The usual go out for a party and enjoy a few beers and meet new friends. Turns out I met this dude from Los Gatos. I was wearing my Ferrari hat for the Montreal race this weekend. He immediately asks me if I am a tifosi. Turns out the kid is a factory driver for Panoz and his dad won Le Mans in 2004. Great kid, and now I will be rooting for him in any race he attends. You never know who you are going to meet at party's anymore.
Here he is going through the corkscrew at Laguna:
Also he asks me if I am a Schumi fan, which I am. He owns his old 550 Maranello:
Sorry, I may of bored a few of you here, but this was simply incredible to me. Also, it's pretty difficult to explain to 20 year old blondes that this dude is in champ car. Instead of talking about favorite beers and normal party, the subject was of apex, braking point, and downforce.
He mentioned that in the Panoz, if he were to take a turn at 90 he would spin out. Though if he were to take that same corner at 110, the air would press the car down enough to have traction.
How do you find that edge?
Edit: Here is hi website
http://sutherlandracing.com/