Which Sports Car??
12-22-2011, 12:08 PM
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Which Sports Car??
In the current RACER mag they ask the pros what their "dream" sports car drive would be??
Answers were varied from the Nissan GTP to 917 Porsche.
If you could drive any Race/Vintage sports car, on track, for a week (no expense spared!) - what would you pick??
Answers were varied from the Nissan GTP to 917 Porsche.
If you could drive any Race/Vintage sports car, on track, for a week (no expense spared!) - what would you pick??
12-22-2011, 12:36 PM
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Le Mans Master
Those would sure be high on my list, but up there, too, would be the Mazda 787B.
12-22-2011, 12:55 PM
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Drifting
That was a cool article and I can't quibble with any of the choices. But one of the late 60s/early 70s Can Am cars would surely be high on my list. The later McLarens, like the M8F and M20B, as well as a Chaparral 2x (fill in the letter, they were all unique), would be on my list.
12-22-2011, 01:15 PM
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Melting Slicks
917 
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12-22-2011, 02:32 PM
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I'd have to go with a 917/10 or 20 or 30.
I like the thought of a Can Am McLaren or a Porsche 956.
12-22-2011, 03:08 PM
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Le Mans Master
The P-car 917 dealth the death card to McLaren in Can Am and Can Am in general. No one could match the 1,100 horsepower Penske/Porsche gave Donahue and Follmer to drive.
Ahh...those were the days.
Ahh...those were the days.
12-22-2011, 05:06 PM
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12-22-2011, 05:30 PM
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A Corvette GTP car from the 80's in original trim with the 900+ HP twin-turbo Buick V6...(David Hobbs said it was closer to 1,200)
With a Lola chassis under it, David Hobbs told me it was just a beast when the turbo's came on. The body generated 7k lbs. of down force at 150 MPH (on a 2,000 lb. car), and they could do well in excess of 200 MPH when they had the room to do so.
Think Rick Hendricks would let it out of their museum for me to drive?
With a Lola chassis under it, David Hobbs told me it was just a beast when the turbo's came on. The body generated 7k lbs. of down force at 150 MPH (on a 2,000 lb. car), and they could do well in excess of 200 MPH when they had the room to do so.
Think Rick Hendricks would let it out of their museum for me to drive?
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12-22-2011, 06:39 PM
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The Mazda 787B or the Mercedes CLK-GTR, aka the one that flipped at Le Mans twice. 
Both of them are awesome cars. I'd also like to drive one of the original Panoz LMP1 cars, since I grew up watching them
Both of them are awesome cars. I'd also like to drive one of the original Panoz LMP1 cars, since I grew up watching them
12-22-2011, 07:46 PM
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Race Director
Vintage isn't really my thing, but I love all of the Audi LMP cars, any version of the F430 Ferrari, and if I can leave sportscars, any Schumacher-era Ferrari F1.
12-22-2011, 08:08 PM
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12-23-2011, 10:08 AM
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It took big ones to race those cars - if you weren't lucky and a fantastic driver you didn't survive. By I luck I mean a bunch of great drivers were lost due to "failures" - no fault of their own.