"Car of the future" scared of water?
Even back in the day, 935's and various other monster HP cars with no traction control or ABS rounded the banking at Daytona and other venues...in the rain(all on 1970's tire technology). AJ Foyt once teamed up with Bob Wolleck in a 935 at Daytona in a torrential downpour, and booted that car around the track with abandon.
That really was a measure of driving talent to keep that right foot down, maintain speed with all the traction of an egg in a Teflon frying pan.
Fast forward to the 21st Century...and NASCAR still refuses to allows racing when it rains.
I still can get my head around this...are the cars that bad...or someone can't make a decent rain tire...or the drivers don't have the talent of previous generations?
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1983 911 3.3L Turbo(YES, I know the turbo badge is on the right...had to be different!)
1996 Toyota Corolla(der 'clapper')
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