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Originally Posted by JackDidley
Ive been to the US nationals a couple times. As said above, there is nothing like being near a fuel car at full throttle. What amazes me is, John Force won funny car 2 weeks ago at the age of 72. Hard to believe he can have his stuff so together at that age.
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At one of the recent Porsche Parades, Michelin hosted a drive and compare event. The had two new Cayman S models and we got to do a launch control drag race. We swapped cars to make it even and that was the different tire compounds, and it is a blast to do launch control in a car that I don't have to pay for.
I beat two guys, so several runs, but I was beaten. The overall winner with the best time was a "old man" in his late 70s that was a former NHRA drag racer. Many years of practice made him impossible to beat.
The Cayman S is by no means a drag racer, but it is ton faster than my antique 85 911 with a 915 transmission and ME as owner and provider of labor and funds for all repairs. The Michelin guys said they do the same type of event for other makes at their conventions. He has only the Porsches survive a week of launches with zero issues. The other makes usually have at least one failure.