffic. Anyways we roll down to the bridge and punch it..... the next bridge is .7 miles away.
These cars are 3 speed automatics geared for the strip with a 158mph top end. So we raced Dannos stocker to start with. The first race, the start was uneven. Danno got ahead before the Supra hit it and stayed there. Both agreed the start was not even so we waited for a while to let the Supra cool down and then ran it again.
This time the Supra seemed stronger. The rear tires lit up, the back end is sliding around and he pulls away from Danno all the way to the red line. No dispute. Both agreed it was a fair start and the Supra beat the Stock Busa. The first car to do so. Congratulations Daniel. Fantastic car.
Next the Turbo busa races him with predictable results. No contest.
It is now 2pm and Nick still has not run a Supra but we are told there is one on the way...
