I raced a GT in my Mach-1 and lost

Rich,

How about some details?

Patrick '93 Cobra

Sucks to be you!

I ran into the car on a local hwy called the Don Valley Parkway. His car was red. For a split second, I didn't know what it was because I'd only seen one at a show, but then I realized it was the GT. The hwy winds it's way into Downtown Toronto. We were stuck doing

25mph in the usual traffic jam about 10km from the city. The driver of the GT looked at me a couple lanes over an waved. I waved back. Once we cleared a major intersection (bunch of highway cut-offs) the traffic eased up so he honked his horn a couple times and we took off. From a near standing start (amazing how traffic can jam up when nothing is in front of it, all those drivers deciding to change multiple lanes at the last minute) he took the lead, by 80k (48mph) he was lengths in front. Then we went into a turn, and he just left me. I don't know how fast he was going, I could feel the lateral force in the turn in my car but he tracked perfectly and just kept going. The only other time I'd felt that in a wide turn was when racing a Porche a long time ago. The GT has an interesting engine sound, higher pitched than the Viper. It almost reminded me of an E-Type Jag. My car is pretty loud under full acceleration, more than a Mustang GT, but I still heard his sound because it was so different. I also saw his head jerk back as he changed gears. Reminded me of a Vette driver I saw not long ago. To be fair, (not that it would have mattered much) his lane cleared a second or two before mine did. I didn't catch up to him again, which meant he kept at speed, not a good proposition on that particular road, but I'm sure he can afford the fine.

--Rich

I also live in Toronto and I'm surprised you were able to get above 20 kmph on the DVP. I would love to drive above 20 kmph there because it's a very snakey type of highway. I don't think there is a straight stretch anywhere. It would be great to cruise along at about 120 or so :) What day and time were you able to drive at those rare speeds?

Gumby '04GT