If you could get one lap at any track with any car what would it be?
05-01-2008, 06:32 PM
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05-01-2008, 06:47 PM
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05-01-2008, 08:38 PM
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Gentlemen,
If there is anything better than a Can Am Lola T163 at Road America, I can't imagine it. Having done that, I believe that is as good as it gets. Hurry Downs on a summer afternoon, with each gear feeling like first gear all over again, and the sound all around you, is a memory that never leaves. The start line on lap one is another. AS
If there is anything better than a Can Am Lola T163 at Road America, I can't imagine it. Having done that, I believe that is as good as it gets. Hurry Downs on a summer afternoon, with each gear feeling like first gear all over again, and the sound all around you, is a memory that never leaves. The start line on lap one is another. AS
05-02-2008, 01:53 AM
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honestly, If you had one lap as it stood RIGHT NOW...would you want to seriously drive a car somewhere you didnt know at all?? Hell, you would be too timid to push it anywhere...I would much rather forgo the epic track places that I can really only dream about and find something that I know and would be beautiful/historic at the same time. Just my .02...plus, how can one NOT love laguna!
And put me in the "NOT love Laguna camp". With the sound issues and the butchering of the track, it's pretty much just like any other aged, facelifted former beauty queen.
05-02-2008, 10:57 AM
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Or the Mille Miglia in a Ferrari GTO!
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05-02-2008, 11:06 AM
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05-02-2008, 11:31 AM
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With helicopter to transport you to the illogical patchwork of locations! (Have you seen the google maps thing a guy did where he put up all the locations of the chase?) Anyway, today you'd have to deal with critical mass bicyclists, torch relay protesters, homeless laying out in the intersection, etc., so you'd pretty much be sitting there idling.
05-02-2008, 11:34 AM
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It's pretty sad, but true. I visited a few months back on a whim. The downhill still lives, flag stations and all. Naturally on the way out I had to take it proper; it's still bumpy, still fast, still beautiful, still thrilling...except for the fire hydrant that now lives at track-out. But those several seconds it took to shoot from under the bridge through the first and second kink brought back memories. Damn shame.
05-02-2008, 11:35 AM
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