Short-Throw

It was the second annual event and the weather cooperated with 70 degrees and a dry track. All the students did a great job in all levels and kept it an incident free event, the best kind.

I installed the new Pfadt front sway bar and as you can see in the video, the car is extremely stable. Aaron and crew were on hand as a supporting vendor. They helped many participants with car set up.

Andy Pilgrim and Johnny O'Connell attended and shared invaluable driving lessons and gave everybody champ rides.

Despite the fact that I have more HP and aero, Frank Gonzalez made me work keeping up. That man drove his Z06 to it's absolute limit. Dvandentop was my passenger and climbed out of the car all grins afterwards. Derek, you there?



Everett's 650HP Mosler was a serious machine with a lb/hp ratio under 4:1.





















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Mike

0Randy@DRM

Thanks Mike, I will watch them in full tonight.

Randy

V8 Juice

# 12,
Are you sure all this much fun is legal? Is there something in the gene pool that makes track drivers great people? Your videos are the next best thing to being there, thanx! Frank sure can drive!
#10

trumper Z06

Thanks Mike.

Love the sound of that sequential gearbox.

JDIllon

Awesome!!!!!!!!! Great videos Mike. JD

mcar00

The car sounds great Mike! Looks like you guys had the track to yourselves. I like the rear view camera, although you have to glance at it quickly before the cars behind vanish. I'm afraid I missed an awesome track day weekend. See you at VIR next month.

95jersey

I wish this were at NJMP...would have loved to be there!! It looks like Frank gave everyone a few suprises (as he usually does).

Short-Throw

Mike,

I must have ordered the same camera you have!

Short-Throw

Frank was on crutches to boot due to a bone spur. A few guys asked if he was still going to drive. He had them feel his wrist and said if there's still a pulse, I'm driving!

gonzalezfj

The Beast (and Short Throw) are coming to NJMP for the NCM HPDE on July 20-21.

Come see another mano-a-mano between Mike and I. This time it will be videotaped.

I will have a SLIGHT advantage because I know the track and Mike doesn't (I have to hang my hat on that because otherwise I'm a dead man walking against the Beast).

Frank Gonzalez

ErnieN85

Cobra4B

Mike... that car is like bringing a nuclear warhead a kinfe fight... how's "the beast" compare to the Mosler now that it has a new motor?

dvandentop

Yes I am here to testify that Frank gave Mike a damn good run for his money, I have never seen such a full blown battle it was a huge rush to be rididng shotgun witnessing this all 1st hand!!

Absoulte blast and a ride I will never forget

Dreamin

I wish i didn't live way over here on the LEFT coast

Short-Throw

I looked over a few times and I could swear you had your eyes closed!

Short-Throw

Thanks to Jason for uploading to Katech YouTube. I added the easy to view embedded links in the original post.


Mike

vette6aut0x

Mike, what a great place you have. I want to thank you again for allowing me to ride shotgun in your car with Johnny O at the helm, what a treat. Hope one day you can come to Alabama and bring the beast to Barbers you would love the track. David Leonard.

snitz

What a great event! Sorry I missed it this year. Kick butt.

As always the beast rules.

Short-Throw

That's a great question and I wish I had a better answer than this:

The Mosler (MT900 KR) is ridiculously fast now.

In terms of comparison, the MT900 KR is much lighter. The Beast has more aero and currently more grip (I was running Pirelli D5 slicks). I just installed a massive endurance brake system but given the MT's weight advantage, I'm not sure how this equates. The MT runs spherical bearings like mine so suspension-wise it's probably just as nimble, if not more

Perhaps next year we can get some better performance comps, but this event Everett was simply enjoying his new creation. I was simply too busy driving or instructing to coordinate a session with Pilgrim or O'Connell driving Everett's car.

Everett's very first mile driving it was on track since the upgrade, so credit to him for being a cowboy! I don't blame him being careful with it.

The sound the car makes now was well worth the upgrade dollars alone IMO.


Mike

Everett Ogilvie

Mike, if the Mosler could actually even come close to The Beast I would be like a proud father! A line from a movie comes to mind: There can be only one! (and we all know which one is the True Beast my friend!)

I do wish we had the lap times for a couple of Andy's hot laps in the car once he felt the tires had come in - it felt fast as hell to me, and based on his description of the power, the G forces, and the aero I think he thought it was rather quick as well. It really seemed to shine in 4, 5 and the kink, and maybe just a little on the straight!