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Wow, just wow. The Ozarks International Raceway is one amazing track. They have a pair of nesting bald eagles on site of the 400 acre facility. It is full of trees, and just beautiful. The track is basically 4 miles long. There is not one true straightaway at all. The closets to that is called the roller coaster. I survived the roller coaster, what a ride. In my 200 HP 85 911, going down the first hill, to top out in 3rd, and shift into 4th as I go up the hill. At the crest you test your fortitude, and only once did I keep my foot planted, and I was at about 100 maybe 105, and I felt the front end get light and dance around a bit. Back down the next part and nail the brakes back into 3rd and keep going. After getting light, I settled for lifting off the go pedal at the top.
One other section is coming out of the hairpin, run the RPM to redline slowly as it is still a curve, shift into third, as you go down a steep hill. My car goes from 60 to 90 in third gear in a second. I wish it could accelerate like that on flat ground. If I had a fast shifting transmission I would shift up to 4th aadd speed, and downshift back to 3rd for the uphill part. As it is, I just run it to 6,400 RPM, tap the brakes in the corner, and up the hill to the esses.
I will do some frame grabs of the videos I shot to show it better.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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