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Originally Posted by Gearhead999s
Compared to when we raced therein the early 90's on the öld track" those time are real fast  In our Firehawk 325is the quickest that I ever went was a 2.05 with the Camaro's & 944's which ran in the Gran Sport class running 2.00 -01's.I love that track and I sure need to get back up there.I did my 1st race licence school up there in 1975 in a VW Scirocco.
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Just shows how much cars have evolved in the last 20 years. Sometimes makes it scary when a totally novice student shows up in a brand new M3, Z06 or GTR
Brings back memories. I also ran the "old track" back in the mid-nineties in a modded VW A2 GTI (1920lbs and 188WHP) doing Solo 1 events. My best time was a 2:02.something.
I do miss some features of the old track. Especially the hump (turn 9). They lowered it significantly (about 14' if I remember correctly) and you barely feel it anymore (at 1:11 in my vid, you can actually see how they cut in the mountain on both sides of the track). Rumor has it F1s caught air on this turn back in the days. You would get no weight on the tires, then wait, wait, until the car settled and then hard as hell on the brakes for turn 10. That excitement is gone. However, the track is much safer and still very fast and tons of fun. You must come back, would be fun to see you there
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