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Was it Mark Donohue who said something like "You have enough horsepower when you can leave continuous tire stripes from the exit of corner 1 all the way to the entrance of corner 2"?
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Originally Posted by Mark Donohue
If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower.
As for an Exige with 1000hp -- the trick is the grip -- the car may be too light to effectively put that power to the ground. But it sure would be fun tryin'

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