DE event in Nashville last weekend, first on-track time eith the 914 Options

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BMW is playing on the Mini's history by using Phil Wix (who used to be a factory driver for Mini back in the 1960's and was even the stunt driver in the red Mini in the original The Italian Job) to put on driver's ed events at tracks around the country. He recently moved to Nashville and put on his first school at the Nashville Superspeedway’s combination oval and road course. In addition to several Minis in attendance, the school also had the local Corvette club and the Nashville PCA bring their cars to the track as well. I will try to attach some pictures of my 914 in action over the weekend.

First picture is of the parade laps where students play “follow the leader” to learn the correct line through the corners and guidelines for braking markers.

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Talking Porsches in the garage. The 914 got a lot of attention even though it was surrounded by some great cars. Around here, you don't see crappy 914s, much less cars with owners that are crazy enough to waste the time and spend money to build one with flares and a six.
You can't see some of the other nice cars in the picture, but there was:
1. A brand new Viper. He started leaking radiator fluid. He couldn't tell where it was coming from and tried to drive the car home. I passed him 2 hours later putting it on a flat-bed tow truck on I-840.
2. An Audi S6 (or is that R6). Made nice sounds on the track. It is in the background of one of the pictures.
3. Jeff Lane who owns the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville brought out a Lotus Elise and a Catheram Super Seven. The Seven is made of carbon fiber and powered by a Hyabusa motor. It weighs under 1200 lb and has about 160 hp. If you are ever in Nashville, his museum should be a mandatory stop for any gearhead. He has a decent website that you should be able to find witht a Google search.
4. A 1971 big-block Corvette.
5. A well preserved MGB that also shows in the background of one of the posted pics.