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Red Mountain, 8:34 pm.
With Nuchu, Sai Saici and Matoko…..
"I see, so he's driving his three-two again." Matoko said watching the race, "It's a pretty smart move in some areas, considering the fact that the GT-R is a heavy ass car."
"Yeah the GT-R is real good with uphill racing, but if it's a downhill race it's not so good," I replied, "Hey, what's the status on Senna's race?"
"One of my boys said that Senna was still in second position." Nuchu answered.
"Come on Senna, you got to adapt, you're so used to driving cars with RWD (Rear Wheel Drive), you never really had any training with cars that have four wheel drive," I thought, "Damn Deangelo, I hope you know what the hell you're doing."
After Senna wrecked her RSX Deangelo handed his tuned Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 to her, Deangelo said that Senna needs to learn the difference in RWD and 4WD. He said that telling her won't be enough; Senna has driven in a car that has FWD (Front Wheel Drive).
"When I was racing Senna on the Boulevard, her driving style was a tad bit off," Deangelo stated, "The way she was drifting around the corners also made me have concerns, but all in all she is a good street racer, she just needs a tad bit more training."
Before she had the Acura RSX she used to drive a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, that's when her parents bought her the RSX on her 16th birthday, she sold the Eclipse after that.
I wished Senna had got some extreme amount of practice in before the tournament though, so far we've been undefeated this year and all of us have been hoping to keep that winning streak going on, if Senna ends up losing the race her and Shuhei will have to race again.
With Senna…
*SCREEEEEECH*
The sound of the tires screeching and the engines roaring echoed through the large parking deck, Shuhei and I were on the seventh level of the parking deck and were making our way up to the eighth, I was still having a few problems driving the Evo 4 but I think I've gotten quite used to it now.
Shuhei and I went drifting around the corner, I had the outside and he had the inside, Shuhei was doing well at blocking me but he's blocking way too much.
"His line is affected and the point of entry is much slower." I said putting the car in third gear.
With Deangelo…..
"His car is very fast," I said, "On Red Mountain's uphill; nobody can pull away or even keep up with my 'R'."
We were gonna race nonstop all the way to the top of Red Mountain, hopefully I won't get as exhausted as I was when I was racing against Matoko.
The screeching of the tires could be heard throughout the area as Andrew and I talked corner after corner, every now and then I would try to pass him when the time was right but I ended getting blocked, every now and then if I was getting left behind I would use the gutter run to gain more speed and cornering force.
I never did that trick in an uphill battle before, it was very different but it was very helpful, "Andrew's car I going abnormally fast," I said putting the car in fourth gear, "It's a lot more faster than it should be and the gap between us is starting to grow a little."
Shikamaru said that car probably has an upgraded V8 engine, but as fast as its going I highly doubt that, I'm trying to keep up with him on the turns but he ends up pulling away on the straightaways.
I pressed my foot down on the accelerator to speed up even more going almost 115 mph, pedestrians who were watching the race from behind the guardrails looked on as Andrew and I blew past by them, "You got yourself a very nice car kid," I said drifting around the thirteenth turn, "Seems like the gutter run won't cut it at all, I'll have to pull off another technique in order to turn this around. But I'll have to do this trick in a certain area in order to pull this off."
With Choji and Shikamaru…
"So what's the status on Deangelo?" I said through the walkie-talkie.
"Deangelo is still in second place, from the looks of it he's struggling to keep up a little bit, the gap between the three-two and the A70 Supra has been growing a bit." One of the street racers answered.
"I see."
"Deangelo and Andrew are at the halfway point of Red Mountain, you think Deangelo will be able to pass Andrew and win?" Choji asked.
"I don't think Choji, I know." I answered, Deangelo is a very talented and skilled street racer, he has a lot of tricks up his sleeves.
Tricks and techniques that he learned from his dad and learned by racing on the roads, he's gotten himself out of tough situations like these, he doesn't panic at all.
He's kind of like me in certain areas; he usually relaxes himself and completely clears his mind so he can think, he plans things out in his mind when he's practicing at times also.
With Senna…..
Shuhei and I were on the tenth level of the parking deck, we're close to the finish line, I got to hurry up and pass him.
We sped down the straightaway doing almost 70 mph eventually hitting the brakes and drifting around the next corner, I pulled out from behind him and pressed my foot down on the gas, Shuhei had the inside and I had the outside.
"There are no cars on this next turn," I said, "Well it's all or nothing."
Both Shuhei and I were side by side as we approached the turn I pressed my right foot on the brake and the gas pedal while my left foot worked the clutch pedal, I switched gears and turn the steering wheel to the right.
"Oh it's over for you Shuhei." I simply said.
In a desperate move Shuhei managed to cross into my lane trying to block me, but there was nothing he could do, even though he now has the outside I was still gonna overtake him from the inside.
The pressed my foot hard on the gas as we went speeding down the straightaway again, Shuhei was trying to speed up side by side with me, we were approaching the next turn which led to the last level of the parking deck.
There were cars that were parked near the corner but Shuhei and I went for it both of us went drifting side by side, he had the outside and I had the inside.
*SCREEEEEEEEECH*
"Huh?" I said looking in the rearview, shuhei had pressed his foot on the brake immediately bringing his S302 Extreme to a stop, the reason: While in mid drift there was an import tuner that was parked pretty much in shuhei's lane and he couldn't go around it because of me, so he had to hit the brake and let me pass.
"Yes!" I said in victory as I went drifting around the last corner, there was a crowd of people that were at the finish line, they all started to cheer as I finished the race.
With Deangelo…..
"It's a good thing that my Skyline is colored pitch black," I said putting the car in forth gear, "I usually use this technique when I'm being chased by the cops."
There was a certain area in Red Mountain that was extremely pitch dark due to most of the street lights being busted out, this little technique was sort of like a disappearing act, you cut off the lights to fool your opponent into thinking that you lost them.
Then while the opponent is distracted you gun for it, overtake them and cut the lights back on after that, I've hardly used this move when I'm racing but I have used it when the police are coming after me.
Andrew and I went drifting around the fourteenth turn, both of us had the inside giving it our all, Andrew started to pull away from me again once we started to speed down the straightaway.
"I got to really get close to him in order to do this trick." I said making the Skyline speed up even more, we made a sharp left turn then after that left, we made a sharp right.
I immediately prepared myself because we were just a few yards away from the dark area; I started to speed up going almost 125 mph.
"Now you see me," I said about to cut off the lights, "And now you don't!"
Next chapter coming up.
