 Yellow Bird' RUF flying around the Nurburgring, Not the best driver on the planet |
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| dgw |
 Sep 3 2004, 08:28 PM
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Dennis Winter  Group: Members Posts: 553 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Santa Cruz Mountains Member No.: 106 Region Association: Northern California  |
Maybe you have already seen this video clip, it's 'Yellow Bird' RUF Porsche flying around the Nurburgring racetrack. This website has two video clips: lap 1 and lap 2 - they are zipped and large so you'll want a fast data connection to get them.
http://www.green-flag.com/pages/Nurburgring.php |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 3 2004, 08:50 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,640 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
i dunno, he's pretty damm good at keeping the car on the track!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Andy |
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| dgw |
Sep 3 2004, 09:11 PM
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Dennis Winter Group: Members Posts: 553 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Santa Cruz Mountains Member No.: 106 Region Association: Northern California |
Yes, very good at keeping the car on the track. But looks to me like he is misssing apexes and there is lots of tire smoke in the second one.
In any case, I enjoyed both of them. |
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| i love porsche |
Sep 3 2004, 09:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 6-May 04 From: Nutley, NJ Member No.: 2,030 Region Association: North East States |
gotta love the yellow bird =]
Ruf is the best tuner for porsche, hands down |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 3 2004, 10:44 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,640 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(dgw @ Sep 3 2004, 08:11 PM) But looks to me like he is misssing apexes and there is lots of tire smoke in the second one. actually, he's not. he's driving extremely late apexes, but he seems to hit them pretty well ... gawd, that track is sooooooooooooooooooooo long ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Andy |
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| machina |
Sep 4 2004, 06:25 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,030 Joined: 21-June 03 From: Miami Beach, FL Member No.: 848  |
QUOTE(dgw @ Sep 3 2004, 11:11 PM) Yes, very good at keeping the car on the track. But looks to me like he is misssing apexes and there is lots of tire smoke in the second one. Pretty clear to me that they said to the driver, "go out there and slide that bitch all over the place, make it look good" I'm sure that any driver that can powerslide a turbo 911 like that knows where the apexes are. dr |
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| maf914 |
Sep 4 2004, 06:55 AM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Sep 3 2004, 08:44 PM) gawd, that track is sooooooooooooooooooooo long ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Andy I worked and lived in Germany for a few years and have to say that my two biggest auto-related regrets are that I didn't go to the Grand Prix of Monaco and that I didn't drive at least one lap on the Nurburgring. I went to the new 'Ring several times for F1, Group C, and historic races, but never did take a lap of the old circuit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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| crash914 |
Sep 4 2004, 05:41 PM
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its a mystery to me Group: Members Posts: 1,826 Joined: 17-March 03 From: Marriottsville, MD Member No.: 434 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
No, this guy is good....very good...I think that this was for an advertisement/ video commercial..
I want to drive like that in my sandles.. |
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| dgw |
Sep 6 2004, 10:06 PM
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Dennis Winter Group: Members Posts: 553 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Santa Cruz Mountains Member No.: 106 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Sep 3 2004, 08:44 PM) actually, he's not. he's driving extremely late apexes, but he seems to hit them pretty well ... They looked early to me, guess I've forgotten how to drive these things. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| Sammy |
Sep 7 2004, 01:00 PM
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. Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Orange, Ca Member No.: 178 |
Yep, he was tossing it around and showing off the car.
He was prolly giving up 15 seconds a lap but it sure looks like fun. Come to th ink about it, that's the same driving style i use when autocxrossing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) |
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| ArtechnikA |
Sep 7 2004, 01:09 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
this topic was discussed at some length on nthe RennList 911 or Racing list.
i believe it was determined that it was Walter Röhrl, who -is- one of the best drivers on the planet. he can go quick enough on 'the racing line' when he needs to. John Larson tells about a Trans-Am (IIRC) race at Sears Point where Audi was introducing some spiffy new turbo-Quattro race car. come the first qualifying session, it's raining so bad none of the teams will go out. Röhrl takes the track and is under the record on his first flying lap - and proceeds to lower the record on each lap after that. SCCA was so impressed they banned the Quattro cars ... i haven't driven at the 'Ring, but i did watch a 1000 Kms race there. and saw the Monaco Grand Prix ... |
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