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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 09:15 AM
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I went to Maple Grove Raceway in Pa. yesterday because I entered my car in the "East Coast Nationals Finals" car show. Well after I got my car all set up and clean I went and sat in the stands to watch all the action. There was a CS Z with huge NISMO decals on both sides of the car. I know he had race pipes on it, drag radials and nitrous running. He ran a 12.25 I think. Well on his second run his car caught on fire half way down the track. I heard from someone that he had blown an oil line. I never did get to see the extent of the damage because the judges were at my car and I had to leave the stands. There was a lot of commotion going on I heard with the fire truck and all. I went back to look for the Z but I couldn't find it. Was this anyone that post on here? If so exactly what happend? I felt so bad but at least my man got to tear up a low 12.
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 09:52 AM
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Dayum, that sucks.
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 10:03 AM
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I believe that was Smithtown Nissan's car, but they claim to have ran an 11.3?!?! Check out the Racing section, there is a link to the picture of the car with NISMO decals on the sides.

BTW, congrats on your second triumph!! Did you get any runs in?
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 10:35 AM
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Thanks 02trex! No I didn't get any runs in. I was hoping they did a fun run but they didn't. Plus I promised myself that I wouldn't run unless I had drags on. They had all the finals going on yesterday which was pretty awesome. Remember that supra that Vinny Ten ran and broke a world record at MIR? He broke his own record again yesterday twice! He did it on the last race of the day with a 7.36 I think @ 179 mph. That dude is sick! As for the smithtown nissan, it is very possible that I may have missed a couple of his runs since I didn't see all all of them. The first time I saw him run may have been his 2nd. The lanes were right behind me so I knew when the Z was up for a run. That did suck though. Hopefully it's not ruined.
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 02:10 PM
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Yeah, his motor is toast. He posted a link to the video a little while ago as well as some pics.

http://www.theexperience.com
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 05:22 PM
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Can't find the video. Anyone have a direct link?
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Old Sep 29, 2003 | 07:10 PM
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http://www.theexperience.com/video.p...=3f788cf314024
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 07:53 AM
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you gotta sign-up to download the video, but believe me its well worth it!!!! this video is craaazzzyyy!!!
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 08:08 AM
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found a direct link that should work.
http://www.theexperience.com/global/...-28-BOOM_H.wmv
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 08:11 AM
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here are some pics too!





evotuners.com has all the race and show coverage.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 08:30 AM
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Holy crap! Those pics are pretty wild. If that's bluefish's car, I can't wait to read what happened, step by step.

Edit: Yup! That's Smithtown Nissan, alright.

Last edited by 350zSpeedRacer; Sep 30, 2003 at 08:33 AM.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 09:06 AM
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DAMN! That video is silly! Thanks for posting the link!
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 09:24 AM
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lol that sucked, why the heck did he have the front tires as big as the rear? that was unnecessary. saving every inch of weight counts.
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 03:04 PM
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300shot
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Old Sep 30, 2003 | 03:06 PM
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try 375!
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 09:20 PM
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Since when is turning your 350z into an 11.38 drag car "ricing out?" Maybe you didn't like that huge stock spoiler or you don't know what rice means?
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 09:35 PM
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1. thats not a "drag car"
2. that Z wont do the 1/4 mile in 11.38
3. I do not like huge spoilers
4. It looks riced out to me (mainly the decals, especially the big *** Nismo)
5. You dont want to know my definition of rice, because I bet "CF emblem inserts from Reen" are rice
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 09:48 PM
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The Z did do an 11.38.

If anyone would frequent the Hell Hole
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 09:52 PM
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Originally posted by ScottC
Thats what he gets for ricing out his car and trying to be the hero of the ricers.
umnnnn yeah whatever

you need to be educated on the term ricer.
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Old Oct 3, 2003 | 10:02 PM
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2. that Z wont do the 1/4 mile in 11.38
that Z did run 11.38. Go see for yourself. Video is on the left hand side of the page:
http://www.theexperience.com/videos....=3f788cf314024
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