Here is a little more proof that show cars do get beaten on (at least a little):
Big thanks to Brett Habegger for taking and posting this video, among a bunch more on pro-touring.
I spent labor day over at the Orange County fair grounds for the OC Labor Day Cruise. For the last several years Barry's Speed Shop has sponsored a little good guys like autocross, and this year was no exception. The speeds might have been kept low, but there was still plenty of fun to be had. With only a handful of cars in attendance, and a well though out entrance/exit system at opposite ends of the course, the amount of runs a person could make was really only limited by how fast a person could get back to the entrance. I was chasing after Brett Campbell and his amazing '68 'vert all weekend. Brett has built quite a car, and try as I might, I never could catch him. I probably put about 50 runs in my Camaro in pursuit though.
The car is getting more dialed in, and I'm becoming more comfortable driving it. I've noticed it pushes a little through corners, albeit not much. Initial turn it is remarkably good though. The front tires I've been running might be to blame. They are questionable at best. They once belonged to the One Lap Camaro and were borrowed by Bad Penny for the second day of RTTC. I really should get a picture of them. While they still have tread left, they are just about the most thoroughly abused tires I've ever seen.
I'll have some more updates in the future. My car got hit by a tire shred while driving on the freeway, and so I've decided to take the opportunity to fix a few nagging little issues, and clean her up. I'm thinking it might be fun to take it back to a certain show in November.
Matt