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Old 07-06-2007, 08:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Corvette vs. Porsche

Here is a video of Duke1 and I racing at the Summer Festival of Speed at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet Illinois. We were the only Corvetts in the race that was popluated with Porsches, including some extreemely fast GT3 Cup cars. I hope you injoy.

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Old 07-06-2007, 08:29 AM   #2 (permalink)
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SWEEEEET! Nice to see the Red Headed Step Child Running with the BIG DOGS! Good representation!!! And I thought parking my car at a Porsche dealership for a photo was ballsy.....
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Zippy, I challenge the second statement on your sig. And now I have the video to back it up!!!
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Old 07-06-2007, 09:15 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That was awesome driving against some very stiff competition. You guys didn't just win you embarrassed them. Great job!
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Old 07-06-2007, 09:29 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Nice!

Once again, Porsche gets stomped by the Z06...
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Old 07-06-2007, 10:55 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Nice vid.
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Old 07-06-2007, 06:21 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I think Corvettes should be compared to Porsches based on price. They're great cars, but cost a lot for similar performance from GM.

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Old 07-06-2007, 09:57 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Great video. Looks like lots of fun.
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Old 07-06-2007, 11:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I enjoyed to video and it looked like a good race for the four of you guys running together.

I was curious why you guy are not tracking more to the left of the short front straight before you turn in? It looks like you go down the middle of the track and turn in from there.

I would think you would want to track left on go in from as wide as possible and then let it track back out on the exit.

Is there something going on with the track over there at Autobahn. I have not yet driven that track.

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Old 07-07-2007, 08:06 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I was curious why you guy are not tracking more to the left of the short front straight before you turn in? It looks like you go down the middle of the track and turn in from there.

I would think you would want to track left on go in from as wide as possible and then let it track back out on the exit.


Nope, there is nothing wrong with the track. You get no benefit / advantage from tracking wide, left side of the turn, as you enter the turn. (South 1). As you can easily see that by staying in the middle to track right you are able to take the advantage away from cars that swing wide to the left. Porsches tend to stay to the left because of the the way they drive. The Vetts can take it on the right. All you need to do is stick it in the corner and hit the gas - aim for the rumble strip on the left, and then back to the right for a quick lift to set the car up for S3 a nice left which throws you out onto a short straight for a very fast S4 to the left.

Going wide only benefits you when you are running in non race conditions. You can see the line as you watch the cars go around S1 setting up for S2 & S3.

Glad you all liked the video. I"ll get some more.

Duke1, you win some, you loose some, but my best overall full track is 2:37.65, wasn't yours 2:37.66 and... I have the print outs to prove it.

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Old 07-07-2007, 08:10 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Zippy, you know I had a headwind...
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Excuses, excuses. I had the same headwind too.
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Great video, thanks for posting.
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Old 07-07-2007, 10:48 AM   #14 (permalink)
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So what's done to the Vettes?
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Old 07-11-2007, 03:34 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Corvette vs. Porsche

Excellent, and boy is the sound great!

What are the rules for this race? Cage, helmet and run whatcha brung?
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