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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
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.
??? 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.
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.
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Think we're made of different stuff
You sound like you/your car have both grown old but aren't enjoying the young stuff making you look slow
No idea how developed your car is but there is always scope for development, tyres (as mentioned), weight, modern dampers, underbody aero, circuit specific ratio's etc, etc.
Or choose tracks more in tune with your car's qualities ie tight and twisty rather than straight and fast
Your an old dude, decades of experience, use this to out smart them, I didn't say beat them or keep up with them just make it more difficult for them
Accept you won't beat them but as least have the enjoyment/satisfaction of knowing you/your car hustles along a lot faster than the new car owners expect
Some people do trackdays to wave their johnson's, or to show boat the size of their wallets, others do it to have fun with friends, or too afraid/poor to go racing. Which one is you?