Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Vintage LM Race vintage tachymeters

[Charles G Perry IV (charles]

He's not a novice by any stretch of the imagination, but I have to tell you 
how impressive it was to be in Karl Troy's wife's Suburban when he hustled 
it around Roebling Road in Savannah for a 'familiarization lap' on a track 
day. Chevy never had THAT in mind for that beast....

Similarly I got to talk to a Dodge SRT engineer at Roebling Road when they 
brought a Grand Cherokee SRT8 to the One Lap of American event there. When 
asked how she handled the track, he said "She's a big girl and she doesn't 
like to be pushed around."

:-)

-- charles


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LS" <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
To: "Charles G Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Vintage LM Race vintage tachymeters


> " Also of course we're typically doing this
> type of instruction to relatively novice drivers, who aren't wringing the
> last 2% out of the car."
>
> That's an important point. You can definitely learn all you can handle 
> from an instructor if you're a novice...maybe even a veteran of a few 
> events. I was thrilled to have an instructor that drove T/A professionally 
> teach me in my car.
>
> What's the most ridiculous car a novice has brought to the track?
>
> LS
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dave Mills <dmills [at] go-fast.org>
> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:36:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Vintage LM Race vintage tachymeters
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LS [mailto:lashdeep [at] yahoo.com]
>
> > With some of the structured track days, I always wondered how
> > much help an Acura Integra driver could be instructing in a Mustang?
>
> Speaking for my own club, our instructors have lots of experience, and 
> have
> driven and instructed in many cars. So we typically don't have someone who
> somehow only knows how to drive an Acura Integra. I do try to make
> instructor/student pairings that "make sense", but a good instructor can
> instruct in virtually any car. Also of course we're typically doing this
> type of instruction to relatively novice drivers, who aren't wringing the
> last 2% out of the car.
>
> Dave
>
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