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Old 01-06-2015, 09:24 AM
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Lap on Nurburgring in the snow in a single seater... throttle steer or die!

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Saw that

Formula cars make such wonderful lawnmovers, makes you wonder how it would do in loose powder.

Snow shovel?
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How about 900hp trucks racing in SNOW

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/these-...+matthardigree
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Originally Posted by BrianCunningham
How about 900hp trucks racing in SNOW

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/these-...+matthardigree
They look like race cars disguised as trucks, with more than normal suspension travel. Nuts... and fun at the same time!
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You can learn a ton in the snow and have fun!

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That was great fun to watch, esp. as it's 12F outside right now; thanks for sharing! I wonder if he was going fast enough for the aero to help out or not. OTOH, all pilots know that you have to get all the frost off the aero surfaces or lift is seriously compromised. So maybe it didn't do anything for him.

Have a good one,
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Dayam, what gear do you think he was using most? I only saw a handful of up/downshifts. Would love to see a WRC car in split screen.
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The locals here are waiting for enough powder to go SNOW CROSSING

Love to try it, of course not in the vette...Hoosiers wouldn't work to well
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cool video

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Winter autocross @ Lime Rock anyone?

http://www.examiner.com/article/lime...autocross-days

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That's a repost of a video that was posted years ago.


note the date.
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Originally Posted by Sox-Fan
That's a repost of a video that was posted years ago.

Formel Race Car by Ice and Snow - Full Lap - YouTube

note the date.
Oh, how great of you to point that out. Very productive.
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As someone who races as often as I can summer or winter, check out the videos in this post
http://www.casc.on.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=29103

May not be a formula car or Corvette and the track isn't Nurburgring but fender to fender with a bunch of similar cars makes for a lot of fun.

BTW our 2 car team is made up of a 2000 Toyota Echo and a heavy wgt 1990 Corolla SR5 which is a vertible tank, great for those moments of incidental contact.
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Originally Posted by tytek
Oh, how great of you to point that out. Very productive.
It's called credit to where credit is due. Yes, that is productive.

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