Philostang

Ok, I probably should have posted this in the older thread on sharing your track day experiences, but the video I put together is more for fun.

The drivers of the two Porsche Caymans were nice folk, they just didn't know the track well and weren't willing (or able) to really push their cars.

I, on the other hand, was pushing hard all weekend. And so I was passing them all weekend.

Turn the sound up a bit and enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Uw96QgiNg

Best,
-j

Sleeper_08

Great video - thanks for sharing.

As my brother keeps reminding me it is the combination of the car and the driver that counts!

Argonaut

Thats very cool John, good choice of music. Some of those trees look scary close to the track.

Did you see the recent Motor Trend article proclaiming the Cayman the worlds best Driver's car. Stock they aren't all that fast but I was in a run group with a guy who had a turbo charged one..and guess what, I still caught him. It was him though, not the car. I rode shotgun in an instructor's Cayman and it felt pretty darn good. He said it was the best handling car he'd ever driven.

houstonnw

That's what I thought until I looked more closely and realized that the trees were behind the guardrail, that WAS scary close to the track!

Nice video, done in fun I know, but it's still rewarding to chase down a "faster" car no matter what the circumstances.

-Wayne

MELLOWYELLOW06

You really need to experience a Carrera S with the new PDK tranny. Thats a car.

Philostang

Yeah, I guess the trees are a bit close to the track...but that just makes it feel like a romp down a country road!

Here, look for yourself...




And note the sidewall deflection...

Starfire

Nice but I think I'd rather just hear the sweet engine sound.

Ken04

I too always prefer the sweet music of 8 pistons trying to jump out the hood. The music was good, but I love the sound of revs and banging gears.

GTI-Guy

Congrats, it's always a fun thrill to pass more capable cars at these types of DE / HPDE events ... good job

I miss those days ... my current DD is VW GTI and in the beginner thru intermediate groups I considered anyone "fair game"

Course it's not a race, but you do measure your pace versus other cars

Now as an Instructor, running against other Instructors, I do most of the point bys for passing

Definitely a skilled driver is huge differential on a road course

Knowing how to properly apex a corner for the best geometry out of it to achieve a full throttle exit is a whole lot faster than screeching tires and fighting the car's weight while trying to keep it from running out of track ... obviously, your foot aint on the go pedal too much in that scenario

Looks like you figured all that out quite well!

Keep it up, it's an awesome hobby, and what Ford intended for us to do with Mustangs ... they're not "just" muscle cars, they can turn in both directions quite well!

For my b-day I'll be pulling the trigger on an 0 Ten track pack'd GT so I'll be representin' as well on the road course

And yes, Caymans are INCREDIBLE handling cars, have driven that vehicle twice on track and it darn near finds the line on its own

houstonnw

And congrats to you. I love seeing the magazines rate the Track Pack 2010 Mustang above the all conquering Camaro!

-Wayne