Unbelievable is all I can say!!!!rockonsmile
I was asked to attend and invitational event for exotics at Putnam Park Indiana. (thats where I had my incident last month) This was an event for experienced drivers and high end cars. My brother knew the organizer and he overestimated my ability enough to get me an invitation! The rumor was that an original GT40 was going to attend. Well, it was true. Man, what can I say. The guy that drove it was really nice. Someone said he had driven his McLaren at Le Mans twice! He was nice enough to let me sit in it and ask a bunch of questions. He even came over to check out the RCR. He was really impressed with the quality of the product. I asked him if he would mind letting me follow him for a lap so we could get a little video and maybe some pictures. He said that he would be happy to do a pace lap with me. I told him how much I would appreciate that and after one lap he could just take off and I would fade into the distance. Well...............
The first lap was pretty fast for a pace lap. I stayed right up with him for the photos. Then he took off and I was able to stay with him for the second lap. It was a lot of fun. We passed the Lambo, a couple of Porsche's and a handful of ZO6's. This guy was fast but I was clearly braking later and carrying more speed in the corners. I was feeling pretty good so I came in closer on the third lap. As we took the last corner onto the front straight I was so close I thought we were going to touch! That would have been costly. I took the inside and we had a drag race to the first turn. At 150mph I wasn't comfortable looking at the speedo side by side with a car like this with a 90 degree turn coming up fast. I knew I could out brake him so I just stayed on the floor until he lifted and HE HAD TO LET ME PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, what a day! I never thought I would get to sit in a real GT40 much less get to drive on the track with one and run one into a corner at race speed and win!
Well, I just wanted to share. The scary thing is...... I think there is more in my car than I am getting know.
I was asked to attend and invitational event for exotics at Putnam Park Indiana. (thats where I had my incident last month) This was an event for experienced drivers and high end cars. My brother knew the organizer and he overestimated my ability enough to get me an invitation! The rumor was that an original GT40 was going to attend. Well, it was true. Man, what can I say. The guy that drove it was really nice. Someone said he had driven his McLaren at Le Mans twice! He was nice enough to let me sit in it and ask a bunch of questions. He even came over to check out the RCR. He was really impressed with the quality of the product. I asked him if he would mind letting me follow him for a lap so we could get a little video and maybe some pictures. He said that he would be happy to do a pace lap with me. I told him how much I would appreciate that and after one lap he could just take off and I would fade into the distance. Well...............
The first lap was pretty fast for a pace lap. I stayed right up with him for the photos. Then he took off and I was able to stay with him for the second lap. It was a lot of fun. We passed the Lambo, a couple of Porsche's and a handful of ZO6's. This guy was fast but I was clearly braking later and carrying more speed in the corners. I was feeling pretty good so I came in closer on the third lap. As we took the last corner onto the front straight I was so close I thought we were going to touch! That would have been costly. I took the inside and we had a drag race to the first turn. At 150mph I wasn't comfortable looking at the speedo side by side with a car like this with a 90 degree turn coming up fast. I knew I could out brake him so I just stayed on the floor until he lifted and HE HAD TO LET ME PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, what a day! I never thought I would get to sit in a real GT40 much less get to drive on the track with one and run one into a corner at race speed and win!
Well, I just wanted to share. The scary thing is...... I think there is more in my car than I am getting know.
