Also, "Thoroughbred and Classic Cars" (another UK mag, Feb issue), has a
report on driving a BMW 3.0CSL on the 'ring. I had the pleasure of riding
with their lead driver on one of his laps that day. Fortunately, I wasn't the
one in the Cosworth.
Cheers , Bog. PS wasn't the batmobile gorgeous?
If you know the ring on GPL you will be OK at the real Ring.
Go to www.hyperstim.com and click on LATEST NEWS 'Crooke drives the real
Nurburgring' and you can see comparision track shots from the***pit
between GPL and the way it is now.
Regards
Jon Crooke
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> Cheers , Bog. PS wasn't the batmobile gorgeous?
>> Tried to post this a couple of weeks back but it bounced. FYI, the Feb
> issue
>> of Motorsport, an English mag now on some newstands in the US, has a "test
>> drive" of Gurney's Eagle and a Lotus 49. In another article, they have a
>> track report on everyone's favorite, the Nurburgring. Well worth getting.
>> Also, "Thoroughbred and Classic Cars" (another UK mag, Feb issue), has a
>> report on driving a BMW 3.0CSL on the 'ring. I had the pleasure of riding
>> with their lead driver on one of his laps that day. Fortunately, I wasn't
> the
>> one in the Cosworth.
Regards,
Hena
>If you know the ring on GPL you will be OK at the real Ring.
>Go to www.hyperstim.com and click on LATEST NEWS 'Crooke drives the real
>Nurburgring' and you can see comparision track shots from the***pit
>between GPL and the way it is now.
>Regards
>Jon Crooke
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>> Lucky bastard. I got both those mags - I'm off to the ring this year. I
>> visited a couple of years ago but didn't have the guts to try the track.
How
>> much has the ring changed from '67 / gpl ? Would a gpl ringmeister know
what
>> to expect or is it like learning the ring again ?
>> Cheers , Bog. PS wasn't the batmobile gorgeous?
>>> Tried to post this a couple of weeks back but it bounced. FYI, the Feb
>> issue
>>> of Motorsport, an English mag now on some newstands in the US, has a
"test
>>> drive" of Gurney's Eagle and a Lotus 49. In another article, they have
a
>>> track report on everyone's favorite, the Nurburgring. Well worth
getting.
>>> Also, "Thoroughbred and Classic Cars" (another UK mag, Feb issue), has a
>>> report on driving a BMW 3.0CSL on the 'ring. I had the pleasure of
riding
>>> with their lead driver on one of his laps that day. Fortunately, I
wasn't
>> the
>>> one in the Cosworth.
What was the verdict on the eagle vs the lotus?
Rafe Mc
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 19:53:46 +0000, robswindells
>> Tried to post this a couple of weeks back but it bounced. FYI, the Feb issue
>> of Motorsport, an English mag now on some newstands in the US, has a "test
>> drive" of Gurney's Eagle and a Lotus 49. In another article, they have a
>> track report on everyone's favorite, the Nurburgring. Well worth getting.
>> Also, "Thoroughbred and Classic Cars" (another UK mag, Feb issue), has a
>> report on driving a BMW 3.0CSL on the 'ring. I had the pleasure of riding
>> with their lead driver on one of his laps that day. Fortunately, I wasn't the
>> one in the Cosworth.
>What was the verdict on the eagle vs the lotus?
[1] Although the Lotus is, apparently rather less intimidating than the
unforgiving beast we get in GPL...
--
JG
>>Just to be a pain, any chance of a scan and posting??????
They did mention that both had more modern compound tires and while the Eagle
was on '67-type widths, the Lotus was using much wider '69 vintage width.
They were concilliatory in congratulating Gurney et al for being competitive
working on such a shoe-string budget against a seasoned Lotus and
deep-pocketed Ford.
Nice photo spread...
Err, thanks, I guess :-)
I know how you feel. Took a bit of workup of the old courage to try it. And
after each lap, I had to let the adrenalin die down. Thinking each time,
"another lap? No! Yes! No! ...Well, okay..."
I only had a few hours of GPL "ring practice before I left. So I was not that
familiar. Besides, how much do you really want to trust your memory
when it there is no "shift-R" on your body? :-) Since running it, I've done
countless laps on it in GPL. Maybe I'll have to give it another try. Oh,
both Adenau and Pfanzgarten had me scared silly in that I'd embarass myself in
front of the locals. But yes, you'll have a leg up by your running the sim.
And after 3 or so laps, you start remembering more.
The Batmobile was sweet. So were the Ferrari 355 F1, 3 Elises, two Porsche
GT3's, Caterham, many tricked out Schnitzer BMW's, Cosworths, etc, etc. It's
like being in a rolling museum. Most passing my lowly 4-cyl A4...
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: They did mention that both had more modern compound tires and while the Eagle
: was on '67-type widths, the Lotus was using much wider '69 vintage width.
: They were concilliatory in congratulating Gurney et al for being competitive
: working on such a shoe-string budget against a seasoned Lotus and
: deep-pocketed Ford.
I also thought the article rather unfair since it seemed to me that
the Lotus 49B they were using _should_ have had front wings attached.
It certainly seemed to having mounting points and in the picture with
Hill driving it it had front wings.
To remove them and then complain of chronic understeer seemed churlish.
--
Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html
Any more churlish than comparing a 67 Eagle with a winged car. The Lotus was
essentially the same car in 69 albeit with a few mods and the wings. The
article in question, in all fairness ,did state that the very cold
temperatures made it almost impossible to heat the tyres up and this
contributed to the understeer.
MS
--
Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
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> : They did mention that both had more modern compound tires and while the
Eagle
> : was on '67-type widths, the Lotus was using much wider '69 vintage
width.
> : They were concilliatory in congratulating Gurney et al for being
competitive
> : working on such a shoe-string budget against a seasoned Lotus and
> : deep-pocketed Ford.
> I also thought the article rather unfair since it seemed to me that
> the Lotus 49B they were using _should_ have had front wings attached.
> It certainly seemed to having mounting points and in the picture with
> Hill driving it it had front wings.
> To remove them and then complain of chronic understeer seemed churlish.
> --
> Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving
> Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
> Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
> www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html
