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Mopar151

(9,982 posts)
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:10 AM Sep 2012

For those who think motorsports have no soul

And a little chuckle for those who understand


Photo from last weekend - the Daewoo had 8 different drivers! Yes, that's a "real" (VT Park) road, 100% legal, access controlled. You can never drive like this on the street.......

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For those who think motorsports have no soul (Original Post) Mopar151 Sep 2012 OP
Is that stock? Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #1
Abandoned car from the City parking gararge Mopar151 Sep 2012 #3
Sweet...Nothing like racing a disposable car... Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #5
Bad fast, right off the trailer Mopar151 Sep 2012 #2
Looks like the DC beltway to me. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #4
May be true - not in a good way! Mopar151 Sep 2012 #6
Yeah, that's the DC beltway - on a light traffic day. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #7

Mopar151

(9,982 posts)
3. Abandoned car from the City parking gararge
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 11:35 AM
Sep 2012

Our wrecker dude tows for the City... Ballast might help the cornering, but the course is about a 12 % grade - driver weight is an influence for the Daewoo Challenge

Mopar151

(9,982 posts)
6. May be true - not in a good way!
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 10:21 PM
Sep 2012

The story I heard:

We're doin' 85 or 90 in this little shitbox, and it's rainin' so friggin' hard you can only see a car length. But I guess that's OK, 'cuz we're only half a length behind the car in front of us.
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