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That yellow 350z gets about a bit,its in nearly every motoring pic that I look at now
I think they have the odd public access event at Contidrom. It's situated just north of Hanover but by and large it's only open to industry types. It's a nice, compact facility. The dry handling loop is a little too quick and they could do with a longer straight, but the wet handling circuit is brilliant and their low friction circle is enormous fun. We were having a competition in the 350Z as to who could complete the most laps of the circle fully sideways.
The bowl is just terrifying. At 90mph the banking is interesting. Push your car that bit harder and it becomes seriously nauseating. At 110mph you feel yourself being crushed into the seat. Push harder and your face feels heavy and at 130mph the Mitsubishi Evo starts a banshee wail from its antenna. At 150mph the car is pressed onto its bumpstops, the concrete sections smashing through its chassis and requiring constant small corrections to prevent the car skipping up the wall into the barley fields beyond. You can only see forty yards or so ahead of you and vertigo sets in easily. A falling sensation is the closest way to describe a feeling like being on the inside of a barrel that's cascaded off a waterfall. After a few laps you're relieved to bring the thing back in. With a maximum gradient of 65 degrees, the Contidrom banking is the most extreme i've ever experienced.
>> Edited by bad_roo on Wednesday 27th July 11:28
The bowl is just terrifying. At 90mph the banking is interesting. Push your car that bit harder and it becomes seriously nauseating. At 110mph you feel yourself being crushed into the seat. Push harder and your face feels heavy and at 130mph the Mitsubishi Evo starts a banshee wail from its antenna. At 150mph the car is pressed onto its bumpstops, the concrete sections smashing through its chassis and requiring constant small corrections to prevent the car skipping up the wall into the barley fields beyond. You can only see forty yards or so ahead of you and vertigo sets in easily. A falling sensation is the closest way to describe a feeling like being on the inside of a barrel that's cascaded off a waterfall. After a few laps you're relieved to bring the thing back in. With a maximum gradient of 65 degrees, the Contidrom banking is the most extreme i've ever experienced.
>> Edited by bad_roo on Wednesday 27th July 11:28
Great pics!bad_roo said:
I think they have the odd public access event at Contidrom. It's situated just north of Hanover but by and large it's only open to industry types. It's a nice, compact facility. The dry handling loop is a little too quick and they could do with a longer straight, but the wet handling circuit is brilliant and their low friction circle is enormous fun. We were having a competition in the 350Z as to who could complete the most laps of the circle fully sideways.
The bowl is just terrifying. At 90mph the banking is interesting. Push your car that bit harder and it becomes seriously nauseating. At 110mph you feel yourself being crushed into the seat. Push harder and your face feels heavy and at 130mph the Mitsubishi Evo starts a banshee wail from its antenna. At 150mph the car is pressed onto its bumpstops, the concrete sections smashing through its chassis and requiring constant small corrections to prevent the car skipping up the wall into the barley fields beyond. You can only see forty yards or so ahead of you and vertigo sets in easily. A falling sensation is the closest way to describe a feeling like being on the inside of a barrel that's cascaded off a waterfall. After a few laps you're relieved to bring the thing back in. With a maximum gradient of 65 degrees, the Contidrom banking is the most extreme i've ever experienced.
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Not sure if there's very much public access at the proving grounds. You could call Continental and find out.
Here's a pic of the facility. The dry handling track is at the bottom. Above that you can see the small low friction circle and the larger aquaplane circle. The dark wiggly track above them is the wet handling circuit and then there's the high speed oval.
The other track well worth a look is Goodyear's Mireval in the south of France.
Here's a pic of the facility. The dry handling track is at the bottom. Above that you can see the small low friction circle and the larger aquaplane circle. The dark wiggly track above them is the wet handling circuit and then there's the high speed oval.
The other track well worth a look is Goodyear's Mireval in the south of France.
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