[s-cars] Re: S-car and EC

[William Noland]

Read a magazine interview with driver Bobby Rahal a few years ago. He 
was over in Germany with a VW Golf rent-a-car and decided to give the 
Ring a try. He recalled getting passed by an S-class Merc on the inside 
of one of the corners. Seated in the back seat was Granny, who was 
knitting all the time. A humbling experience, which demonstrates the 
advantage of course familiarity.  :-)

A similar story with a different twist -- a US car magazine writer was 
driving a new Toyota Supra at the press release at Laguna Seca. He 
thinks he's doing a pretty good job navigating the course, when he spots 
a Toyota Tercel gaining on him. The Tercel finally passes him -- Dan 
Gurney at the wheel, grinning like a madman. Guess this one would fall 
under course familiarity and skill level.

Bill Noland

>UrS's are fairly rare at the Ring as they are so heavy, but there are
>some to be seen once in a while, the ones I can remember seeing had
>French and British plates.
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>Cheers,
>Keith
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>BTW - I'd be suprised if the UrS had passed the Evo on the ring ! :-P 
>But then again anything goes at the Ring, there are drivers of all
>sorts of skill levels and intelligence levels, not to mention various
>degrees of course familiarity which makes a huge difference - if I had
>a nickel for every Porsche 996 I passed while driving a 89 Mk2 Golf
>GTI, I'd be rich :)
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