Mildy modded 121,000 mile 2001 Z06 vs. Ferrari F360 Challenge

[Cobra4B]

Gotta love it when a $14k 121,000 mile used Z06 with minimal mods is being held up by a $200k Ferrari Challenge race car At least it sounds pretty.

YouTube - NASA -SE TimeTrials Road Atlanta 3rd Session Saturday

Another session... I almost hit him when he way over-braked coming into turn 6 around 2:45 on the clock.

YouTube - NASA -SE TimeTrials Road Atlanta 2nd Session Sunday (March 2011)

[dwjz06]

Nice Brian.:cheers: Good to see you in the Z kicking butt. :D Don

[theanswriz42]

I'd still rather have the Ferrari.

[Joecooool]

I always hated running with Ferrari's, most of the time the guy driving it is too afraid to push the car because its a whole hell of a lot more expensive to fix than a Corvette when damaged.

[Datawiz]

Nice!

[jaxgator]

What a blast. Nice driving. I only wish I could afford the rubber to do that myself.

[LATB]

kinda cool seeing that yellow Ferrari come into the rear view mirror after the pass...

[Cobra4B]

I always hated running with Ferrari's, most of the time the guy driving it is too afraid to push the car because its a whole hell of a lot more expensive to fix than a Corvette when damaged.
The guy wasn't that bad... he was running fast times out there, but in TimeTrials he should have let me by and I'd have been gone. The first day I got by, but on Sunday he posted a great lap in the warm-up session and was gridded 4th to my 5th. Thus in session 2 and 3 on Sunday I was behind him and couldn't get by and it ruined my lap times. Finally in the 3rd session I was able to post a better lap time than his good one from the morning session so I got to start the final session in 4th spot.

He wasn't in my class anyway... I won my class both days :hurray: Trophy was a big beer mug!

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184725_1702985647112_1012099836_31550287_778844_n.jpg

[jaxgator]

The guy wasn't that bad... he was running fast times out there, but in TimeTrials he should have let me by and I'd have been gone. The first day I got by, but on Sunday he posted a great lap in the warm-up session and was gridded 4th to my 5th. Thus in session 2 and 3 on Sunday I was behind him and couldn't get by and it ruined my lap times. Finally in the 3rd session I was able to post a better lap time than his good one from the morning session so I got to start the final session in 4th spot.

He wasn't in my class anyway... I won my class both days :hurray: Trophy was a big beer mug!

[IMG]http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184725_1702985647112_1012099836_31550287_778844_n.jpg[ /IMG]

utah was there to take that pic for you? :rofl:

[Cobra4B]

Here's my other clips from the weekend:

2nd Session Saturday... 700 horse GTR is fast

YouTube - NASA -SE TimeTrials Road Atlanta 2nd Session Saturday (March 2011)

1st Session Sunday - Warm-up
First time testing smaller 255 tires all around and my NASCAR-style spoiler

YouTube - NASA -SE TimeTrials Road Atlanta 1st Session Sunday (March 2011)

3rd Session Sunday - Yet again more Ferrari

YouTube - NASA -SE TimeTrials Road Atlanta 3rd Session Sunday (March 2011)

4th Session Sunday - Finally posted a good enough time in the 3rd session to grid ahead of Mr. Ferrari. Ran my best lap of Sunday with a 1:36.1... track was slick and car was pushing a bit in certain areas. Need more testing with the spoiler and smaller tires.

YouTube - NASA-SE TimeTrials Road Atlanta 4th Session Sunday (March 2011)

[ConstantChange]

Nice! You smoked that guy. :drivingskid:

[VatorMan]

Good vids. My next major purchase is a TracMate.

[themonk]

Nice but there's no way that Ferrari is worth $200,000.

[Superstreet]

The guy wasn't that bad... he was running fast times out there, but in TimeTrials he should have let me by and I'd have been gone. The first day I got by, but on Sunday he posted a great lap in the warm-up session and was gridded 4th to my 5th. Thus in session 2 and 3 on Sunday I was behind him and couldn't get by and it ruined my lap times. Finally in the 3rd session I was able to post a better lap time than his good one from the morning session so I got to start the final session in 4th spot.

He wasn't in my class anyway... I won my class both days :hurray: Trophy was a big beer mug!

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184725_1702985647112_1012099836_31550287_778844_n.jpg

Wow. Too cool! :cheers: Looks like a blast!

[themonk]

1:38, look in the rearview, bye, bye F-car. :cheers:

[Cobra4B]

1:38, look in the rearview, bye, bye F-car. :cheers:

Yeah it was interesting to see my speed differential from Saturday w/o my spoiler to Sunday running a 5" Nascar style spoiler.

On Saturday I could creep on him... on Sunday it was the opposite... he could creep on me. However the spoiler prooved beneficial everywhere else.

[thegreenman]

Keep them coming, I always enjoy your videos. :drivingskid:

[Cobra4B]

Keep them coming, I always enjoy your videos. :drivingskid:

Thanks but those 6 are all I got from this weekend. More to come after VIR next weekend!

[BADRACR1]

Just think how fast your car would be if you put another $175000 in it!
Looked like he could pull you a little on the straights, but the Vette was on his ass every turn. Good job!!:groupwave::hurray::drivingskid:

[Petew1971]

:cheers:

[xXBUDXx]

Did you happen to see anyone from MTI this weekend?

[Cobra4B]

Did you happen to see anyone from MTI this weekend?
Yeah... they had a large presence all weekend and offered free lunch to Corvette owners both days. Rese's C6Z is incredibly fast.

[xXBUDXx]

Yeah... they had a large presence all weekend and offered free lunch to Corvette owners both days. Rese's C6Z is incredibly fast.

I was supposed to be there helping them, but the job comes first.

[Nemesis]

what program are you using to edit your videos?

[One Word]

Cool:)

[ptindall]

:cool1:

[Cobra4B]

what program are you using to edit your videos?
I used Windows Movie Maker

[VetteBoy1979]

Geez...that dude can't drive for crap after watching only 50 seconds of video. Does he know what an apex is? It looks like it must be his first time on a track.

Nice driving brother!

[Loco Vette]

Good running mang!

[C5SilverBullet]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184725_1702985647112_1012099836_31550287_778844_n.jpg

I think I recognize that fellow to your right.

[Nemesis]

I used Windows Movie Maker

That's what I have, but it only lets me save it as a movie maker project. :banghead:


Cool videos. Congratulations on the win!

[Cobra4B]

That's what I have, but it only lets me save it as a movie maker project. :banghead:


Cool videos. Congratulations on the win!
Don't do save as.... there's a drop-down where it allows you to save the actual movie file and pic it's size. I used "email size" for uploading to you tube. Each clip took around 15-20 minutes to upload.

[Loco Vette]

I think I recognize that fellow to your right.

Looks familiar but he's all fuzzy.

[xXBUDXx]

Looks familiar but he's all fuzzy.

Just don't pet him, then. :D

I thought I knew who that was. He was about 2 hours away from me, too. :cheers:

[Frizzle]

nice job cobra... but what are your mods?

[Cobra4B]

nice job cobra... but what are your mods?

http://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/c5-open-discussion/3170-my-pta-tta-z06-build-up.html

[Cobra4B]

Some pics... yeah they have watermarks, but you get the idea...

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/cvbowers/Road%20Atlanta%203-2011/DSC_1033_sml.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/cvbowers/Road%20Atlanta%203-2011/DSC_1061_sml.jpg
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http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e158/cvbowers/Road%20Atlanta%203-2011/DSC_4199_sml.jpg
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