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I was watching that Zr1 stay on everyone's bumper and thought wow that's one fast car and driver.....I would have paid for a ride along in that! Nice driving and I can't think of a better way to get seat time then to follow drivers that participated in OUSCI. Nice Job.

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Originally Posted by FETorino (Post 444789)

The only thing I saw you doing wrong was driving a Chevy :D

Did someone hit this guy in the head?:D

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Originally Posted by SCEMO (Post 444769)

Really guys? I want to say a few things ... I hit oil that one of the cars dropped on the track, lost grip and almost saved it!

As for not keeping up with Mark on the straight ... Marks car is super fast! But I was only suppose to only do one lap so I let out, but decided at the last minute to do one more for the simple fact that I love to chase fast drivers! They make me better. All in all ... people gonna hate on the girl. Boo. But to say one thing ... that was my FIRST time out there! not too bad. Just sayin.

Congrats Mark ... you were killing it out there! Good times. :thumbsup:

AND...AND...AND, she was mere feet off the bumper of cars [and drivers] of unknown ability. I can't do that. I just..can't! At the speeds we were going, if someone brakes a micropube early...she would have punted them off the track! Someone needs to make her a carbon fiber jockstrap.

As far as being distracting in my mirror....not much to be seen out the back of a 33 Ford. I typically have to spin the car to see what was behind me. :)

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Originally Posted by SCEMO (Post 444769)

It was a joke.............. ;)

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Originally Posted by bret (Post 444910)

As far as being distracting in my mirror....not much to be seen out the back of a 33 Ford. I typically have to spin the car to see what was behind me. :)

I think the lingering smoke from the drift truck was a bigger distraction for you in the front straightaway. Talk about not seeing your hand in front of you face!

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Originally Posted by SCEMO (Post 444769)

I'm sure glad Mark missed that oil.:D

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Originally Posted by clill (Post 444916)

I'm sure glad Mark missed that oil.:D

HAHA!

To corroborate SCEMO's explanation, she was in fact 1.5 to 2 car widths inside Stielow entering T1. At the time, it looked like she moved off-line for a reason, like a better camera shot or something...and then the car looked all funky as soon as she turned in on the tighter radius.

For the rest of the day we were calling it a beige ZR1. :P

That car and SCEMO were seriously hauling, lap after lap all day long.

Anybody have a video of this happening?

:_paranoid

Did the ZR1 start off on race tires and them more to treaded tires? Seems to me like it did..

Anyways, I sure couldn't shake it.. then again I'm a hack on the road course :)

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Originally Posted by clill (Post 444916)

I'm sure glad Mark missed that oil.:D

Didn't want to see your new car yard-saled huh? :unibrow: