Schirra MINI on the 'Ring

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  1. Steve

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    Schirra is at it again. Here's the latest version of their modified track (though street legal...apparently) MINI doing a 7:44 on the 'Ring.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RLxUBRsoz0"]New Record Front-Wheel Drive Car Nordschleife 7:44 Schirra-Mini sport auto - YouTube[/ame]
     
  2. Minidave

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    I saw this earlier, the car was a handful, wasn't it?

    They got 286 hp with the 1.6L engine, wonder what they can do with the lighter, slicker 2.0L F-body?
     
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    Didn't look like a handful to me. That driver really knew that car & the track. Now with me holding the wheel the whole video would have been a blooper reel. Man that guy & his MINI are damn good!
     
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    I like blacked out headlight chrome but it makes this car look a bit cross-eyed.....

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    Your right it does.:lol::lol::lol:
     
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    the driver had a huge part in that time
     
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    Poor MINI...I'd be cross-eyed, too, at those speeds and turns! :ihih:
     
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    That sombeach can drive! Wonder what he was hitting on the long straight.
     

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