Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari versus Ford/Shelby

[LarryT (l02turner]

You asked <<I haven't heard much from their racing program about  [Ford 
GT]>>  They are in the AMS competing against the Ferrari 430s and 
Porsche's - the Black Swan racing team is running Ford GTs but backing from 
corporate Ford seems well hiddden =

They have a cheif engineer familiar to all Ferrari enthusiasts - Kevin Doran 
who ran Ferrari 333s at Lemans and ALMS tracks with some success.

Take care -

Sincerely,
Larry T  (74 911, 91 300D 2.5T)
www.youroil.net Oil Analysis Kits &
Porsche Posters/Weber parts
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LtWacko" <ltwacko [at] aol.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Ferrari versus Ford/Shelby


> That's awesome.  Did Bondurant tell you anything that was left out of the 
> interviews?  What a time to be in racing.  No CAD aerodynamics. No ECU's. 
> Just good old fashioned hard driving and cheatin'!
>
> Well, Ford did bring back the GT and kicked some major butt with it.  I 
> haven't heard much from their racing program about it.  Anyone know of 
> Ford getting serious in ALMS or anywhere in Europe with it?  I'd assume 
> any spending from the Big 3 has to be on or near the back burner.  it 
> would be nice to see more Ferrari's at the track to take on Porsche and 
> Corvette.  I can't stand the Pontiac.  It has no mojo!
>
> As nice as the new cars are, it is a completely different driving style 
> with all the electronics.  I'm glad they got rid of traction control in 
> F1.  I recently jumped into a friends old race car.  It's like I forgot 
> how to drive a pure racer.  Of course a few laps later and I was able to 
> smok'em sideways like days of yore...  heh heh heh.   Can ya smell it? 
> Burnt rubber.  Ain't nothing like it!
>
> Rodney
>
>
> In a message dated 11/17/08 21:33:41 Central Standard Time, 
> lashdeep [at] yahoo.com writes:
> Wacko, I agree that it is awesome. I purchased a copy at Monterey this 
> summer and can't stop watching it...
>
> I also met Bondurant there and asked him about the Shelby years briefly. 
> He was a great guy to talk to and the DVD backed up some of his great 
> stories.
>
> Now, we have the 599GTB and 4 wheel drive exotics.
>
> What happened?
>
> LS
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ---- 
> From: LtWacko <ltwacko [at] aol.com>
> To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:22:10 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] Ferrari versus Ford/Shelby
>
> I finally got through the 2nd DVD with deleted scenes and driver 
> interviews.  It's like an entire different video.  The behind the scenes 
> stories of the battle on the track and between drivers.  Ford's 
> determination to beat Ferrari.  How Ferrari canceled Monza to insure a 
> manufacture's championship.  When Shelby asked Ford what are the financial 
> constraints, there weren't any!  Interviews with the European team drivers 
> that never made it to the original broadcast.  Honestly, I can't wait to 
> watch it again.  I had it playing in my office in the background and 
> missed some of the footage.  Just the audio alone was intriguing!  I 
> purchased my copy at spiritlevelfilm.com.  It's the same place I picked up 
> my copy of Rendezvous.
>
> Rodney
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