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  1. Steve

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    #578 Steve, Jan 15, 2018
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    The death of Dan Gurney has me reminiscing a bit and that led me to this one. Not actually a great race for him (or I might have posted in the RIP thread) but still a fun blast from the past. Speaking of, "blast from the past" is also, I suspect, why the poster left in a few commercials from the era of this "Glory Days" rebroadcast.

    I had a Holy Crap moment watching...had no idea the Chaparral's huge, high wing was active!!! :Jawdrop: I didn't know it could change pitch at all, much less so severely, and never noticed it happening until now. Looks like it might be activated by the brake pedal?



    It's almost worth watching just to see Denny Hulme screaming through the pits in reverse after they told him he couldn't reenter the race with missing bodywork!
     
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    #579 minirab, Jan 16, 2018
    What a shame that track is a shopping mall now.
     
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    #580 Crashton, Jan 17, 2018
    When cars & pony's merged....

    I've always like these early Mustangs such a nice analog fun car.

     
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    #582 Crashton, Jan 30, 2018
    Some P car history......

     
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    #583 minirab, Jan 31, 2018
    Damn, that guy was good.
     
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    #584 Sully, Feb 15, 2018
    Yea - that guy was good..
     
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    #585 fishmonger, Jun 30, 2018
    one for the ages. Timo Bernhard in the 919 on the Nordschleife at full tilt, clearly quicker than Stefan Beloff's 6:11 lap around the full Ring, which was the benchmark for so long. Now Porsche resets it for the next 35 years

     
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    #586 MCS02, Jun 30, 2018
    Too Cool!
     
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    #587 Red Bull, Jun 30, 2018
    Interesting he didn’t use the banking at the carousel. I wonder if the possibility of the 919 undertray being damaged was the reason, or his line was just faster in that car.
     
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    #588 fishmonger, Jun 30, 2018
    the carousel is brutal on cars. Modern high downforce designs probably work better on the outside line. Raising the ride height enough to make it through those concrete plates without damage would compromise the car too much for the rest of the track.

    I think there was a recent F1 car driven on the track, although nowhere near full tilt, and it took that same line.
     
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    #592 Crashton, Oct 17, 2019
    That brings back memories for me. I was racing at Mid-Ohio one weekend. It was an SCCA regional race. A whole load of those trucks showed up to do a test day in preparation for a race they had the following weekend. Our SCCA region had the great idea they should run with our classes, ITA, ITB & ITC. :rolleyes:

    Oh man were those things fast & talk about super aggressive driving. They were like great white sharks swimming with us guppies. When those guys came bump drafting up behind me I got the heck out of the way. Those that didn't ended up with body work to do. :Dead:
     
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