just got back from a track day...C-GT, 360CS, SL65, and More
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just got back from a track day...C-GT, 360CS, SL65, and More
Brumos recently went to a "Targa 66" Event in Savannah Georgia. This is an event held by Brian Redman, in which you basically drive whatever you want on the track. The event is 3 days, and this one was rather small because it was at Roebling Road, in Savannah. In attendance were about 40-50 Race Cars including the Grand Am Maserati, E36 IMSA M3, a bunch of mid-late 90's indy cars, Lowenbrau 962, and much more. As far as street cars go, we drove up in our SL65, and there was also one Carrera GT, about 4 360 Challenge Stradales, 3 Elises, 2 Exiges, a bentley GT, and much more. I drove a 914 Roadster this weekend, and had a lot of fun doing so. Not many times I could be on the track with such nice cars, but anyways the biggest shocker of this weekend was the SL65. People were astonished at how brutally fast it was. Down the front straight away, which is about .5-.6 miles out of a FAST last turn, it would do approx. 148 MPH. This was much faster than all of the other cars, and only a tad faster than the Carrera GT, which I believe pulled low-mid 140's. We didnt drive the SL65 extremely hard, but we managed to pull a 1:28.0. This was about 0.7 seconds quicker than the Stradales. I will try to get some pics of the event, I didnt bring a camera, but if I can find some on the net, it will be posted.
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here is a link to the events, if anyone is interested in going to the next one. They hold them all over the USA, i believe more east coast, but it is a lot of fun, and A LOT of track time. Especially for us Floridians who dont get any track time like they do in California!
http://www.gorace.com/targa66/about.html
http://www.gorace.com/targa66/about.html
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Originally posted by dgussin1
Wholy *********. The SL65 is faster than a Stradale around the track??? and hits a faster top speed on the straights than the CGT!
LOL!!!!!
Wholy *********. The SL65 is faster than a Stradale around the track??? and hits a faster top speed on the straights than the CGT!
LOL!!!!!
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Its a GT, not a sports car. It is not supposed to be faster than those cars on a track at all. Just posting those numbers is very impressive. Personally I wouldn't drive my SL to a track. Its not meant for that. Its an automatic and its too heavy, but its heavy because it has all the stuff that makes it a great daily cruiser (panoramic roof convertible top, seats with massage, ventilators, etc, Navigation with DVD, MP3, satellite radio, voice-activated phone, etc). My 360 or even the tubo cab would be much better suited for that job. The SL65 is my daily driver, and for that its great.
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i hear ya terrence! We definetely didnt drive it there with the intention of tracking it, it is just a daily driver. Enough people were egging on bringing it on the track, so finally we did just for a few laps of fun. The car is heavy, and not suitable for a track car, but for being what it is, it definetely did a great job, and made lots of people go
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Re: just got back from a track day...C-GT, 360CS, SL65, and More
Originally posted by renntech36
People were astonished at how brutally fast it was (SL-65). Down the front straight away, which is about .5-.6 miles out of a FAST last turn, it would do approx. 148 MPH. This was much faster than all of the other cars, and only a tad faster than the Carrera GT, which I believe pulled low-mid 140's. We didnt drive the SL65 extremely hard, but we managed to pull a 1:28.0. This was about 0.7 seconds quicker than the Stradales.
People were astonished at how brutally fast it was (SL-65). Down the front straight away, which is about .5-.6 miles out of a FAST last turn, it would do approx. 148 MPH. This was much faster than all of the other cars, and only a tad faster than the Carrera GT, which I believe pulled low-mid 140's. We didnt drive the SL65 extremely hard, but we managed to pull a 1:28.0. This was about 0.7 seconds quicker than the Stradales.
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Re: Re: just got back from a track day...C-GT, 360CS, SL65, and More
Originally posted by james
all I can say is I have a little measly TT x-50 and pulled 151 mph at the end of the front stretch IN THE RAIN at Roebling at the Florida Crown PCA DE this past year. I wonder about those numbers and those drivers. I am no pro by any stretch of the imagination, it was my first time on that track, using street tires and my car is NOT on a diet. Anyone else with turbo # from Roebling out there?
all I can say is I have a little measly TT x-50 and pulled 151 mph at the end of the front stretch IN THE RAIN at Roebling at the Florida Crown PCA DE this past year. I wonder about those numbers and those drivers. I am no pro by any stretch of the imagination, it was my first time on that track, using street tires and my car is NOT on a diet. Anyone else with turbo # from Roebling out there?
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Re: Re: Re: just got back from a track day...C-GT, 360CS, SL65, and More
Originally posted by terrence
Different day, different track surface, different temperature, different humidity, different elevation, etc. Everything's different. Only relevant comparisons are cars on the same track at the same time.
Different day, different track surface, different temperature, different humidity, different elevation, etc. Everything's different. Only relevant comparisons are cars on the same track at the same time.
If he hit 151 in the rain it presents a valid argument because if he could do that in those conditions imagine what could done in the dry?
Basically, the point I think he is trying to make, is one persons interpretation of what happened at the track is hardly the reason to set anything in stone as to what car is faster than another car around the track.
The biggest difference probably isn't the conditions but the driver behind the wheel.
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