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Lake St
It's late '77 am I'm out for a late nite cruise in the SS-454. My car was deceptively quick for a street car of that time. It ran 12.40's and on the street had a holeshot that allowed me to beat cars that ran quicker than that at the track.
It's about 11pm and I'm minding my own business when a '57 Chev 2dr Post pulls along side of me. I really wasn't looking for a race and was paranoid about getting a ticket. I had pushed my luck that summer and just had that feeling my luck was about to run out. This guy would not leave me alone. His car was just the opposite of mine. His was loud, a stick shift and jacked up in the rear. Mine...a nice low stance, quiet mufflers and a TH400.
We ended up hitting a stoplight at Cedar and Lake. I figured this was the best place to play with him. I couldn't see anything behind us and in either direction on Cedar, plus there was a graveyard on the left for the next 2 blocks. There was only one side street 1 block away on the right where a squad may sit, but I figured I'd take those odds. I pull the horseshoe stick back into low...the light turned green and I waited for him to make his move. I hear him jump on his, so I ease my throttle a little over 1/2 way just enough to keep my car about a fender ahead of his then clicked it into 2nd. He's revving the piss out of his and banging gears. All of a sudden...red lights come out of nowhere! He turns into Hi-Lake and they pull in behind him. I go to the next turn and head home. Whew!
A week or so later, I pull into a Clark gas station around 42nd and Nicollet and there's the same '57. He walks out and I asked him if his '57 was fast and if he would like to race for a few bucks. He looked at me and said "IT'S YOU!!!...You're the guy I raced on Lake St!!!" He went on to say how they busted him and let me go. I asked him again if he wanted to race for a few bucks and how I thought it would be a close race. He said no frickin way man...you were playing with me that night and you're not suckering me and taking my money. I told him I was givin it all she had and he said he knew better. lol
It's late '77 am I'm out for a late nite cruise in the SS-454. My car was deceptively quick for a street car of that time. It ran 12.40's and on the street had a holeshot that allowed me to beat cars that ran quicker than that at the track.
It's about 11pm and I'm minding my own business when a '57 Chev 2dr Post pulls along side of me. I really wasn't looking for a race and was paranoid about getting a ticket. I had pushed my luck that summer and just had that feeling my luck was about to run out. This guy would not leave me alone. His car was just the opposite of mine. His was loud, a stick shift and jacked up in the rear. Mine...a nice low stance, quiet mufflers and a TH400.
We ended up hitting a stoplight at Cedar and Lake. I figured this was the best place to play with him. I couldn't see anything behind us and in either direction on Cedar, plus there was a graveyard on the left for the next 2 blocks. There was only one side street 1 block away on the right where a squad may sit, but I figured I'd take those odds. I pull the horseshoe stick back into low...the light turned green and I waited for him to make his move. I hear him jump on his, so I ease my throttle a little over 1/2 way just enough to keep my car about a fender ahead of his then clicked it into 2nd. He's revving the piss out of his and banging gears. All of a sudden...red lights come out of nowhere! He turns into Hi-Lake and they pull in behind him. I go to the next turn and head home. Whew!
A week or so later, I pull into a Clark gas station around 42nd and Nicollet and there's the same '57. He walks out and I asked him if his '57 was fast and if he would like to race for a few bucks. He looked at me and said "IT'S YOU!!!...You're the guy I raced on Lake St!!!" He went on to say how they busted him and let me go. I asked him again if he wanted to race for a few bucks and how I thought it would be a close race. He said no frickin way man...you were playing with me that night and you're not suckering me and taking my money. I told him I was givin it all she had and he said he knew better. lol
he never did ask if I wanted to run his Chevelle :rotfl:
the Camaro was a fun car but you would'a had me covered 
and I'm not sure but I don't think you got a ride in it either. 
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