lol no it wasnt that he was a better driver. not much you can do from a 60 roll and just gun. i shift quicker than he does. it was just the tranny. SI tranny is too short and the Type R had longer gears. he bought the type r for like 8 and it was just bolt ons. this type r beat us but we raced another type r, we were half a car behind pulled a half a car ahead of him. lol so i think my friends type r might have something in it we dont know about.