that's dumb. clearly the girl has already made her point that she doesn't like your friend and she's not gonna go out with the friend, thus the race proves nothing but at the end of the day no matter which guy "wins" she's gonna pick who she wants regardless. she's also made it clear that she's into you. so you need to get that established between your friend, make sure that he knows the girl doesn't like him and everything he's dreamed up in his head is just that, a dream. if your friend still has issues with it, oh well. go out with the girl, she wants to spend time with you she likes you. the friend will come back around once he gets over it, if he's good enough of a friend. he has no rights to this girl and he seems a bit obsessed.