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11-03-2011, 05:52 PM
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Notice @ 2:38... the oversteer, in a MINI.... Try that with an LS7 that's actually driving the rear wheels. Yikes.
Funny, I watch that and it actually looks like fun, with no power and a skinny car. I can't believe all the full throttle (well I can, it is a Mini). Oh well, Bull in a China shop was what it was like in my car.
Funny, I watch that and it actually looks like fun, with no power and a skinny car. I can't believe all the full throttle (well I can, it is a Mini). Oh well, Bull in a China shop was what it was like in my car.
11-04-2011, 11:09 AM
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The perspective from a faster car was somewhat different. Move from 118hp and FWD to 505hp and RWD, and it was just scary on the banking between the camber changes and changes in surface where you needed to be on the power. I am not a stranger to tracks, and have no issue running next to a wall. But when you are tossing a car around and the way things are setup means that mistakes will almost directly put you in a wall, it isn't much fun.
I really wouldn't consider that an autocross. And I think you'll find if they do something like that again, it might have a different name, and maybe be covered under different insurance. I can say this. I'd run a track day there, no problem.... but the way the course was on the banking with a box and a slalom and being forced to drive from banked concrete to flat slick asphalt and back immediately, it was hairy in my car and for the first time ever, I'll admit I didn't run as hard as I could. Not worth balling up my Corvette.
I really wouldn't consider that an autocross. And I think you'll find if they do something like that again, it might have a different name, and maybe be covered under different insurance. I can say this. I'd run a track day there, no problem.... but the way the course was on the banking with a box and a slalom and being forced to drive from banked concrete to flat slick asphalt and back immediately, it was hairy in my car and for the first time ever, I'll admit I didn't run as hard as I could. Not worth balling up my Corvette.
11-04-2011, 12:50 PM
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There was a bit of a pucker factor there when it checked up in the slalom, and it actually looks worse in the video than I remember. The MINI was a great car for that event because I wasn't tossing a 3000-some pound car around next to that wall. I loved the event but I agree that there could have been better elements to put on that straight. There's nothing like a cambered slalom to get people all out of sorts.
It's funny; going from the Mustang on street tires to the MINI on r-compounds was a bit like taking the donuts off a baseball bat. Everything comes at you so slowly and you really don't have to worry about the throttle since it's matted 90% of the time. It really lets you focus on steering inputs.
I think Tom O'Gorman said it best (and I paraphrase): That driving an H Stock car is an exercise in having the ***** to not lift and just chuck the car through each element. It's fun in a very different way than the Mustang is.
It's funny; going from the Mustang on street tires to the MINI on r-compounds was a bit like taking the donuts off a baseball bat. Everything comes at you so slowly and you really don't have to worry about the throttle since it's matted 90% of the time. It really lets you focus on steering inputs.
I think Tom O'Gorman said it best (and I paraphrase): That driving an H Stock car is an exercise in having the ***** to not lift and just chuck the car through each element. It's fun in a very different way than the Mustang is.
11-04-2011, 12:50 PM
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I sold the Camaro in September. I have a Mustang technically speaking but haven't seen it since 9/29 for warranty work. It will probably be leaving soon after I get it back (which at this rate seems like it won't be until 2012). I bought a C6 Z06 in early October.
11-04-2011, 12:59 PM
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ah interesting
11-04-2011, 05:59 PM
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http://www.stranoparts.com/videos.php Footage from Sunday in Nashville is up. It's pretty low quality as I was in a hurry. Compare and contrast to the Mini. 
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