I'll be honest and say I never understood young men like this.
Not that I wasn't crazy when I was young. I was. I somehow got it in my head that I wanted to do 120 mph in the Sumner Tunnel but.... I prepared for it. I sat and watched and found the tunnel's lightest traffic was between 0130 and and 0400. I had a stop watch. I timed how long it took me to go a normal speed through the tunnel. I also timed slowpokes.
My reason for this prep? If I screwed up in that tiny two lane tunnel I was dead and so was everybody else with me. I finally decided not to use my car. It was a 1970 Lemans Sport Convertible. It had a 350 V8 but it was a heavier car, the frame designed to prevent roll overs. I was sure I could get to 120 with the Lemans but I wasn't sure if I could slow down fast enough. I borrowed my friend's muscled up Cutlass SS. He buckled up in the passengers seat and at around 0330 I timed the last car to enter the toll booth and waited for him to get out of that tunnel and then I went for it.
It was wild, like being in the twilight zone. It was a stupid thing to do but it was no jackass stunt.
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