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Old Nov 3, 2018 | 08:21 PM
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This is a lengthy but awesome Video... Many of You may have allready seen it on tube...this L88 driven by Matt Parent kicks *** at the track. Best Youtube Vid I have seen so far on Corvette road racing

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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 03:24 AM
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Good racing

11:47 drag race on the straight.
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 09:03 AM
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Thanks Alex great racing here at our home track in Portland OR. Here is one of my favorites
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 10:24 AM
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Nice, that suckers turning some rpm. Nothing sounds better than a Gen 1 at rpm
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 11:25 AM
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Man that was great....nice drive through the field!
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 11:41 AM
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Awesome vid!
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 11:59 AM
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Looks like fun!

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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 12:14 PM
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Great Video...
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Old Nov 4, 2018 | 04:08 PM
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That was a great video. It sucked that he spun at the start but if he didn't, we wouldn't have been able to see him passing almost the whole field which added the cool factor to the video. Very nice!
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Great vid, that #37 was just that bit toooo wide to get past and seemed to just have the legs on him in the straights.
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Old Nov 5, 2018 | 12:11 AM
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F#%K that l88 can go hard. Thanks for sharing.
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Great in car video! The early off course excursion gave a nice overview of the field.

What track is this? I must have missed it somewhere in the video while mesmerized by the sound.

I always wondered what it is like to have horsepower...(sigh)

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That was fun, thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by spikebot 81
Thanks Alex great racing here at our home track in Portland OR. Here is one of my favorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfWx_wF4vSg
That was cool! Rain came in heavy at the end there... On slicks I presume?

What are you using for the in car telemetry?
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That's a cool video. Love seeing C3's tearing up the track.

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What are you using for the in car telemetry?
That's an early version of Traqmate. I use a later version of their software, but same basic hardware. It's a slick little self contained unit that uses accelerometers and a GPS antenna. I purchased mine for a learning tool for HPDE's. You only have to attach two wires (1) power, and (2) tachometer wire to the distributor.

Regretfully they went out business earlier this year.


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Originally Posted by Jason Staley
That's a cool video. Love seeing C3's tearing up the track.

That's an early version of Traqmate. I use a later version of their software, but same basic hardware. It's a slick little self contained unit that uses accelerometers and a GPS antenna. I purchased mine for a learning tool for HPDE's. You only have to attach two wires (1) power, and (2) tachometer wire to the distributor.

Regretfully they went out business earlier this year.

Ah bummer. I need to look at something similar, most of them now seem to want to use odb2 - convenient and cost-effective for most racers (in newer cars) I guess, but useless to us.
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Yep thanks for sharing a great example of why i want my 69 to "look" like a racer,
Nothing like a fire breathing bb,

So why couldnt he get past that car was it more powerful or?

Noting the paint is that a real OC car or another tribute?

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OK...I have to admit it.... I open a separate page, set this video going, and surf the forum....I think I have a sickness
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