[Video] One lap behind George 8211
07-02-2005, 04:14 PM
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I like how they used the Steppenwolf song that Cheby used in it's commercials last year.
07-02-2005, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Chevy Guy
Geez, how boring was that?
07-02-2005, 05:30 PM
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Haha, that was funny. The Vette looked like it was just cruising and the poor other car's tires were squealing and the engine reving all high trying to keep up. Then that ghey "See Ya" while he passed, give me a break.
And yes I might be wrong and I probably am a little biased (just a little) but that's what I see. That car would smoke my butt on a track too because I have no experience, I know this.
Edit: How the heck did I get into the great lakes region?? I swear I was in OT......
Edit II: Now I see, it is linked in OT and I followed it here.. Thought I was losing my mind..
And yes I might be wrong and I probably am a little biased (just a little) but that's what I see. That car would smoke my butt on a track too because I have no experience, I know this.
Edit: How the heck did I get into the great lakes region?? I swear I was in OT......
Edit II: Now I see, it is linked in OT and I followed it here.. Thought I was losing my mind..
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07-02-2005, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by PeterK
That looks like a 4th generation maxima SE! It had to have a turbo engine in it.
Or the Vette missed a shift, pulled off the track, or was just wasnt beating the living snot out of his car.
07-02-2005, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by PeterK
That looks like a 4th generation maxima SE! It had to have a turbo engine in it.
Ken knows how to drive. 
video Ken. Got more vid/pics of the mid-year? 
07-02-2005, 09:34 PM
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Ken knows how to drive. video Ken. Got more vid/pics of the mid-year? 
That was cool.
07-03-2005, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Chevy Guy
Than watching that video? Watching grass grow would be more interesting.......Must be a "you had to be there" type of thing.
07-03-2005, 11:51 AM
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Not sure what to make of that video. 
Neither the Corvette we were following nor the car we were riding in seemed to be pushing the limit. If they had been I'd have expected to see some slipping and sliding going on somewhere in all those corners they went through.
...then again that's no real surprise. These were street cars right?
When you push to the limit and crash
.....how do you explain that to your insurance guy on Monday morning?
Still it was pretty cool...makes you want to go out and join a club that does this stuff.
Does anyone know what the cost is to do this sort of thing?
This is the second video I've seen like this and driver intentions (how serious they are about actually racing) and ability make a whole lot more of the difference than the cars themselves.
The last video I saw like this was titled, "1998 Z/28 blows by everything in it's way"
The title was no joke.
It was a semi professional driver in an only slightly modified Camaro (roll cage and open exhaust) blasting past Ferraris, Porsches, Corvettes and a bunch of other driver owned street cars.
Very few actually raced him....most simply pulled over for a more aggressive driver.
Neither the Corvette we were following nor the car we were riding in seemed to be pushing the limit. If they had been I'd have expected to see some slipping and sliding going on somewhere in all those corners they went through.
...then again that's no real surprise. These were street cars right?
When you push to the limit and crash
.....how do you explain that to your insurance guy on Monday morning? Still it was pretty cool...makes you want to go out and join a club that does this stuff.
Does anyone know what the cost is to do this sort of thing?
This is the second video I've seen like this and driver intentions (how serious they are about actually racing) and ability make a whole lot more of the difference than the cars themselves.
The last video I saw like this was titled, "1998 Z/28 blows by everything in it's way"
The title was no joke.
It was a semi professional driver in an only slightly modified Camaro (roll cage and open exhaust) blasting past Ferraris, Porsches, Corvettes and a bunch of other driver owned street cars.
Very few actually raced him....most simply pulled over for a more aggressive driver.
07-03-2005, 02:31 PM
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Not sure what to make of that video.
Neither the Corvette we were following nor the car we were riding in seemed to be pushing the limit. If they had been I'd have expected to see some slipping and sliding going on somewhere in all those corners they went through.
...then again that's no real surprise. These were street cars right?
Still it was pretty cool...makes you want to go out and join a club that does this stuff.
Does anyone know what the cost is to do this sort of thing?
Does anyone know what the cost is to do this sort of thing?
Very few actually raced him....most simply pulled over for a more aggressive driver.
It's alot of fun you should do it
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07-03-2005, 04:56 PM
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Hey, I didn't know you posted this yet. That event was a great time... "... give George a chance to learn his line" Watching the video, it doesn't look like I ever found a line. 
That is my daily driver and I was pushing it. The tires were make'n lots of noise... however the driver didn't have the experiance to chose a line that what keep the car at a higher speed. I was taking most of my turns too tight... thus too slow.
Track rules.... No holding up traffic, if someone is faster... you let them get around you at the back straight way. Ken is much faster than I am... but he hung behind me to get the video so I could check it out. Ken went around alot of cars that day. I think he has another video posted in off topic. I can vouch for the Maxima... no turbo.
For those that have never done a road course event before.... DO IT. There's a lot more to it than what it looks like. But, it is tons of fun.
That is my daily driver and I was pushing it. The tires were make'n lots of noise... however the driver didn't have the experiance to chose a line that what keep the car at a higher speed. I was taking most of my turns too tight... thus too slow.
Track rules.... No holding up traffic, if someone is faster... you let them get around you at the back straight way. Ken is much faster than I am... but he hung behind me to get the video so I could check it out. Ken went around alot of cars that day. I think he has another video posted in off topic. I can vouch for the Maxima... no turbo.
For those that have never done a road course event before.... DO IT. There's a lot more to it than what it looks like. But, it is tons of fun.
07-03-2005, 10:43 PM
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For those that have never done a road course event before.... DO IT. There's a lot more to it than what it looks like. But, it is tons of fun.
07-03-2005, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Chevy Guy
Geez, how boring was that?
It was obviously an amature event....so what? It wasn't even worth the electricity to download it or watch it. What I really find strange is that these import guys will go to great lengths to post video of some import besting a C-5 etc. I have lost track of all the imports I've smoked at Raceway Park and Atco as well as on the street. I don't make a habit of posting it or going to the various import boards to post it, rubbing the import guys noses in it, because its really not all that important to me nor to many of the other members on this forum. Seems to me that the import guys have a major inferiority complex. My advice, stick to the import boards cause I don't think there is many people here who would be impressed.