Me and my MS3 take a Porsche Carrera S

i have a friend that passed an older Viper GTS in MS3 at thunder hill race way in CA , and all he has is a CAI
 
Parkeway said:
Out of Turn 15 anywhere from 45-55 on to the front stretch. Then around 95 into Turn 1 and braking to 75 up to Turn 2. Barber is a showcase for the Carbotechs.
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which ones are you using, the XP8's? Do you use them on the street too?
 
opt_ms3 said:
which ones are you using, the XP8's? Do you use them on the street too?
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I'm running the XP8's front, AX6's rear (find the AX6 have more initial bite and give the impression of a little more rear bias)

On the street I run Hawk HP+'s - they get the job done without much fuss.
 
I don't mean to be a cockblocker but I don't buy it. I don't think that Carrera S was trying. I know our cars are fast but the rate you are passing him dosen't make sense against a Carrera S.

Was the Porsche trying? Did you ask him?

"Hey remember when I passed you on the straight away like you were standing still, were you going all out or did you just brake early?"

I think I see brake lights going on just before the dip on the Porsche....

Again no disrespect, I love our cars!!
 
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DRKNYTE said:
I don't mean to be a cockblocker but I don't buy it. I don't think that Carrera S was trying. I know our cars are fast but the rate you are passing him dosen't make sense against a Carrera S.

Was the Porsche trying? Did you ask him?

"Hey remember when I passed you on the straight away like you were standing still, were you going all out or did you just brake early?"

I think I see brake lights going on just before the dip on the Porsche....

Again no disrespect, I love our cars!!
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No disrespect taken and the question is one I get all the time. Drivers of more valuable cars tend to drive them carefully, though some will still push hard. It's part driver/part car.

Case in point, I watched as a friend of mine in a 300hp Mitsu Eclipse went around a factory prepped Lamborghini Diablo GTR (40 ever made) like he was standing still at VIR. Both were in a "Novice" run group.

In the case of my video, we are both running in an Intermediate group. At this point, we have all had a good number of track days under our belts, and understand the dynamics of our cars and the track. I had been on the back bumper of the Porsche for several turns, and he gave up the position because I was the faster car. It is a combination of high corner-exit speed and out-braking (along with line etc): I had essentially already made the pass in the previous corner, before I actually went by him. You see this all the time at the track: Guys in Vipers being passed by instructors in Spec Miatas. Heck I passed every form of BMW during the weekend: M5, M3, M Coupe...but was also passed by lesser cars too.

The video you WON'T see is me being passed in another session by an instructor in a John Cooper Works Mini ;)
 
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