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Some of my shots from this past weekend at Lime Rock with the Pirelli World Challenge!
#6 K-Pax Volvo S60 GT getting air at the top of the uphill (going 105-110mph there; the suspension definitely got a workout that day)
I've seen and heard Cayman race cars in the past, but this sounded exactly like a GT3 Cup car.
These SLS' and the Audi R8's were the kings of getting air. You could almost hear the carbon fiber smacking the ground as the car came back down. Sheesh.
I give all these guys (and girls) credit. I've driven Lime Rock many times, and I know personally how tough it is to even break 1 minute in an E36 M3 let alone a club racing BMW M3. These "street" Civic Si's and VW GLI's ran consistent 59-second laptimes, with a few running high-58's. They do run full slick racing tires, but these are no 300hp monsters. They're close to stock weight as well.
The Compass360 Civic Si that dominated all weekend in TC (Touring Car):
There were no f's given in this class. With barely 120hp for all of them, the "NEVERLIFT" word comes to mind...
This SLS almost looks like it's alive and staring at you.
The CRP Racing/HAWK Performance Nissan GT-R running in GT.
A little bit of the Team RLL BMW Z4 GTE that actually won the ALMS race in GT.
The car that got the most attention in the upper paddock (more than the race cars, and with good reason... it's a Über-rare Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Pur Blanc Edition... let your mind wonder about the cost of it
)
More shots from the weekend can be found here:
Pirelli World Challenge at Lime Rock
#6 K-Pax Volvo S60 GT getting air at the top of the uphill (going 105-110mph there; the suspension definitely got a workout that day)
I've seen and heard Cayman race cars in the past, but this sounded exactly like a GT3 Cup car.
These SLS' and the Audi R8's were the kings of getting air. You could almost hear the carbon fiber smacking the ground as the car came back down. Sheesh.
I give all these guys (and girls) credit. I've driven Lime Rock many times, and I know personally how tough it is to even break 1 minute in an E36 M3 let alone a club racing BMW M3. These "street" Civic Si's and VW GLI's ran consistent 59-second laptimes, with a few running high-58's. They do run full slick racing tires, but these are no 300hp monsters. They're close to stock weight as well.
The Compass360 Civic Si that dominated all weekend in TC (Touring Car):
There were no f's given in this class. With barely 120hp for all of them, the "NEVERLIFT" word comes to mind...
This SLS almost looks like it's alive and staring at you.
The CRP Racing/HAWK Performance Nissan GT-R running in GT.
A little bit of the Team RLL BMW Z4 GTE that actually won the ALMS race in GT.
The car that got the most attention in the upper paddock (more than the race cars, and with good reason... it's a Über-rare Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Pur Blanc Edition... let your mind wonder about the cost of it
)More shots from the weekend can be found here:
Pirelli World Challenge at Lime Rock
