Run To The Coast 2 -- super cool video -- not with GPS track data!
 

What a great day... no rain and although it was pretty damn cold it was still great. Worst part is that when it's cloudy I forget sunscreen.

David Pozzi and I are sharing Penny so she's getting a real workout. Did good on the damp autocross and on the big road course David is in 2nd (so far) with a 1:08.7 run (first place at this point is Ryan from DSE with a 1:08.3.

Late in the day Bill Howell came up and asked if Nathan could give a ride to a VIP from BFGoodrich in Penny around the track. Well, Nathan is a hell of driver and runs Orange County Racecraft. They give classes at El Toro and he's ran some pretty high end races. In short, he's very good behind the wheel.

Since I like to see my car get really driven I let them go. Well, Nathan tore it the f up.. I still need to download my Racepak data but he was screaming and turned in a best lap (of three) of 1:03.1 .. that's over 5 seconds faster than the previous fast lap. We all watch in amazement as he hazed the tires all the way down the main straight and made it through gates none of us thought he could make. It was epic and a blast to watch.

The downside is that since he pushed my car harder than ever we found that under crazy turning the front tires rub the inner wheelhouse on the outside edge.. this melted the PS2s and caused them to seperate the outer layer. They were flat spotted anyways so no huge loss and thanks to Matt Alcala and Jon of Driverz Inc I will back in business tomorrow. Sure it cost me a few hundred bucks in tires, but it was SOOO worth it and to be honest it make me pretty damn proud of my car.

So here's the video on youtube.. I'm not embedding it.. click the link and watch it in high-res full screen so you can see Nathan work the steering wheel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEsFj-ESgUw

And here's a shot of Nathan smoking the tires down the straight.. he seemed to like the power.

http://i53.tinypic.com/2eaidrr.jpg

looks like he enjoyed your car alot but the question is did the vip soil himself during the run, love watching anyway thanks for posting. Chaz

Thanks for posting Steve! Penny is looking great! :thumbsup:
Can't wait to see more pics, vids, and details about the event.

Nice post Steve!

How are you going to handling the tire clearance issue?

Steve it is great to see penny back in action.Thanks for for posting and letting the rest of us trapped in the dead of winter see what's going on in party sunny SoCal.:thumbsup: Scott

Man, Thanks a lot for posting that Steve. Very impressive:cheers: That sure gives us in the north an itch for winter to end so we can get our cars back out.

Nice Video! I can't wait to see all the other action and results! Looks like a great time!

Awesome video Steve, thanks for posting. For a while there I was leaning into the corners as I watched. Penny runs Sweet! I went to see her at BOS in Jenuary 2010 and was very impressed. I wish I could see her on the corse in person.

Very cool steve, you have to be stoked with that new RHS block. Seen your rundown build/dyno over at LS1tech Sweet!

I was there on Saturday- as a spectator. I took some pics and they are here at the link:


http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/k...20Toro%202011/

There was a lot of spinning out on the big track saturday morning due to the prior rain, so there was a lot of pink hat swapping early on(a fun gimmick they pass around to the latest person who spins out)