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Old Nov 6, 2006, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
When you're trapping 195, I don't think people are going to bash the builder of the motor, especially when it has gone an entire year+ without blowing. No need to be so pessimistic. =P
Not so many people are so knowledgeable Warr

It is amazing how fast that car of his goes though. I didn't know it was still manually shifted. Thats just freaking AMAZING shifting skills.
Old Nov 6, 2006, 12:45 AM
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Kind of manually shifted.....Its a dog box, so there is no need for a clutch, just slam it into gears..But still awsome times and mph! sorry to hear what happend to his car though..
Old Nov 6, 2006, 07:31 PM
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7.70 run...http://videos.streetfire.net/video/a...7100609715.htm
Old Nov 6, 2006, 07:50 PM
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He missed a gear and overeved twice I believe. His car was flying for most the day and the day before. Just unbelievable top end!
Old Nov 6, 2006, 07:57 PM
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He had some awesome runs all day. Left around 6 though so I must have just missed what happened. He did 195mph on his very first run so I can't even imagine what he could have done with all that cold air in the evening.

BTW - That engine bay is sooo clean looking and the 42R really looks like a GT35R when you first look at it. Hell, looking at it, you would never think that its a 7 second car. Awesome guy and driver as well... He'll be back.
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Bummer!
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
Strange that the domestic guys would be talking smack. I would think they'd respect a 7-sec car no matter what it is, especially when it's manually shifted...
Clay, there were a bunch of 14+ second mustangs up there that had "Japan Sucks" on thier back windows so I'm sure it was them. Every time I seen them run they lost to an import.
Old Nov 6, 2006, 08:11 PM
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i was blown away by his 7.7 run. Shep is the man no matter what anyone says. Hell things are bound to happen from time to time. John is consistent and that is something that doesn't just happen.

keep up the great work john.
Old Nov 6, 2006, 08:15 PM
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I read about this earlier and from what I heard even the domestic guys were chearing him on!
7.7 at over 190 mph is no joke no matter what kind of car it is. Much props to Shep.
Oh BTW, since the shootout, he now holds the record for the fastest AWD car...
Old Nov 6, 2006, 08:18 PM
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So did he beat that Mustang?
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You break stuff when you're flying.
As for the ones with the running mouths, chances are they didn't have anything to back it up. I'm sure they had a friend with a fast car though, just like the import owners that usually have the big mouths.
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this is your 14th post on evom, and based on the tone of your post, you're talking smack about John? So really, do you drive an evo or a mustang?

Originally Posted by shawnevo69
Well tonight at MIR raceway in Maryland, they were having imports vs. domestics
They had bunch of different classes and stuff. well john shepard has his good car out running in the pro-class . his first pass was a 9.1 or sumthing like that, ran a second time vs a pro-class turbo charged mustang, john had a 1.3 60 ft and about the 1000 foot mk his motor goes ca-pooof and flames are everywhere, well im guesin it was the motor but he didnt race the rest of the night and he was on the side chillin next to his car, and bunch of domestic rice guys were yellin at him sayin take that **** home. yes it was a sad day for mr. shepard!!
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Originally Posted by CanadianTSi
This video is cut short! blah!
Would have been nice to see the ending!!!
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And just for the record his last name is Shepherd
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the awd record is held by a skyline, 7.59 i believe....


found the thread.... im not ****tin on john's record I just remember them talkin about wanting to beat this skyline.
No not an evo, but 4WD World Record nonetheless.

Looks as if the World Record for the fastest 4WD has been smashed by Reece McGregor's Heat Treatments GTR from NZ at the recent meet at the Willowbank Raceway in QLD.

Get this:

7.59s@308.36km/h

Check out the sideways action:

http://www.sportcompact.net.au/WRSMALL2.wmv
Thread located here (on evom.net)

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