DCP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrA3Rm4Mnk

This driver must have extraordinary skill or he is just throwing the car around for effect. I can't imagine driving a car as ill handling as this one seems to be. Surely, other high performance older 911's are better than this, aren't they?

I think this was the car Road and Track used in its acceleration and top speed tests. Very powerful, but this seems goofy.

CT03911

Smooth he is not so I think that says how good he is. He does get an 11 for big brass ones but a -12 for no helmet. Not that that would help if he made one less lucky correction. Hey, he is fast though.

jerhofer

He may have been the first Drifter!!! Imagine perfecting drifting at the 'Ring in a 911!

Crazy Canuck

sideways stefan??

LVDell

I was waiting for the crunch! Fast, but horrible technique.

jumper5836

That car seems to have no grip at all. Actually I think he technique was great for trail braking but I don't think that the fastest way around the track and one mess up and your off into the grass.

LVDell

Probably a better assessment. He did have good technique for saving the car but I couldn't tell if his grip level sucked or if he was intentially going in deep to induce a drift. IMHO, way TOO much trailbraking and drifting if that was his intent. If not, then he needs new tires. Regardlesss, those are some brass *****, especially sans helmet.

Chris996

Looks like this was shot in the 80s, very fast!!!

TT Surgeon

His driving isn't that bad, I think the car has a ton of hp, crappy suspension and worn street tires.

DanDotDan

I can't verify this, but I've heard in other forums that the driver didn't use the breaks at all: he scrubbed off speed by throwing the car sideways. As to "ill handling", I don't know. Stefan's hands are busy but that's what it takes to get the Yellowbird sideways at that speed.

There's another version of the same run that's shot from a helicopter. In those shots, the driving is a thing of beauty, like rally driving but on pavement. The car approaches a high-speed sweeper, the tail kicks out nice and gentle, and smoke starts pouring out of the tire wells. If you've got the Porsche edition of "Victory by Design" you can see this briefly in the intro.

DCP

That other video is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K28AfwZPEAU

Really doesn't look any better to me. That just can't be the fast way around.

And to top it off, in searching I found this too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB4IdBdJFnQ

I kind of doubt that this is the same car since it barely stays with the M3 it is following.

LVDell

I was just waiting for one of the many motorcycle's to get picked off. Brass ones.

dallasboats

That guy is kicking ***, I'll bet he'd kick any of your butt's even in older tech cars matched against your 996's. Helmet would've been smart though! WOW.

LVDell

Ah, just a matter of time before dallas was back and abrasive as ever. Missed ya db. Where you been?

WillGT-S

Looks like he was definitely going for the "exciting" way around. I thought the driving was precise, even if he wasn't shooting for a fast lap time.

OT, but here's a video of a really fast line around the 'ring:

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