This makes me really want to go road racing instead of bangin' gears in the 1/4 mile
It's surprising how competitive the C4's are even after all these years!
Looks like fun 
C4 track video.
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C4 track video.
I was at Road America last weekend, I took some pictures and video.
The video when it plays doesn't look as nice as what I uploaded, downloading it and playing it in full screen may look much better. There were many fast cars behind me, but aside from the traffic in the beginning, I had clear track. I was surprised no one caught up to me, I had bad brakes in this video. In the heats before the video I was much faster. There are five heats of twenty mins at the MFBA event, my camera can only hold fifteen mins though. Enjoy!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...05903045&hl=en
The video when it plays doesn't look as nice as what I uploaded, downloading it and playing it in full screen may look much better. There were many fast cars behind me, but aside from the traffic in the beginning, I had clear track. I was surprised no one caught up to me, I had bad brakes in this video. In the heats before the video I was much faster. There are five heats of twenty mins at the MFBA event, my camera can only hold fifteen mins though. Enjoy!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...05903045&hl=en
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Lots of fun was had, I love the track time. I also drag race, that is fun to. But it is hard to get much time in since the drag tracks are usually so busy. I was very pleased with how the car did being run hard for so long, and my driving seemed good. Next time at RA I will move the camera forward. The chasecam.com mount held excellent on the roof even over the rumble stacks! 
I should have had it stuck on a little more forward. I hope to see some 2:4x times this fall.
I should have had it stuck on a little more forward. I hope to see some 2:4x times this fall.
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On the straights in the vid, only 120 MPH. If you watch the front of the car, I was letting off the gas real early, by the corner worker coming into the sharp left turn with the tires. The nose will drop. Before the brakes had troubles, I was in the 130's. I've been going spring and fall with MFBA. I was thinking to start going with NASA in the summer, and perhaps get into TT. The time trials would be fun being more competitive.
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I can't say for sure because I did not time anyone else. I could try to next time I go. The sessions are 20 mins long and in that time only those two cars in the vid past me. The first was a Z06 with an instructor driving. My brakes were acting poor so I didn't go deep in the corners. There were C5 and C6's in my session though and I didn't pass them nor get past. Comparing times can be problematical at an HPDE because not everyone runs as hard. If there is a Viper there in my class next time I'll get on the grid behind him for CC. 
I had a lot of open track, next time I go I will try to play more and see how other cars do.
I had a lot of open track, next time I go I will try to play more and see how other cars do.
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It was my 1st track experience, I would NOT recommend RA as a 1st track experience BTW, and I was going into 'the kink', I decided I entered it a little too fast and decided to lift. BAD MISTAKE. I learn about lift throttle oversteer the hard way! 
The car rotated 90 degrees, then 180 degrees the other way, three times 
I was lucky, when I hit the wall the car had rotated enough so my bumper was square with the wall. The bumper was marred, and I mashed a muffler shut. I had to pry it open with a tire iron in order to get home. Now you know also why I have muffler eliminators on the car.
The car rotated 90 degrees, then 180 degrees the other way, three times I was lucky, when I hit the wall the car had rotated enough so my bumper was square with the wall. The bumper was marred, and I mashed a muffler shut. I had to pry it open with a tire iron in order to get home. Now you know also why I have muffler eliminators on the car.
