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The art of racing in the rain..(Kenny Brack in Adrian Newey's GT40 at a wet Goodwood)

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Old 09-16-2013, 01:16 PM
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Thumbs up The art of racing in the rain..(Kenny Brack in Adrian Newey's GT40 at a wet Goodwood)

http://jalopnik.com/you-have-to-watc...tro-1318982246
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Damn impressive
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That which you manifest is before you.

Go easier on the throttle maybe? Car had too much power to hook up!
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unplug 4 cylinder wires
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Wow.... must have been raining KY....
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***** of steel to do that at a vintage event in a nearly priceless car!
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Well I guess you never have to find the limit of traction if you never have it. Wow.
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That right there is a driver.
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I thought in the rain you always wanted to be smooth with the hands and the throttle......

I guess there is more than one way to skin a cat.....
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Originally Posted by BostonDMD
I thought in the rain you always wanted to be smooth with the hands and the throttle......

I guess there is more than one way to skin a cat.....
If you get the car sliding well before the apex, you won't be surprised when it's sliding after the apex...

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Originally Posted by BostonDMD
I thought in the rain you always wanted to be smooth with the hands and the throttle......

I guess there is more than one way to skin a cat.....

If your a bit mean to the tires they will get more heat/grip which is always lacking in the rain. If the track is patchy then your going to get a lot of wheel spin and you just start to stay ahead of it. Summit has this problem in T1-T2 when you get small river across the track. Open the wheel just a bit a you cross the stream and expect the back to step out. BTW PM me with what happened at Tbolt.
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Originally Posted by Sterling Doc
***** of steel to do that at a vintage event in a nearly priceless car!
The owner of the car, Adrian Newey, doesn't exactly baby it himself.

Here he is in 2006 at the LeMans classic:

http://www.leblogauto.com/2006/07/ad...ewey_cr_2.html

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I drive just like that when it's someone else's car lol

-td [Thanks for posting! Great vid!]
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search for some video on youtube of Senna passing on the outside in the rain, then you will see some control.
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1) That's messed up...

2) Pro drivers make most of us look like turds...


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