Chapter 2
It was day two of the race training: today we would train our drifting techniques. I asked my cousin to take my RX-7 to the race point because I would be driving my 86 Trueno myself. Lola, Guy, Lance and Sam where there already but they weren't alone: Lisa, Lexia, Vince, Mike, Greg and Amy where there too. Lisa, Lexia, Vince, Mike and Greg wanted to take a spin too, Amy was there too cheer Sam on (her car is a front wheel drive and you can't drift with a car like that), and Mike and Greg where there too because the Trueno was only finished yesterday and has yet to be tested. We broke up into four groups this time two uphill groups and two downhill groups: group uphill 1 were me, Guy and Lance; group downhill 1 existed of me, Lola and Sam; group uphill 2 was Vince, Lisa and Lexia and group downhill 2 were Vince, Mike and Greg. We would start with the first uphill, I, Guy and Lance drove down the course at a leisurely pace. We all lined up and Lisa and Lexia (who had followed us together with Vince) would give the start signal. They raised their hands as we revved our engines and then they made the "go"-sign and we shifted in first gear speeding of the starting line. We accelerated towards the first corner, powering over slightly. Guy had a little advantage because he has a muscle car (which accelerates better than my tuner and Lance's exotic) but I evened that advantage a little with my better handling, Lance on the other hand fell behind a little. By the time we reached the second corner I had enough speed to start drifting so I brake-drifted through that second corner coming neck to neck with Guy who had passed me with his superior acceleration. Lance was falling so far behind he couldn't keep up anymore. The race was exciting between me and Guy though: we constantly switched between first and second place. Then the last corner came up. By then Lance had fallen three corners behind and I was driving first and feeling confident I would win. But that confidence cost me the race because I miscalculated that final turn and, instead of hugging the inside, I slipped over into the outer lane giving Guy the opening he needed to pass me and win the race.
I congratulated Guy and went to my 86 Trueno and rolled up to the starting line between Lola's S2000 and Sam's RX-8. Greg would give the start signal and raised his arms yelling "ready". We revved our engines (my upgraded Trueno sounded sweet) just before Greg yelled "Set". When he yelled go we all shifted into first gear and sped away my Trueno pulling slightly ahead (courtesy to Mike and Greg for upgrading its acceleration). With the heightened acceleration I already had enough speed to drift through the first corner. Lola followed me very well though and so did Sam. After a few corners Lola had become dangerously close and Sam had closed the gap as well though not as close as Lola. I pressed the gas pedal even further down to try and keep in front of them. It worked but when I was drifting through the last corner I noticed the RPM going into the red followed by my engine dying on me after the drift. I rolled over the finish line first followed by Lola and then Sam but the engine clearly needed some more work.
I phoned Mike and Greg to bring along their tools on the way down so they could take a look. In the mean time Vince, Lisa and Lexia lined up for their race. Lola and Sam gave the start signal. Vince had a big advantage with his 4WD tuner against two exotics. He finished a turn in front of them. By the time Lisa and Lexia finished he had just turned his car to line up with Mike and Greg's Mercedeses (don't think this is correct but who cares you all know what I mean). Lisa and Lexia gave the start signal and they sped off. Vince had once again an advantage with his 4WD tuner over the two exotics. The race ended once again with Vince being the victor though only by a little because Greg was right behind him followed immediately by Mike.
We did some more runs (mostly uphill once my cousin had brought down my RX-7) while Mike and Greg worked some more on the Trueno. By the end of the day we had decided to use the Trueno if it were to be in great shape by then but if not then Lola would race in her S2000 on the downhill and the uphill would be for Guy in his Viper.
The day that Tom will arrive is inching closer. Next chapter: the circuit race training.