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A fun day at the racetrack.
Last week we decided to take the beast out for a track day. Confidence the brakes and tires would survive the abuse were actually very low so my friend went to buy some secondhand half worn ones for the back. Our Armenian distributor was happy to help us out for a very cheap set (hope we make it to the track at least).
The beast ? Mr B's 2004 E55 AMG with 476 hp ... and probably over two tons to haul.
A little video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbFaF0zRFU0
Most other cars were far more suited for track use .. like this magnificent R8 ..
How about this little Abarth ?
911 991 GT3 Clubsport.
911 GT3 Cup car.
A little briefing for the unexperienced track drivers ... as i was one of the few attending the briefing i knew all the others were real pilots ... hum hum
The iconic Delta Integrale ... this guy had a lot of fun when it started raining
One for Luc
Can it get actually any cooler than this ?
600 kilos of pure joy
Look at those details
50 years ago everything was so simple
Alfa 147 GTA if i'm not wrong
The 911 GT3 Cup
Ready to take off ....
BMW 135i, if this car would have 200-300 kilos less on the scale it would be perfect.
The stunning R8
The new M4 or M3 whatever .... this was quite a performer
Glorious V6
The engine bay of the little Abarth ... over 150 hp for 600 kilos
Almost time to leave ...
... before accidents happen ;-)
Most other cars were far more suited for track use .. like this magnificent R8 ..
How about this little Abarth ?
911 991 GT3 Clubsport.
911 GT3 Cup car.
A little briefing for the unexperienced track drivers ... as i was one of the few attending the briefing i knew all the others were real pilots ... hum hum
The iconic Delta Integrale ... this guy had a lot of fun when it started raining
One for Luc
Can it get actually any cooler than this ?
600 kilos of pure joy
Look at those details
50 years ago everything was so simple
Alfa 147 GTA if i'm not wrong
The 911 GT3 Cup
Ready to take off ....
BMW 135i, if this car would have 200-300 kilos less on the scale it would be perfect.
The stunning R8
The new M4 or M3 whatever .... this was quite a performer
Glorious V6
The engine bay of the little Abarth ... over 150 hp for 600 kilos
Almost time to leave ...
... before accidents happen ;-)
Bim
A fun day at the racetrack.
Last week we decided to take the beast out for a track day. Confidence the brakes and tires would survive the abuse were actually very low so my friend went to buy some secondhand half worn ones for the back. Our Armenian distributor was happy to help us ...
great set...
but that Delta Integrale is TOP My childhood dream ..still to this day and in Martini racing colour can't get better than this Yours D
The Delta and that Abarth !
The Integrale always has been a dream for me ... i once had a crazy drive along with a real rallyedriver .. in the crazy years :-) Filip
Always good to leave before the rain
Looks like you had a great day at the track. Bill
Sooo true ...
... but mr. B decided to go for a last drive in the rain ... as did the Integrale :-) Bim
Fun track !
Circuit de Clastres not too far from Reims :-) ... a very safe track, only one left-hander with off camber and a very tight left at the end ... that was quite kinky. On the small straight i attained only 175 kph (110 mph), a bit more would have been possi...
Beautiful cars...
I really like that classic Abarth. Beautiful, simple, yet so purposeful. And the "ABARTH" printed on the rear differential is just cool.
That Abarth was the only real classic car ..
.. it was a very small event organized by a guy who runs a small workshop and services but Ferraris, Porsches, Jaguars and other exotic stuff. The complete car is a thing of 'cool' ! Filip ...
Too kül for school...
You look good inside the Abarth! How do you feel inside it? After chasing down the white rabbit, it looks like Alice took the red pill and became really big! Thanks for the additional photos Bim!
Impossible fit !
But better than a 308/328 or 512BB anyway :-) These old cars are always special, especially the special ones ;-) Oh and i DID encounter a real rabbit on the track ... close call :-) Filip
Rabbit! Look out!
Those rabbits do a lot of damage when you hit them at speed. I've seen an entire front bumper crack and split in the lower half due to hitting one in a country road in California. Seems like the rabbit you encountered lived to hop another day!
Is that a Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG shooting brake?
Talk about strange cars to drive on the track; E55 Wagon? CLS63 Shooting Brake (if confirmed)? I didn't know the E55 called "The Beast" in Europe too. It has the same nickname here in the States.
Yes Shooting Brake !
But he didn't take it on the track ... only people mad to take a heavyweight are me and mr. B apparently ... i found it very amusing it took that black 911 Turbo Cabrio with 500 hp over 5 laps to close a 200 metre gap on me :-) ... even though i was caref...
Those brakes really were overheating...
Bim, that's some intense driving, you can see parts of the rotor was melting into its own cross drilled holes. I've seen Porsche 911 Turbo (996 chassis) rotors with cracks in the cross drilling that almost reached the cracks that dispersed from other hole...
Inevitably when you go to a racetrack ...
.. the driving becomes intense .. even if you think of taking it easy (bear in mind this heavy car isn't mine) it is not comparable to any road driving (except for that one time last year LOL). The parts in the drilled holes were mainly cooked brake-dust ...
The SBC Braking System
The SBC (Sensotronic Brake Control) Braking System on Mercedes-Benz vehicles was adopted for the W211 E-Class from 2003-2006, the SL-Class cars for many years, and the Maybach cars. It's a fully computerized brake system with a lot of safety benefits, but...
The horsepower war will not end soon i think.
New technologies make it easy to obtain more and more power ... don't ask me when or where it will end ... maybe they should start changing the test procedures for fuel consumption because it's laughable and idiotic ... NA cars get closer and lower to the...
From a distance ...
.. it looks sharp , the closer you get ... errrr .... things are getting worse, much worse ;-) This is just meant to be my 1K Euro fun project which i hope to get on the road this summer, preferably in an acceptable aesthetic shape LOL . Stay tuned, to be...
650 hp and 1198 kilos ;-)
Can't say much more ... should be some kind of a world first ... usually manual :-) .. but now with flappy paddles apparently :-) Stay tuned ... 2nd half of July you'll see it on Automotive :-) Bim