So, There I Am At The Drag Strip When...

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A 70s Monaco gets a bad start and the announcer says, "Looks like the Monaco pulled a Supra move" and he gets a huge laugh.
How did "Supra" ever go from a car to being a well understood joke? :3d_frown:
 
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...or burn their street tires to oblivion

...or run 12's

...or overboost and blow their head gaskets

...or stall it

...or XD
 

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Might be a local thing. I'd be surprised if many really knew what a Supra was if a Mk2 or Mk3 pulled up to a track in this state....
 

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Last year when I went racing I was a Nissan 280Z, and that MR2 (actually a 300ZX) would beat me for sure b/c Nissan didn't have turbos back then and all MR2s have turbos.
 

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But... but Steve, there were 280z turbos... :nono:

Who did they hire to do the commentary, a 13 year old girl?
 

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toyotanos;1846633 said:
Last year when I went racing I was a Nissan 280Z, and that MR2 (actually a 300ZX) would beat me for sure b/c Nissan didn't have turbos back then and all MR2s have turbos.

There were Turbo 280Z's and 300ZX's, both Z31 and Z32. Also, not all MR2's were turbo'd... With the Mk1 MR2, it was either NonTurbo or S/C, MK2's were N/A or Turbo. Only the SW22's were turbo.
 

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Van;1846413 said:
A 70s Monaco gets a bad start and the announcer says, "Looks like the Monaco pulled a Supra move" and he gets a huge laugh.
How did "Supra" ever go from a car to and being a well understood joke? :3d_frown:

You DO read other threads here don't you Van?? ;)
 

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whitehat89;1850398 said:
There were Turbo 280Z's and 300ZX's, both Z31 and Z32. Also, not all MR2's were turbo'd... With the Mk1 MR2, it was either NonTurbo or S/C, MK2's were N/A or Turbo. Only the SW22's were turbo.
lol

I know what those car's options were, it was the announcer that had no idea. His (close-to) exact words:
"Alright, next race- in the Lucas lane we have...looks like a Nissan 280Z, and in the Coca-cola lane; one of those Toyota MR2's. This should be a pretty straight forward race, folks. That Nissan is a decent bit heavier, and those MR2's all have turbos!" or something to that extent.

In reality I was in my gunmetal gray 91 supra, and it was against a 300ZX TT. It was a really fun weekend, but the announcer couldn't pronounce Mitsibishi to save his life! It was always michubitchy DX ...at a Mitsubishi centered event...
 

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I thought it was all a big joke, until he did it again...and again, until the day of competition. When he announced my name and car correctly, he sounded so surprised!
 

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I have found that most of the general public does not recognize my car, but at the local strip it's a different story. Folks love it, and I usually never even catch a frown(with the exception of the FWD crowd). The mark 3 seems to carry it's performance superiority in incognito, which helps when you find yourself in a sea of "domestic muscle-heads".
 

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Ah don't worry about those announcers. If they get lucky and someone messes up a start, they'll pick on it all day. Maybe something that happened earlier... or perhaps there's a local supra that is notorious for breaking or whatever.

9/10 times it's usually a bloated reference over the most miniscule event. In the States I find the crowds are Import-phobic. Get's a laugh, he might get to keep his job.
 

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I'm happy to report this year at the same event we had a better system so the announcer got info for drivers and vehicles asap. The guy was even able to correctly ID most of the cars he didn't have info on!

They can learn (or hire better announcers) :p