And yeah, she's a fatty but there was almost nobody there to see so I had a blast.
Drove ~900 miles from my home down to my good friend George's place in Georgia. From there we drove to Roebling Road as we had it rented for the day. There was six of us there total. My GT500, George's Porsche GT3, two ZL1's (one a ZLE), and two BMW's. The GT500 may have been the fastest on the straight but after that....I'll put it this way - the ZLE was about 300 lbs less than me (with a better tire, better aero, and the aforementioned leaner chassis). Anyway, it was a great time.
Split screen, George in the passenger seat. Track was still wet from heavy rains before we got there but dried up fairly quickly after we all spent a little time out on it. At some point George jokes "gentle on the brake pedal." We learned two days prior to the event about Ford's recall on the brake pedal pivot which can fail on heavy braking "leading to a loss of primary braking power."
And I captured a bit more than a lap here. I hit a best of 155 mph at the end of the straight. Previously tracked a GT350 there and could only hit 144, and a '17 Camaro SS that hit 141. I may have been able to go faster but that brake pedal pivot failing loomed large in my head.
Drove ~900 miles from my home down to my good friend George's place in Georgia. From there we drove to Roebling Road as we had it rented for the day. There was six of us there total. My GT500, George's Porsche GT3, two ZL1's (one a ZLE), and two BMW's. The GT500 may have been the fastest on the straight but after that....I'll put it this way - the ZLE was about 300 lbs less than me (with a better tire, better aero, and the aforementioned leaner chassis). Anyway, it was a great time.
Split screen, George in the passenger seat. Track was still wet from heavy rains before we got there but dried up fairly quickly after we all spent a little time out on it. At some point George jokes "gentle on the brake pedal." We learned two days prior to the event about Ford's recall on the brake pedal pivot which can fail on heavy braking "leading to a loss of primary braking power."
And I captured a bit more than a lap here. I hit a best of 155 mph at the end of the straight. Previously tracked a GT350 there and could only hit 144, and a '17 Camaro SS that hit 141. I may have been able to go faster but that brake pedal pivot failing loomed large in my head.