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Old Dec 20, 2010 | 01:42 AM
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As my 40th Birthday present my wife bought me Exotic Racing time at "Exotics Racing" in Vegas. It was a great weekend.

I got to drive/race a new Porsche 997 and a new Ferrari 430 Scuderia.

The 997 was so fun over 420hp, but the Ferrari was ungodly. Well over 500 hp. 0-60 in 3.5 seconds.

It was Funny how some of the guys in the parking were asking me questions about my 928.

The cars were a blast to drive but I love my 928. It is so much more comfortable to drive and is an awesome car on its own!

Here are the photos of the two cars I drove. They had many more to choose from but I love Porsches thats why I picked the 997.
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Old Dec 20, 2010 | 03:23 AM
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They actually let you RACE each other in their cars? Like door handle to door handle passing in corners and such? How much does that cost?! Bet they bend a bunch of REALLY expensive cars if that is for real!

World Class Driving has a big Ferrari Challenge car driving program, but I don't think they allow any non-point by passing, so it boils down to a DE in someone else's very expensive Ferrari...sounds good to me actually, but at $4k a bit out of my price range!

Regardless a day on track driving a 997 and a 430 Scud is better than most any other day you are likely to experience in your life (well, in mine it would be anyway).
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Old Dec 20, 2010 | 03:27 AM
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God, what a wife. I went snow boarding for my 40th and returned home black and blue all over. It was a blast though but nothing like your ride
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Old Dec 20, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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IIRC, my wife told me to take the garbage out for my 40th. That was an improvment from previous years.
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Old Dec 20, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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I don't remember my 40th but I do remember the hangover.
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Old Dec 20, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Andrew Olson
IIRC, my wife told me to take the garbage out for my 40th. That was an improvment from previous years.
Very sad for you.
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 12:51 AM
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You don't race against on another you are on a track with others but you are all pretty spread apart. Attached is the Video.

Their web site is www.exoticracing.com

Don't make too many mean comments. Its hard to get into a supercar paddleshifter from an automatic 928S4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij3utlAf1ts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znKSBd3snc
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Old Dec 21, 2010 | 01:19 AM
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Cool. So basically it is a DE with someone else's bad A$$ cars! I like that!!! You need to try that with your S4! I have over 10,000 DE miles in my S4 and a couple of Auto-X and a Time Trial (I took 3rd in class) and 20,000 instructor miles in the right seat. I would love to wring their cars out a bit!
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