[DeTomaso] New Nurburgring track record set!

[adin at frontier.net]

I used to live by that philosophy, for decades.

Anyone can go sort of "fast" if we are talking about 120. Even I went  
150 in Nebraska (mostly because I got out of bed) without my chin  
spoiler (agricultural excursion)but going really fast is more than  
just pushing the happy pedal.  And, if all you are doing is pushing  
the happy pedal - YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT!

That 179 on that "straight" didn't appear to be for the faint of heart . . .

My point was this: your "10 minute" ring is nothing to sneeze at when  
you consider you are giving up 60 mph top speed. and you are lacking  
about 50 years of technology, too!

heel-and-a-toe-and-a-4-3-2 . . . .



    Anybody
> can go fast in a straight line; you're not really accomplishing   
> anything.   So I
> just ran it up to about 120 and parked it there; if I twisted it to the max
> it would go faster of course, but what's the point?   I can wait a little
> longer to get to the corners and start *driving* again. :>)
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