Re: F40 on freeway (was A8)

[Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu>]

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Mark Nelson wrote:

> I don't know about the F40 not being an easy car to drive.  It's pretty much
> an F1 car with a body, and is still faster than the new F50.  The one at the
> VC Hill Climb looked VERY stable and stuck to the road real well...the Sport
> Q's couldn't match the performance since they weren't really setup properly
> for a road racing format (sitting a bit high, and 15" tires with tall
> sidewalls, etc.)  The F40 was a second slower than the AWD RUF CTR2 that
> David Beddor drove...really actually surprised me, since the F40 looked
> faster.  Tim Valencia's road racing 4ktq was actually faster than the Sport
> Q's, because it was setup properly.

	AGreed about the F1 thing.  However, I bet with an even better
driver the F-40 could of beat even the Mighty CTR-2.  Any fast car will
scream with a decent driver but I would bet the F-40 would take a
formidable driver to come near the real limits.  Aterall, if it is
Anything close to an Old F1 car, it would take a good driver.  Those guys
aren't paid what they are to smile at the Camera and spray Champagne on
people. :)
	How far back was the sport Q?  In total time.  Like 2:37 vs 2:41
etc.  L8R

Todd

> cya!
> -mark nelson
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