love this car. Talk about instant acceleration !

http://testudladry.free.fr/jcc_video...castellana.wmv

 

Is this an R8 or a Radical? Great video!

 

I have seen the video before and read that it was a Norma M20, 794 Lbs without engine, 1,334 lbs total. 3 liter BMW inline 6 cyl@400hp. It is still very cool.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/castellanaco...21Atelier1.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/castellanaco...re/M21Pau1.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/castellanaco...21Atelier3.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/castellanaco...21Atelier2.jpg

 

ohh, my mistake. Nice car though....hehe

 

Damn, looks like that thing was shot from a gun!

 

Welcome to the fun world of sports racers. Nothing quite like phornographic power to weight AND lots of downforce. Sunday Driver had a nice post recently describing what they are like to drive. It was on the thread about driving an F1 car.

 

wow, that was fast! What a rush! even from the video! LOVED the sound too! You think my M3 can sound like this?

 

The car and speed was great. The lack of safety with spectators all over the place was appalling. When I race, I get the shivers every time I see a flagman venture on to the track to throw the chequered flag. Don't they realise this is not a game - this is racing and by its very nature it is dangerous. Why add more risk? It is ok for racers to risk their lives but it is totally unacceptable for spectators, officials to add to the danger. Remember Le Mans in '55?

Johan

 

settle down jaapie

you are hyperventilating

R+C

 

A little off the topic, but you should read "Against Death and Time" by Brock Yates. It focuses on racing in 1955 and what a horrific year that was. LeMans was a small part of the disaterous year in racing. GREAT BOOK.

Back on topic a bit more - the most thrilling thing for me about driving a sports racer with some aero are those corners at what I will call the 'magic speed'. T1 at Mid Ohio, Magic Mountain at Buttonwillow and others are examples. As you gain confidence in the car and you push harder, you feel the familiar approach of the limit. You are taking T1 at MO at 92 mph min corner speed and the car is sliding so you know you are getting close. You push it to 95 and the car is really on the edge. You just know if you try 97, it is gone. But you take it at 102, way past where you can logically go, and the car sticks. You are past the mechanical limit but the aero is working. The fact is that you may not be able to take it at 97 but you can take it faster.

Both faster and slower corners do not have this gap. It is amazing when you start to drive past the mechanical limits, even a tiny bit because your brain is screaming at you "You fool. You are going to die." YeeeHar

 

Smokin video. Where was that run at? The roads look to nice to be in PA.

 

Wow. And I thought Watkins was bad for little runoff area! This guy has to have a supreme level of confidence in his knowledge of the track and car!

 

It could be upstate PA. Nobody uses the roads up there, so they keep them well paved.

 

Does anyone know where this is? Looks like a hillclimb/rallie stage, but doesn't quite look like upstate PA. Could be, though.
Alan

 

Look carefully at the scenery in the background, and the striping on the side of the road. This looks like Austria to me based on the big hills in background, and the people standing on the side of the road. Defineitly a hill climb in Europe.

On my honeymoon, I ran into a P-Car hillclimb in Austria on my way to an F1 race. The bar was at the top and the person with FTD gets to buy the beer!