Matteo's GT40 at CMP

[Jon Merck]

What an awesome car! I had the opportunity to instruct for the Mustang Club at CMP this weekend and Matteo brought out the big gun...wow. Redline in 2nd gear 100mph. This car is razor sharp on track and requires full concentration to extract it's best.

Friday the track was dry and lot's of open track, Saturday was very damp and the first half of Sunday rained hard. Late in the afternoon Sunday the track dried out and the real fun began.

My son was commenting that flames shot out the back as we shifted on the front straight . What a cool car, thanks for bringing it to the track Matteo!

[kaisen]

Nice car. Even nicer tape job

[Jon Merck]

The tape job didn't last long...tried some clear sheets and they kept blowing off, so ended up going naked

[bigchillcar]

what tires is matteo running on it?

[Jon Merck]

I can't remember, maybe he will chime in. They were fairly grippy for streets though...we had to play with the pressures to keep the rear planted out of corners. We did find that 550 ftlbs of torque can break the tires loose at 80mph in a straight line

[azasadny]

Whatever happened to Matteo's 911?

[Tervuren]

Odd, that doesn't look like any Ford GT40 I've ever seen, nor does the motor match. :shrug: You sure its a GT40? I'd have a hard time imagining someone cutting up a Ford GT40 to look like a retro replica of one.

[jorian]

Its not a GT40. Its a GT.

[Jon Merck]

I stand corrected!

[thrown_hammer]

Park it in my garage and you can call it Sally for all I care!

[the]

Those cars look good in pictures, but are awesome in person. So cool.

What happened to your passenger side mirror in the last pic?

[tsinger873]

I doubt anyone who would go to the bother of taping the whole car would run it hard enough to extract anything from it. There's nothing like being the laughing stock of the paddock. He better keep it in the garage from now on.

[Gogar]

Yeah what a tool for trying to keep his car nice.

[tsinger873]

Keep it nice until he stuffs it into a wall. Let's get a picture of that too.

[Won]

Originally posted by tsinger873
I doubt anyone who would go to the bother of taping the whole car would run it hard enough to extract anything from it. There's nothing like being the laughing stock of the paddock. He better keep it in the garage from now on.

I think you've got some reading to do around the forums

[tsinger873]

To find out what an excellent driver he is? Crap happens on the track all the time to drivers of every ability. Wait until somebody takes him out or a mechanical failure takes him off of the track. What is the tape going to protect his car from? Bugs? Acid rain? I would expect some sandblasting effects if he raced it in a series with a track full of cars but a few pristine cars running around a track wont damage his paint. Some fool with brake fade might.

[boba]

I guess you can tell who has never been anywhere but OT.

[Won]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/search.php?action=showresults&searchid=3241041&exactname=&searchuser=

[tsinger873]

so whats your point?

[Jon Merck]

These cars are special, and trying to protect it from sandblasting is just common sense. CMP is very sandy and will destroy a paint job in short order. I would have taped her up and if anybody in the paddock or elsewhere didn't like they could kiss my a$$.