Why race if you don’t have money?

Chapter 51: Almost Doubting Life

Sun Tao, who was chasing behind, looked at the taillights of the Impreza STI gradually moving away, his face full of shock and expression was not much better than Liang Chi's.

Sun Tao is a well-known underground racer in the Yangtze River Delta region. He has frequently driven on the East China Sea Central Ring Elevated Road in recent years. With his familiarity with the terrain and his courage, professional racers who have not often driven on the streets may not be able to outrun him.

Besides, Sun Tao's Ford Cobra has undergone lightweight modifications, such as removing some unimportant interior trims and replacing some lighter alloy parts.

In addition, to address the poor handling capabilities of American muscle cars, Sun Tao also spent a lot of money to adjust and upgrade the chassis parts, improve the shock absorbers, spring stiffness, add stabilizer bars, and so on.

Even the horsepower, which is the most important thing, was increased during the modification process to 560 horsepower.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if the car in front is a genuine Impreza STI, the Ford Cobra can still rely on its exponential power advantage to outperform the opponent on the elevated straight.

But the reality is that we are getting further and further away, and the other party's timing of overtaking is too precise, basically to the point of "taking advantage of any opportunity".

If he were to participate in the East China Underground Competition with this level of driving skills, even if he didn't win the championship, at least getting into the top few would not be a problem.

When did a skilled driver of Impreza STI emerge in the Yangtze River Delta?
Sun Tao's Ford Cobra couldn't catch up with Chen Xiangbei's Impreza STI, and the BMW M3 behind it was even more difficult to catch up.

Changmao's eyes were red at this moment. He felt like he was being provoked and teased.

It is obvious that performance cars and drivers of this level cannot be everywhere on the streets, and it is impossible for them to meet me on the ramp by chance, and I deliberately stepped on the brakes to slow down and suppress the car.

Moreover, the other party disguised the highest-performance version of Impreza STI as an ordinary mass-produced Impreza, and was so "familiar" with the controls of street racing, which clearly showed that they came well prepared.

The most reasonable explanation Changmao could think of was that the young man driving the Impreza STI came here specifically to cause trouble!

But being angry was pointless; if he wanted to fight back, he had to rely on his strength. Even though Changmao was speeding up as hard as he could to overtake, he was still being left further and further behind by the Impreza STI in front, almost to the point where he couldn't see the other car's taillights.

At the same time, Chen Xiangbei looked at the rearview mirror. The Ford Cobra chasing behind his car was becoming smaller and smaller and was about to disappear in the range of the rearview mirror.

After just one glance, Chen Xiangbei withdrew his gaze from the rearview mirror, and stepped on the clutch and accelerator almost at the same time. He increased the engine speed by downshifting and adding fuel, and once again squeezed out the last bit of performance from the Impreza STI's EJ20 engine.

He was no longer interested in continuing to argue, and he had to rush to the Huasai Sports racing base early to get a good night's sleep to prepare for tomorrow's professional karting practice.

With the roar of the engine, Chen Xiangbei used extreme lane changes to overtake the two third-party vehicles in front at lightning speed and completely got rid of the Ford Cobra behind him.

Although Chen Xiangbei's original intention was not to compete with the two performance cars behind him, according to the general rules of underground racing, when the front car is left so far behind that the rear car can no longer see its taillights, it means that the "race" has been decided.

Sun Tao, who was driving a Ford Cobra, could not do what Chen Xiangbei did, accurately judging the maximum distance between third-party vehicles on the elevated road and then changing lanes to overtake.

In the end, the pursuit route was blocked by the vehicle in front, and he could only watch the taillights of the Impreza STI disappear from his sight.

The expression on his face at this moment can be described as astonishment.

Sun Tao actually had a hunch that the driver of this Impreza STI might not be a pushover.

But he never expected that the Impreza STI could be so fast that it could be described as beyond his reach.

Donghai has now become a domestic racing center. Sun Tao has seen many powerful drivers over the years, including many well-known professional drivers.

But the only young drivers capable of such skill were probably those top Formula One drivers who had been karting since childhood. Sun Tao even had a vague feeling that the guy driving the Impreza STI might be even better. After all, it had been a long time since he had experienced this feeling of being completely defenseless.

With an extremely shocked mood, Sun Tao turned on the turn signal and drove the Ford Cobra to the side of the road. The hairy BMW M3 behind him saw his action and also followed and stopped by the roadside.

The two men opened the car door and got out. Changmao asked in a tone full of resignation, "Sun Tao, can't you catch up with that little naked guy?"

"Can't catch up."

Sun Tao shook his head and admitted it frankly.

"That guy's driving a heavily modified Impreza STI. The steering is so precise it must have been specially tuned. There are too many cars on the road and my Ford Cobra can't keep up."

"Longhair, with this kind of driving skills and tuning abilities, the Impreza STI must be quite impressive. I suspect he's an outsider preparing to participate in the East China Sea Underground Competition."

There are only a few people in the Yangtze River Delta who drive Impreza STI, and Sun Tao basically knows them all. No one would do such a thing as removing the logo to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger.

"I don't care who he is. If he dares to cause trouble in the East China Sea, the underground competition will not let him off easily!"

Changmao shouted with a look of dissatisfaction on his face. After all, he was considered the local boss of the Donghai SRT team. If he didn't dare to say a word when someone stepped on his line, how could he survive in the underground racing circle in the future?

Sun Tao did not respond to Changmao's shouting. He was still thinking in his mind which person in the country had the power to crush him.

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On the other side, Chen Xiangbei saw that his "opponent" had been left behind, so he slowed down the car and drove at a normal speed. At the same time, he turned his head to look at Liang Chi and asked him how he was doing.

As a result, when he saw Liang Chi's pale face, he instantly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Uncle Liang, please don't throw up in the car. I don't want the first thing I do when I arrive in Donghai is to stay up all night washing the car!"

"Get lost! I'm not that fragile!"

Realizing that Chen Xiangbei looked down upon him, Liang Chi replied with forced toughness.

To be honest, he did feel a churning in his stomach, but at least he was mentally prepared this time, and as the saying goes, things never happen more than three times.

He has already lost people twice. This time, even if it rushes into his throat, he has to swallow it forcefully. Otherwise, how can he establish the authority of an elder in the future?
Compared to the previous test drive, Liang Chi paid more attention to Chen Xiangbei's operation this time. He kept a close eye on the tachometer for almost the entire test and found that the needle did not drop at all.

You must know that this means that Chen Xiangbei always keeps the engine speed within the maximum horsepower output range, whether it is braking, accelerator, or shifting gears.

The essence of racing, to put it bluntly, is the ultimate control of engine speed.

Whoever can bring out the full performance of the vehicle and maintain the top speed will naturally drive faster.

And compared to the racetrack, there are too many unpredictable situations on the street. Maintaining the speed requires not only technical skills, but also impeccable psychological qualities.

This kind of high-speed lane-changing scene would probably scare an ordinary person to the point of peeing their pants, let alone if a human were driving it.

After experiencing this personally today, Liang Chi once again realized how terrifying talent is!
(End of this chapter)