[Fot] Nurburgring lap in under eight minutes!

[Craig]

Because Top Gear is good at it and not owned by NASCAR/Toyota


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Babcock" <billbab at gmail.com>
To: "Gary Horstkorta" <vintage.racer at comcast.net>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Nurburgring lap in under eight minutes!


> My very favorite Nurburgring vid is one from Top Gear (why doesn't
> Speed Channel run that show?) that shows this whacky, wonderful (and
> very cute) Sabine Schmitz who drives a Ford Transit delivery van
> around the track almost faster than Clarkson's best time is a real
> car. She is awesome and what a gal!  What a driver. 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dcw7MqsGbE
>
>
> On Jul 10, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Gary Horstkorta wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Mr. Marx, we were recently given a Triumph tour at speed
>> around
>> the Nurburgring.  For a slightly different perspective, ie, faster,
>> have a
>> look at this 7:26.4 minute lap in a Corvette ZR-1 with speeds
>> ranging from
>> 60 to 178 mph.  I'm exhausted just watching the video!
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/10/video-gm-releases-corvette-zr1s-7-26-4-ri
>> ng-attack/
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