The Art of Car Racing with Mom and Joe: A Tale of Speed and Sportsmanship

As we embarked on our latest car racing adventure, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and trepidation. My mom had agreed to join me and my friend Joe for a rolling race, and I was eager to see how she would fare behind the wheel. We set up the cars in their sportiest settings, with mine in manual mode and Joe's in manual mode as well. However, my mom was determined to stick with her trusty automatic transmission, citing that she couldn't operate the paddles and drive at the same time.

I decided to have a bit of fun with this, jokingly saying that anyone over 70 shouldn't use the paddles and gear shift. Joe chuckled in agreement, while my mom shot back with a stern expression, "That's not true! I can do it, but I'd need to practice." Ah, the spirit of friendly competition was already in full swing.

As we lined up at the starting line, I couldn't help but feel a sense of pride watching my mom get settled into her seat. She seemed so determined, and I had to admit that she looked pretty sharp in her racing gear. Joe gave me a knowing glance, and I could tell he was eager to see how our mom would perform.

The starting lights flashed green, and we were off! My car shot forward with ease, while Joe's seemed to take off like a shot. Meanwhile, my mom's alpha was picking up speed rapidly, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement as she zoomed past me. "My mum is doing 150 miles an hour!" I exclaimed, thrilled by her impressive performance.

Joe chuckled good-naturedly from the sidelines, "I think that's a bit too much, mate." But my mom was on fire, and it seemed like nothing could stop her. She crossed the finish line with a flourish, leaving me and Joe in awe of her driving skills.

But just as we thought she had won everything, disaster struck. As we reached the braking zone for the final time, my mom failed to brake hard enough, leaving me and Joe to cross the line first. Despite this setback, my mom was still beaming with pride, "I'm glad I could give it a go!"

As we took a moment to discuss the results, I couldn't help but feel impressed by my mom's bravery and determination. She may not have won the racing competition, but she had certainly won my heart with her enthusiasm and spirit. And who knows? Maybe next time, she'll be able to take on the best of them.

After the racing competition came to a close, we decided to try out some brake tests to see how they would perform. My mom was in top form, braking smoothly and effectively, leaving me and Joe to wonder if we had underestimated her driving skills.

As we parted ways with my mom, I couldn't help but feel grateful for the experience of racing with her. It may not have been a traditional competition, but it was certainly an unforgettable one. And who knows? Maybe next time, she'll be ready to take on the big leagues.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi everyone matt watson here from car wow i'm sat in a bmw m340i touring next to me is an alfa romeo stelvio quadrifoglio next to that is my daily driver mercedes mg a45s and we are going to have a drag race let me give you the stats on these cars this bmw has a three liter straight six with a single turbo and it pumps out 374 horsepower and 500 newton meters of torque it's got an eight-speed automatic gearbox driving all four wheels and it weighs in at 1740 kilos cost of this car starts from 50 000 pounds that alfa romeo has a 2.9 liter twin turbo v6 and it pushes out 510 horsepower and 600 newton meters of torque it's also got an eight-speed automatic gearbox with all-wheel drive there being an suv it is a bit heavier it weighs in at 1830 kilos and being the top of the range style viewer the quadrophobia the full fat performance model quite expensive 73 000 pounds finally then we come to the little mercedes it has a two-liter four-cylinder engine with a single turbo but it still pumps out 421 horsepower so it's more powerful than this bmw has the same 500 newton meters of torque though and in the smallest car it's the lightest 1 635 kilos which is still quite heavy for a hot hatchback well an uber hot hatchback it has an eight-speed automatic gearbox with dual clutches and four-wheel drive price-wise though it's quite expensive 56 000 pounds it's gonna be interesting to see what happens especially as i've got some guest drivers in the cars and i introduce it to the one in the alpha it is my mother sally watson hello mom how are you i'm fine thanks do you know much about your car do you know what kind of performance it's got what engine it's got oh it's um say at leon fr i think it's um that's her own car it goes quite quickly i was actually talking about the car you're shutting down not the one that you own i know nothing at all about this car that i'm sitting in other than it's an alfa romeo suv i gave you the chance to choose which car to go in and out of the three you chose the stelvio why was that firstly because it was an alpha and they're the supremely beautiful italian jobs but secondly because it's an suv and i hunger for an suv it's lovely being up high here see how high i am i don't think that's going to make you go any faster but you do get a good view out especially when you're a shortie you can see over the body of this car now can't you yes i i did start off by looking through the steering wheel you know that little gap then you figured out where the seat controls are and now you're all fine yeah i'm fine i'm all set to go just want to check one thing is your car in race mode yep and you know how to launch it yeah yes i think so yes okay you don't sound too confident we'll soon find out when we get going okay let's move on to the driver of the mercedes and it's my girlfriend joe hi joe you're right hello i'm good thanks so after my mama picked the alpha last night you then chose uh the bmw and the mercedes the mercedes why because i've driven it before i know it's quick and it's little do you think it's going to be me in this bmw i don't know because i think you've been up to your old tricks and probably picked the fastest car but i'll give it my best shot i don't do that come on guys actually let them choose the cars because i know what you're like you'll be like oh man i always pick some house in this car which isn't true because i don't win every race do i anyway they got to choose their cars that's what they went for so who do you think is going to win mum me of course me i suspect that your car will win actually you or or joe only because i think this is a heavy beast okay we're going to find out right now before we do please make sure you subscribe to this channel and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you won't miss a single upload right let's get on with the race just put this down buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your one-stop car buying comparison site actually before we get on with the race guys we're gonna do a sound check and i'm gonna start off with my car and all i'm gonna do is just rev it up like a boy racer we'll find out which car sounds the best couldn't really hear that over here all right well we'll find out what you made this is like in a bit let's hear the alpha first go on rev it up that sounds lovely go and do a bit more come on don't be shy she does this all the time back home just at the lights always annoying people it's embarrassing that sounded really good actually better than this bmw go on then joe put your money where your mouth is you thought your mercedes is going to sound better than this bmw i don't think so but give it a go okay are you revving it mom can you hear anything coming from her car i can just but it's quite a delicate little sound hey sally you're meant to be on my side i am on your side i think it has got hidden power definitely got hidden power mine is the pavarotti of the three so what's mine who's a german singer mother i don't have no idea the hasselhoff he's not even germany's american but they love him i can only think of marlena daytrick that'll do let's just get on with this race enough blooming chance let's actually find out which is the quickest three i'm nervous for them two but i also want to win mom i'm totally jumping the start that's right stop you jump the start mother you right you ready should we try this again did you start feel good other than being a bit too early mother yes it felt fine i did it when her hands were at the top she hadn't started to drop them i'm sorry don't worry you're almost there it's like split seconds and i can tell you competitive which is good let's do it again three two one off we go it's off quick it's between me and the oh the mercedes come on i gotta meet you wait my mom's coming my mom's coming back at me oh my god can i beat her win for the mercedes joe got good start mum not so much hey mum how was your start if i'd put any more on the throttle it was starting to wriggle forwards let's just do it one more time see if you can get a slightly better start maybe leave a little bit earlier i think you're just trying to jump in the start now that's all good for you but you enjoyed that didn't you yep you got a good launch much better without you in the car with me one more boys were just um busy conversing do you want to give my mom another go see if she can do a bit better maybe she'll be able to beat me as well do i try it i'm definitely willing to have another go three maybe this is just an excuse for me to try and have another go and beating joe maybe oh got a better start then oh oh she's coming back come on is my mum gonna come back no this is closer this time you had me again joe he was closer only a little bit closer i think i had a better start then i'll beat you off the line once it gets going i did it properly that time actually it was just at the point where it was starting to go i got it right i wouldn't be able to do it any better than that you're starting to get a feel for it now yeah yeah yeah yeah it's nice i like being a pie let's keep forgetting to press the orange button on the flipping walkie-talkie keep forgetting to press the orange button so then what exactly happened well once everybody got a clean start the mercedes won completing the standing quarter mile in 12.2 seconds the bmw was second finishing in 12.3 seconds and the alpha took 12.6 seconds which is a bit slow than we've had out of that car before but we'll forgive my mother and she's 72. right now we have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour the cars are in comfort mode automatic mode for the gearbox as well i'm going to count it in so get level mom come on move forward a bit move forward a bit forward a bit more mum ready here we go three two one oh floor it oh that mercedes just shot off comes the alph oh i think you're backed off then didn't you mum this thing is brilliant i want one i think you should have that one mercedes can joe have the amg a45s please she loves it right now we're going to do a rolling race again but this time we've got the cars in their sportiest setting i've got this car in manual mode joe's got her car in manual mode my mum is still staying in auto because she says she can't operate the paddles and drive at the same time she's 70 odd so we'll forgive i'm just telling people that you don't want to use the paddles and it's because you're over 70. now there's some people who are over 70 are going to take offense of that but you don't want to use the paddles do you no i would be able to do it but i'd need to practice i've never been very good at paddling if it was a gear stick i'd be fine there you go can't check it level without come on that's perfect here we go three two one floor it it's picked up good all that alpha's going i'm getting thrashed by the mirror i think that alpha might catch the mercedes go on mom my mum is doing 150 mile an hour yeah that's it that's good you won that then joe again another win for the mercedes brilliant this little thing how was your car man was it all right yeah it was really good it held the mercedes yeah your scene came past me as well do you know how quick you were going towards the end there before you braked no how fast was it going i think it was getting on for 150 miles an hour if not maybe more oh my goodness me she doesn't care really right brake test when we hit the line full emergency stop you're backing off mom don't back off yet here's a line yeah mum what happened sars i thought you were going to say stop no don't say stop it's when you reach the line let's try this again then come on then get level you did a good job mom here comes the lion apart from joe that is the last go reason being joe you've won everything else it's your fault for messing up the brake test how did i mess it up i braked as soon as i hit the line you did a good job there mum was that good were you satisfied with that i think i'm at an advantage over the little low car because i'm up high so i can see the line easier quicker more in perspective that's very sportsmanlike of you to say that to make joe feel better i think you're just late on the breaking i'm afraid oh well you've won two in the mercedes you came second the rolling race mother and you came last in the drag race and he came second in the break test are you pleased with the result well i would have liked to have won something well maybe you'll win next time from here it looks like your mum came first in the break test and i didn't break wrongly i hope you all enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like also let me know if you want to see my mum and joe look at the ignoring everything i say it's cause i'm pressing a phone on the radio i can't actually hear you honestly you can't talk when i'm talking because i'm pressing the button so i can't hear if you press it once i've started talking i think you forget to take your finger off the button you might be doing that on purpose anyway like i was saying it's all too technical for me and talking and stopping and lifting off the finger okay i'm just going to turn this off now if you haven't subscribed to this channel already please make sure you do and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on so you're alerted when we make a new upload if you'd like to see some more of my mum and joe you can follow them on my own channel they'll be doing stuff with me there it's at matt watson cars in fact click on the pop-out banner there you can go check it out and subscribe there for some other car stuff all right anyway thanks for watching and i'll see you next time mum come this way where you going you're going the wrong way sorry oh god bless her she's just gone for a little drive down that way ain't she bring your annie back bring honey back good honor though for taking part i mean come on she's never done anything like this beforehi everyone matt watson here from car wow i'm sat in a bmw m340i touring next to me is an alfa romeo stelvio quadrifoglio next to that is my daily driver mercedes mg a45s and we are going to have a drag race let me give you the stats on these cars this bmw has a three liter straight six with a single turbo and it pumps out 374 horsepower and 500 newton meters of torque it's got an eight-speed automatic gearbox driving all four wheels and it weighs in at 1740 kilos cost of this car starts from 50 000 pounds that alfa romeo has a 2.9 liter twin turbo v6 and it pushes out 510 horsepower and 600 newton meters of torque it's also got an eight-speed automatic gearbox with all-wheel drive there being an suv it is a bit heavier it weighs in at 1830 kilos and being the top of the range style viewer the quadrophobia the full fat performance model quite expensive 73 000 pounds finally then we come to the little mercedes it has a two-liter four-cylinder engine with a single turbo but it still pumps out 421 horsepower so it's more powerful than this bmw has the same 500 newton meters of torque though and in the smallest car it's the lightest 1 635 kilos which is still quite heavy for a hot hatchback well an uber hot hatchback it has an eight-speed automatic gearbox with dual clutches and four-wheel drive price-wise though it's quite expensive 56 000 pounds it's gonna be interesting to see what happens especially as i've got some guest drivers in the cars and i introduce it to the one in the alpha it is my mother sally watson hello mom how are you i'm fine thanks do you know much about your car do you know what kind of performance it's got what engine it's got oh it's um say at leon fr i think it's um that's her own car it goes quite quickly i was actually talking about the car you're shutting down not the one that you own i know nothing at all about this car that i'm sitting in other than it's an alfa romeo suv i gave you the chance to choose which car to go in and out of the three you chose the stelvio why was that firstly because it was an alpha and they're the supremely beautiful italian jobs but secondly because it's an suv and i hunger for an suv it's lovely being up high here see how high i am i don't think that's going to make you go any faster but you do get a good view out especially when you're a shortie you can see over the body of this car now can't you yes i i did start off by looking through the steering wheel you know that little gap then you figured out where the seat controls are and now you're all fine yeah i'm fine i'm all set to go just want to check one thing is your car in race mode yep and you know how to launch it yeah yes i think so yes okay you don't sound too confident we'll soon find out when we get going okay let's move on to the driver of the mercedes and it's my girlfriend joe hi joe you're right hello i'm good thanks so after my mama picked the alpha last night you then chose uh the bmw and the mercedes the mercedes why because i've driven it before i know it's quick and it's little do you think it's going to be me in this bmw i don't know because i think you've been up to your old tricks and probably picked the fastest car but i'll give it my best shot i don't do that come on guys actually let them choose the cars because i know what you're like you'll be like oh man i always pick some house in this car which isn't true because i don't win every race do i anyway they got to choose their cars that's what they went for so who do you think is going to win mum me of course me i suspect that your car will win actually you or or joe only because i think this is a heavy beast okay we're going to find out right now before we do please make sure you subscribe to this channel and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you won't miss a single upload right let's get on with the race just put this down buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your one-stop car buying comparison site actually before we get on with the race guys we're gonna do a sound check and i'm gonna start off with my car and all i'm gonna do is just rev it up like a boy racer we'll find out which car sounds the best couldn't really hear that over here all right well we'll find out what you made this is like in a bit let's hear the alpha first go on rev it up that sounds lovely go and do a bit more come on don't be shy she does this all the time back home just at the lights always annoying people it's embarrassing that sounded really good actually better than this bmw go on then joe put your money where your mouth is you thought your mercedes is going to sound better than this bmw i don't think so but give it a go okay are you revving it mom can you hear anything coming from her car i can just but it's quite a delicate little sound hey sally you're meant to be on my side i am on your side i think it has got hidden power definitely got hidden power mine is the pavarotti of the three so what's mine who's a german singer mother i don't have no idea the hasselhoff he's not even germany's american but they love him i can only think of marlena daytrick that'll do let's just get on with this race enough blooming chance let's actually find out which is the quickest three i'm nervous for them two but i also want to win mom i'm totally jumping the start that's right stop you jump the start mother you right you ready should we try this again did you start feel good other than being a bit too early mother yes it felt fine i did it when her hands were at the top she hadn't started to drop them i'm sorry don't worry you're almost there it's like split seconds and i can tell you competitive which is good let's do it again three two one off we go it's off quick it's between me and the oh the mercedes come on i gotta meet you wait my mom's coming my mom's coming back at me oh my god can i beat her win for the mercedes joe got good start mum not so much hey mum how was your start if i'd put any more on the throttle it was starting to wriggle forwards let's just do it one more time see if you can get a slightly better start maybe leave a little bit earlier i think you're just trying to jump in the start now that's all good for you but you enjoyed that didn't you yep you got a good launch much better without you in the car with me one more boys were just um busy conversing do you want to give my mom another go see if she can do a bit better maybe she'll be able to beat me as well do i try it i'm definitely willing to have another go three maybe this is just an excuse for me to try and have another go and beating joe maybe oh got a better start then oh oh she's coming back come on is my mum gonna come back no this is closer this time you had me again joe he was closer only a little bit closer i think i had a better start then i'll beat you off the line once it gets going i did it properly that time actually it was just at the point where it was starting to go i got it right i wouldn't be able to do it any better than that you're starting to get a feel for it now yeah yeah yeah yeah it's nice i like being a pie let's keep forgetting to press the orange button on the flipping walkie-talkie keep forgetting to press the orange button so then what exactly happened well once everybody got a clean start the mercedes won completing the standing quarter mile in 12.2 seconds the bmw was second finishing in 12.3 seconds and the alpha took 12.6 seconds which is a bit slow than we've had out of that car before but we'll forgive my mother and she's 72. right now we have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour the cars are in comfort mode automatic mode for the gearbox as well i'm going to count it in so get level mom come on move forward a bit move forward a bit forward a bit more mum ready here we go three two one oh floor it oh that mercedes just shot off comes the alph oh i think you're backed off then didn't you mum this thing is brilliant i want one i think you should have that one mercedes can joe have the amg a45s please she loves it right now we're going to do a rolling race again but this time we've got the cars in their sportiest setting i've got this car in manual mode joe's got her car in manual mode my mum is still staying in auto because she says she can't operate the paddles and drive at the same time she's 70 odd so we'll forgive i'm just telling people that you don't want to use the paddles and it's because you're over 70. now there's some people who are over 70 are going to take offense of that but you don't want to use the paddles do you no i would be able to do it but i'd need to practice i've never been very good at paddling if it was a gear stick i'd be fine there you go can't check it level without come on that's perfect here we go three two one floor it it's picked up good all that alpha's going i'm getting thrashed by the mirror i think that alpha might catch the mercedes go on mom my mum is doing 150 mile an hour yeah that's it that's good you won that then joe again another win for the mercedes brilliant this little thing how was your car man was it all right yeah it was really good it held the mercedes yeah your scene came past me as well do you know how quick you were going towards the end there before you braked no how fast was it going i think it was getting on for 150 miles an hour if not maybe more oh my goodness me she doesn't care really right brake test when we hit the line full emergency stop you're backing off mom don't back off yet here's a line yeah mum what happened sars i thought you were going to say stop no don't say stop it's when you reach the line let's try this again then come on then get level you did a good job mom here comes the lion apart from joe that is the last go reason being joe you've won everything else it's your fault for messing up the brake test how did i mess it up i braked as soon as i hit the line you did a good job there mum was that good were you satisfied with that i think i'm at an advantage over the little low car because i'm up high so i can see the line easier quicker more in perspective that's very sportsmanlike of you to say that to make joe feel better i think you're just late on the breaking i'm afraid oh well you've won two in the mercedes you came second the rolling race mother and you came last in the drag race and he came second in the break test are you pleased with the result well i would have liked to have won something well maybe you'll win next time from here it looks like your mum came first in the break test and i didn't break wrongly i hope you all enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like also let me know if you want to see my mum and joe look at the ignoring everything i say it's cause i'm pressing a phone on the radio i can't actually hear you honestly you can't talk when i'm talking because i'm pressing the button so i can't hear if you press it once i've started talking i think you forget to take your finger off the button you might be doing that on purpose anyway like i was saying it's all too technical for me and talking and stopping and lifting off the finger okay i'm just going to turn this off now if you haven't subscribed to this channel already please make sure you do and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on so you're alerted when we make a new upload if you'd like to see some more of my mum and joe you can follow them on my own channel they'll be doing stuff with me there it's at matt watson cars in fact click on the pop-out banner there you can go check it out and subscribe there for some other car stuff all right anyway thanks for watching and i'll see you next time mum come this way where you going you're going the wrong way sorry oh god bless her she's just gone for a little drive down that way ain't she bring your annie back bring honey back good honor though for taking part i mean come on she's never done anything like this before\n"