1400HP Twin Turbo AWD '65 Mustang at PPHC

Nice. But there ain't nothing 65 mustang about that car except the emblem.

And honestly I was hoping to see him bust ass up the course sliding the turns but trying for the best time.

I can watch him do the tricks anywhere in a thousand videos. But seeing him run that course for the time would have been cooler.
 
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Seems like he ought to be able to set the record for that climb with a car like that.
 
I didn't watch the record holding run. Was that done before or after they paved the road all the way to the top? It was really tricky when they had to set the cars up for hardtop and gravel.
 
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Its the current record holder I believe.
 
Awesome video, awesome car!
 
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Not enough downforce to even come close to winning up there. He'd get slaughtered.
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Yep. It's all about downforce. Downforce is what separates the boys from the men. In the not too distant past, the men (and women) drove racecars that had more horsepower and a lot less downforce. It takes guts to put the pedal down and keep it there for a long time while negotiating a curve driving these ground effects cars. It takes more guts (and talent) to put the pedal down while driving one of the older higher horsepower racecars that didn't have the downforce that today's racecars have.

The opinion I just posted here mirrors the same opinion that Johnny Rutherford offered to the motorsports media several years ago. He was referring to the shape of the underside of Indy Cars. He basically said that the bottom of Indy cars needed to be flat in order to force the drivers to drive the race car using the brakes and throttle in order to get through the turns, instead of relying on ground effects that allow the racers to just use the throttle to get through the turns.
 
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Yep. It's all about downforce. Downforce is what separates the boys from the men. In the not too distant past, the men (and women) drove racecars that had more horsepower and a lot less downforce. It takes guts to put the pedal down and keep it there for a long time while negotiating a curve driving these ground effects cars. It takes more guts (and talent) to put the pedal down while driving one of the older higher horsepower racecars that didn't have the downforce that today's racecars have.

The opinion I just posted here mirrors the same opinion that Johnny Rutherford offered to the motorsports media several years ago. He was referring to the shape of the underside of Indy Cars. He basically said that the bottom of Indy cars needed to be flat in order to force the drivers to drive the race car using the brakes and throttle in order to get through the turns, instead of relying on ground effects that allow the racers to just use the throttle to get through the turns.
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The problem with downforce is when it goes away....you're screwed, and you're going much faster than a car without it.
When you get up to F1 level the cars are very, very difficult to drive.
 
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