I was visiting some friends in Long Island when one of my buddies, Ryan and his brother Steve challenged me and my buddy to a race. Ryan would drive his E46 M3, Steve his 350Z and I would drive my buddies S2000. Steve's girlfriend Alina would follow in her Jeep Wrangler to film us. We all gathered on the northern end of Main St to begin. We agreed the intersection of 12th Ave and Main would be the finish line.
Off the line I was the quickest with Steve in the 350Z right beside me and Ryan in the M3 trailing. On the 2 --> 3 upshift I screwed up and put it in 5th gear instead of 3rd and killed my momentum. Both of them went flying by me which is probably a good thing.
As we approached 5th street the light turned yellow. At this point I was too far back to try to beat it so I slowed down. Ryan and Steve on the other hand decided to race through it but Ryan wasn't fast enough. Two cars came through the intersection from the left, a Saturn L300 followed by an Acura Integra. Steve who was still in the lead managed to squeeze between the rear of the Saturn and the front of the Integra. Ryan wasn't so lucky. He hit the front passenger fender of the Integra sending it into a spin. After the intersection, the road curves to the left. Ryan's M3 kept going straight and went up an embankment before rolling on to his roof. I stopped to see if the girl in the Integra was okay. Steve seeing the accident in his 350z's rearview mirror turned around and helped Ryan out of the M3. Fortunately a surgeon driving an E-Class wagon who witnessed the accident stopped and checked both of them out. They are both fine but shaken up pretty good. The girl in the Integra, whose name is MaryAnn, had just put about $12,500 in aftermarket stuff on her car about a week ago. Now her car is a total loss.
The police soon came and shut down the road, took statements and eventually placed us under arrest. My friends and I face charges like reckless driving, public endangerment etc. I'm out on bail right now, not looking forward to going before the judge tomorrow. Be safe out there guys. Oh, and there are some pictures below.
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*Edit* The events described in this work are purely fictional. Any similarity to actual events is strictly coincidental. This was actually stolen from a very smart guy on S2Ki but I thought it was amazing and I had to repost it!!
Here we are getting lined up for the start:
Off the line I was the fastest
This is where I screwed up my 2 --> 3 upshift. :rolleyes:
And got further and further behind
These pics were taken from the Department of Transportation camera at the intersection where the accident occured.
Here is Steve in the 350z just barely getting by.
Ryan wasn't so lucky.
The E320 wagon belongs to the doctor who stopped and checked Ryan and the girl in the Integra.
Some shot's of Ryan's rolled M3.
The closed road.
We were even on the news!
WE EVEN GOT IT ON VIDEO!!!
