Ferrari Scuderia [HD]
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Northern-Loop

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Monday 18th May 2009
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sjn2004

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267 months

Monday 18th May 2009
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Thanks, what speed did it record at the trap?

Northern-Loop

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Monday 18th May 2009
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188 I think but that was only from 4 runs, The owner had to go at lunch time.

Grant76

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235 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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PH's very own Traxx.

Lovely car!


Wanta996Gotta

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237 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???

Northern-Loop

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Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Wanta996Gotta said:
Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???
Not a *requirement* then as its a private event.

Edited by Northern-Loop on Tuesday 19th May 09:33

Wanta996Gotta

5,622 posts

237 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Northern-Loop said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???
Not really needed for VMAX as its a private event.
188mph and a helmet is not really needed? Fair enough.

jeremyc

28,231 posts

314 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Wanta996Gotta said:
Northern-Loop said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???
Not really needed for VMAX as its a private event.
188mph and a helmet is not really needed? Fair enough.
Would you don a helmet for a 188mph blast down the autobahn?

I'd suggest that the Bruntingthorpe environment is safer than any public road ...

Wanta996Gotta

5,622 posts

237 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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jeremyc said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Northern-Loop said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???
Not really needed for VMAX as its a private event.
188mph and a helmet is not really needed? Fair enough.
Would you don a helmet for a 188mph blast down the autobahn?

I'd suggest that the Bruntingthorpe environment is safer than any public road ...
I know what you are saying but all the track days i have been to or driving experiences when the car hardly reaches 100mph - helmets are compulsory.

A blown tyre at 150mph is a scary thought.

Northern-Loop

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Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Wanta996Gotta said:
Northern-Loop said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???
Not really needed for VMAX as its a private event.
188mph and a helmet is not really needed? Fair enough.
Needed was probably a bad word to use - It upto the car driver to use a hemlet or not.

sjn2004

4,051 posts

267 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Wanta996Gotta said:
Northern-Loop said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???
Not really needed for VMAX as its a private event.
188mph and a helmet is not really needed? Fair enough.
The only advantage of a helmet at 188 mph is to save work for the forensic dentist in identifying your corpse(less time searching for all the bits).

188 is pretty impressive for a standard car.

Edited by sjn2004 on Tuesday 19th May 21:36

4hero

4,505 posts

241 months

Tuesday 19th May 2009
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Wanta996Gotta said:
jeremyc said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Northern-Loop said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
Looks like great fun. Strange that the chap in the car was not wearing a helmet???
Not really needed for VMAX as its a private event.
188mph and a helmet is not really needed? Fair enough.
Would you don a helmet for a 188mph blast down the autobahn?

I'd suggest that the Bruntingthorpe environment is safer than any public road ...
I know what you are saying but all the track days i have been to or driving experiences when the car hardly reaches 100mph - helmets are compulsory.

A blown tyre at 150mph is a scary thought.
A jumbo jet falling on your head while walking down the street is a scary thought too.

GSP

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234 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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Difference with a track and 100mph is you spin off and hit a tyre wall or armco.

188mph on a strip of concrete 2 miles long and 200ft wide is completely different.

Lets be honest people (probably the owner on his way home too) do 150+ on UK roads all the time without a helmet....its not a big deal

Wanta996Gotta

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237 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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GSP said:
Difference with a track and 100mph is you spin off and hit a tyre wall or armco.

188mph on a strip of concrete 2 miles long and 200ft wide is completely different.

Lets be honest people (probably the owner on his way home too) do 150+ on UK roads all the time without a helmet....its not a big deal
I think there is a difference between breaking the speed limit on the way home and continuosly caning a supercar up and down a track? Ask Richard Hammond how he survived. Also strange that the track days at airfields with coned off tracks also require helmets?

P.S. Not sure what a Jumbo Jet falling on someone has anything to do with the thousands of people that have blown tyres each year? Maybe some of us know people that have had a Jumbo jet fall on them but i dont.

Northern-Loop

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Wednesday 20th May 2009
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Please lets not turn this into the helmet vs no helmet thread.

Just enjoy the video smile

Keith-P

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218 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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Video is amazing - thank you for posting.

Those gearshifts!!

neil-f

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237 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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Northern-Loop said:
Please lets not turn this into the helmet vs no helmet thread.

Just enjoy the video smile
Agreed

Good video biggrin

Wanta996Gotta

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Wednesday 20th May 2009
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neil-f said:
Northern-Loop said:
Please lets not turn this into the helmet vs no helmet thread.

Just enjoy the video smile
Agreed

Good video biggrin
Tottaly agree, it was just an observation, i personally hate wearing them.

Here is another Scud,GT2,Lp560 video from Drivers Republic "without" helmets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdcBZpN1nc4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdPY1Ka0kWk&fea...

Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Wednesday 20th May 09:56

GSP

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234 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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Whilst trying to remain on topic (honest)

Most of the corporate/supercar experience days at bruntingthorpe do not require helmets either. A few years ago I drove a 360 spyder to 165mph (indicated) on the straight.....without a helmet, infact no one was wearing a helmet all day, cant remember the exact supercar experience company.

Thinking about it that makes the 188mph of the scud not that impressive when you consider the developement and extra years its has on the 360 spyder

jeremyc

28,231 posts

314 months

Wednesday 20th May 2009
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GSP said:
Thinking about it that makes the 188mph of the scud not that impressive when you consider the developement and extra years its has on the 360 spyder
There is a disproportionate step up needed to get from 165mph to 188mph as compared to the same 23mph step from 142mph to 165mph.

Which makes the 206mph achieved by the Ruf Porsche on the same day even more remarkable. thumbup