Patrick Long video - RSR v GT3 street car
#16
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From: Wishing I Was At The Track
Here's a couple of Pat Long videos from MSR event. Don't let the different camera mounts fool you, the Cup ride was at 3x as intense as the street GT3 (not my car or videos).
http://www.vimeo.com/15240836
http://www.vimeo.com/15241236
http://www.vimeo.com/15240836
http://www.vimeo.com/15241236
#20
I'd suggest thinking through a heavier car with no power advantage ... it will be going slower (reaching a lower, peak speed between braking points) and yet it has ample brakes and front traction to control that extra weight. The driver is indicating the cars are certainly different, but not the night and day contrast he would have expected between a race car and a road car, all things considered. As others noted, he's a remarkably articulate person and probably makes for an edge in communicating with his race engineer.
#21
Agreed, the young man will have a splendid TV career after racing. He was very articulate and has a presence about him you rarely find in a young man his age. He is also aware of the fact that he won’t be a race driver his entire life. He has an open invitation to my home! We spent a wonderful evening around the dinner table over pizza, a few beers and a blow by blow of his win at LS just 2 days before.
#22
Agreed, the young man will have a splendid TV career after racing. He was very articulate and has a presence about him you rarely find in a young man his age. He is also aware of the fact that he won’t be a race driver his entire life. He has an open invitation to my home! We spent a wonderful evening around the dinner table over pizza, a few beers and a blow by blow of his win at LS just 2 days before.
I was like "oh boy!" when I saw the title and then went a bit "meh..." :-)
#23
Agreed, the young man will have a splendid TV career after racing. He was very articulate and has a presence about him you rarely find in a young man his age. He is also aware of the fact that he won’t be a race driver his entire life. He has an open invitation to my home! We spent a wonderful evening around the dinner table over pizza, a few beers and a blow by blow of his win at LS just 2 days before.
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Not a comment about Mr. Long which indeed is very articulate and a good communicator. It's the video script, reeks to much of marketing BS instead of good marketing that it should have been (he's a factory driver after all).
I was like "oh boy!" when I saw the title and then went a bit "meh..." :-)
I was like "oh boy!" when I saw the title and then went a bit "meh..." :-)
#25
Well you'd actually be surprised. Just spent a few days with Patrick in both street GT3s/Cup cars and everything he speaks of is true. It's pretty amazing how quickly a street GT3 can be hustled around a track in the same way as a Cup car. Primary differences are tires, stiffer suspension, and the sequential transmission, as well as slightly better power to weight ratio.
#26
Originally Posted by lusoporsche
Dissapointing. All credibility crumbled down at 0.30, "not really changing the braking points...." oh really?
Dissapointing. All credibility crumbled down at 0.30, "not really changing the braking points...." oh really?
#28
that's why i prefer walter rohrl - coz he talks with his hands. he is pure driver first, reluctant promo man second. pure old school machismo. rough diamond that has tried to be polished to no avail..
sabine is the same - she is buckwild, and loving it....... haha love'em rough!
sabine is the same - she is buckwild, and loving it....... haha love'em rough!
#29
that's why i prefer walter rohrl - coz he talks with his hands. he is pure driver first, reluctant promo man second. pure old school machismo. rough diamond that has tried to be polished to no avail..
sabine is the same - she is buckwild, and loving it....... haha love'em rough!
sabine is the same - she is buckwild, and loving it....... haha love'em rough!
#30
yes, yes, aware of the long/bergmeister collabs in the flying lizard. great to see them flog the risis! these young guys are very professional, but to me it's a mild shame that most of their professional lives are orchestrated to the max.
if you get a chance, get a copy of rohrl's biography which came out a couple of years ago. it is a fantastic read! and shows how a young gun named walter, used to rebel against the corporate side of racing......they let him get away with alot because of his raw talent. these days, you gotta play the game, otherwise they will chaperone and mould the next kid waiting in line.
ps: i've done hundreds of virtual laps in the virtual flm #45 car round ls, and the best i can manage is 1:25862, some 8 seconds quicker than virtual 7.1
if you get a chance, get a copy of rohrl's biography which came out a couple of years ago. it is a fantastic read! and shows how a young gun named walter, used to rebel against the corporate side of racing......they let him get away with alot because of his raw talent. these days, you gotta play the game, otherwise they will chaperone and mould the next kid waiting in line.
ps: i've done hundreds of virtual laps in the virtual flm #45 car round ls, and the best i can manage is 1:25862, some 8 seconds quicker than virtual 7.1