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Twenty-three-year-old Carlos Lago of Rocklin, California is a regular Inside Line reader, a CSU Sacramento college student and one of maybe 25 people in the United States of America that has driven a 2009 Nissan GT-R.

Carlos blew off a few classes last night to come out to Sacramento Raceway. I think he’ll tell you it was a smart move. When our night of racing was over, Carlos became the second Inside Line reader in two days to get some seat time in the GT-R.

“Wow, the power surge is just fantastic,” he said after his first real run through the GT-R’s lower gears. “It just makes you want to go faster.”

Being 11 pm, the roads were empty, so Carlos was able to lay into it a few times. “I’ve driven a Z06 Corvette, but this feels even faster than that,” he added. “I really like the sound. It’s quiet, but when you hop on it really sounds good. Nice scream.”

Between bouts of laughter (Wouldn’t you?), and hard runs through the second, third and fourth gears, Carlos turned his attention to the GT-R’s interior. “The steering feels awesome, every car should have a wheel like this. And the seat is really nice. Good bolstering.”

And when the ride was over, Carlos thanked us and jumped into his newly acquired 1999 BMW 328 coupe. Nice car, a super clean, unmolested example of a very desirable German sports coupe, although we’d bet a weeks salary it felt a bit sluggish after his run in the GT-R.

Scott Oldham, Inside Line Editor in Chief @ 770.4 miles

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