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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
I always thought trackdays wasn't about racing  |
You are absolutely right - they are not about racing. With the huge disparity in speed between my car and the newest Porsches, however, I am now "driving my mirrors" for the entire lap, and constantly moving off line to point others by. And slowing them down until the next "let-by" zone, where it is legal to allow them to pass.
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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
Jeff if it's becoming more difficult to keep up why not take on the challenge of further developing your car and driving skills.
Would be a much cheaper and less frustrating option than racing
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??? How "developed" do you think a 1972 911 can ever get? "Developed" enough to run with modern 991's, GT3's and the like?
As it stands today, my lap times are virtually identical, if not just a shade faster, than those of my vintage racing buddy in his '69, a class winning race car. I have a lot more motor, he has more skill, so it evens out in the end. With his skill, I might be a couple seconds quicker than I am today. That still leaves about ten seconds per lap to make up to close the gap to the GT3's and the like.
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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
Personally I'd get a lot of pleasure from trying to hang off the back of a 991 or making myself difficult to pass driving what appears to be a much less capable car
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And that is exactly what I was doing in the 996 then 997 era. I was still getting a lot more point-bys than I was giving. I had a constant parade of guys in the pits coming by to see just "what the hell is that thing?" The point of this thread, though, is that with the 991's and on, those days are gone. Just ain't happening, no matter how far we can develop a 1972 911, nor how well we can drive one. Technology - 47 more years of it - has won.