RATROASTER
08-04-2003, 07:23 PM
On Saturday, I had the Skylark at the cruise in Beaver, PA. There were a lot of cars out for this cruise and I had seen old cars roaming the streets of Beaver County all day. There is a good showing every year at Beaver and this year was no exception. On the way home, I stopped over my freinds place. He lives three blocks from me in downtown Beaver Falls. I grabbed something to eat and we decided to go for a lap around the neighborhood. This included spin up to Spotlight 88. The Rt 588 Eastvale bridge is the closest strip where I can get a couple of good shifts. The bridge, which crosses the Beaver River, is not quite a quarter mile. As soon as I hit third gear, I have to be quick to slow down for the stop sign at the end of the bridge. My Skylark has manual brakes w/ aluminum drums all the way around, so I have to get on the brakes hard. The bridge surface was rebuilt five years ago and is four lanes wide so its a nice spot to lay into it. I ran my three gears and proceded up Rt 588 towards Spotlight 88 and Elwood City. We pulled into Sheetz, and sat for a couple of minutes and turned around.
After our breather, we headed back towards Beaver Falls. I was getting tailed, so I slowed down to an absolute crawl. When I came up to the Eastvale bridge, I pulled into the left lane. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the guy tailing me was a white 81 Trans Am. He was attempting to make a move on me. I landed on the gas hard and my three-chamber flowmaster reverberated off the New Jersey barriers that encased the bridge and the four barrel opened to make that ever-sweet sound. My rearend got a little squirrelly, but quickly straightened out. When I landed on the gas the TA was even with me. I shifted into third and looked back, the TA was a whole car length behind me. I landed on the brakes and stopped hard for the sign. I struggled to not go into traffic. I think I may have used both feet!! My RPM's fell like an avalanche to 500. I glanced over and tapped the horn. Two college kids in the Trans Am looked over and the driver was giving me the thumbs up. The Skylark felt real good!!
:TU:
After our breather, we headed back towards Beaver Falls. I was getting tailed, so I slowed down to an absolute crawl. When I came up to the Eastvale bridge, I pulled into the left lane. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the guy tailing me was a white 81 Trans Am. He was attempting to make a move on me. I landed on the gas hard and my three-chamber flowmaster reverberated off the New Jersey barriers that encased the bridge and the four barrel opened to make that ever-sweet sound. My rearend got a little squirrelly, but quickly straightened out. When I landed on the gas the TA was even with me. I shifted into third and looked back, the TA was a whole car length behind me. I landed on the brakes and stopped hard for the sign. I struggled to not go into traffic. I think I may have used both feet!! My RPM's fell like an avalanche to 500. I glanced over and tapped the horn. Two college kids in the Trans Am looked over and the driver was giving me the thumbs up. The Skylark felt real good!!
:TU: