Re: The Ring on Speedvision alert - 200 mph Jaguar (in-car!)

Robin Lord <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8a3jj8$ptd$[email hidden]... > The lap record is 6m11s by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 > > The lap record for a standard production car was 7m56s set in a PorscheGT3 > by Walter R�hrl > It is now held by Robert Nearn (again!) in a Caterham R500 at somethinglike

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> 7m55.5s > > I don't know record the jag set. Is it a new one??? > > -- > Cheers, > > Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer. > > http://www.oppositelock.co.uk > > N�rburgring and Grand Prix Legends >

Yeah, I believe that the Jag set a new (then, like 10 years ago) production car lap record because the J220 was to be a production "exoticar", the first to go over 200 or something like that. Like I said, I think this footage was from like '89-'90, at least thats when I remember seeing stuff floating around about the J220 in Popular Mechanics/Science. They showed some footage from the 1st test of the car in Texas, then a lap at Nurburgring (spelling?, sorry don't have GPL, dug the lap though), then some place in Southern Italy like an 8 mile diameter circle track (?) Anyway, couldn't better 217 and change (trying to go 220) and the in-car shots of the speedo hovering just under 220 was really cool. I think that the car never really materialized or if a few did, they are billionaire's collectables at this point... I don't really follow European racing at all, but the track looked cool, if somewhat neglected, and the driver had to dodge a tractor or something, it was quite interesting. I would highly recommend going to directtv's web site and finding out when this is playing again if you have directtv/speedvision and are at all interested in this track, or car for that matter. edb

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> The lap record is 6m11s by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 > > The lap record for a standard production car was 7m56s set in a Porsche GT3 > by Walter R�hrl > It is now held by Robert Nearn (again!) in a Caterham R500 at something like > 7m55.5s > > I don't know record the jag set. Is it a new one???

Good question, Robin. I have no idea. Did anybody else catch what the announcer said? Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

Mrv wrote: > If it had been a Ferrari I would have gotten a little more excited then > watching a Jag around the Ring. Man, you are picky ;-). Seeing as how it was an in-car shot, who cares what kind of car it was? Plus, that Jaguar is one beautiful automobile. Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

I was watching a show on Speedvision last night called "200 MPH Jaguar" about the amazing Jaguar XJ220 road car. They had a sequence of it being driven on the Ring, including a very long in-car camera shot. The shot started after the car left the stadium portion of the track (turn four or so) and continued almost until it got to the very bottom of the track. There then was a jump cut to just before the Little Carousel and that shot lasted until midway down the long straight. It was amazing to watch, knowing exactly what was coming next (from playing GPL). The main difference was the height of the surrounding vegetation - all the trees and bushes are much taller now, so you don't see as much from the ***pit. By the way, the car set a lap record for sports cars - something like a 7:45 lap! The show airs again on Saturday March 11 at 3:30 pm Eastern U.S. time. Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing *****************************************************

The lap record is 6m11s by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 The lap record for a standard production car was 7m56s set in a Porsche GT3 by Walter R?hrl It is now held by Robert Nearn (again!) in a Caterham R500 at something like 7m55.5s I don't know record the jag set. Is it a new one??? -- Cheers, Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer. http://www.oppositelock.co.uk Nrburgring and Grand Prix Legends | I was watching a show on Speedvision last night called "200 MPH Jaguar" | about the amazing Jaguar XJ220 road car. They had a sequence of it | being driven on the Ring, including a very long in-car camera shot. The | shot started after the car left the stadium portion of the track (turn | four or so) and continued almost until it got to the very bottom of the | track. There then was a jump cut to just before the Little Carousel and | that shot lasted until midway down the long straight. It was amazing to | watch, knowing exactly what was coming next (from playing GPL). The | main difference was the height of the surrounding vegetation - all the | trees and bushes are much taller now, so you don't see as much from the |***pit. | | By the way, the car set a lap record for sports cars - something like a | 7:45 lap! | | The show airs again on Saturday March 11 at 3:30 pm Eastern U.S. time. | | Dave Ewing | | -- | ***************************************************** | David A. Ewing | ***************************************************** | | |

The continuous in-car shots from the jag are a definite must to watch for thos of us with GPL & Speedvision. I coulda watched him lap 20 times! Warlock!

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> I was watching a show on Speedvision last night called "200 MPH Jaguar" > about the amazing Jaguar XJ220 road car. They had a sequence of it > being driven on the Ring, including a very long in-car camera shot. The > shot started after the car left the stadium portion of the track (turn > four or so) and continued almost until it got to the very bottom of the > track. There then was a jump cut to just before the Little Carousel and > that shot lasted until midway down the long straight. It was amazing to > watch, knowing exactly what was coming next (from playing GPL). The > main difference was the height of the surrounding vegetation - all the > trees and bushes are much taller now, so you don't see as much from the >***pit. > By the way, the car set a lap record for sports cars - something like a > 7:45 lap! > The show airs again on Saturday March 11 at 3:30 pm Eastern U.S. time. > Dave Ewing > -- > ***************************************************** > David A. Ewing > *****************************************************

If it had been a Ferrari I would have gotten a little more e***d then watching a Jag around the Ring.

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> I was watching a show on Speedvision last night called "200 MPH Jaguar" > about the amazing Jaguar XJ220 road car. They had a sequence of it > being driven on the Ring, including a very long in-car camera shot. The > shot started after the car left the stadium portion of the track (turn > four or so) and continued almost until it got to the very bottom of the > track. There then was a jump cut to just before the Little Carousel and > that shot lasted until midway down the long straight. It was amazing to > watch, knowing exactly what was coming next (from playing GPL). The > main difference was the height of the surrounding vegetation - all the > trees and bushes are much taller now, so you don't see as much from the >***pit. > By the way, the car set a lap record for sports cars - something like a > 7:45 lap! > The show airs again on Saturday March 11 at 3:30 pm Eastern U.S. time. > Dave Ewing > -- > ***************************************************** > David A. Ewing > *****************************************************

LOL did you guys notice the const crews and some guy driving a utility tractor that the driver had to negotiate ? LOL it was a great program I wouldnt mind Noonan taking a stab at that 8 mile circle in southern Italy they took the 220 to to try and break the 220 barrier -- David Hudson Team3dfx http://members.tripod.com/~jkinchen/teamperegrine/ Gambler1's Painting Page http://members.xoom.com/Team3dfx/cars/Cardownloads.htm If it had been a Ferrari I would have gotten a little more e***d then watching a Jag around the Ring. > I was watching a show on Speedvision last night called "200 MPH Jaguar" > about the amazing Jaguar XJ220 road car. They had a sequence of it > being driven on the Ring, including a very long in-car camera shot. The > shot started after the car left the stadium portion of the track (turn > four or so) and continued almost until it got to the very bottom of the > track. There then was a jump cut to just before the Little Carousel and > that shot lasted until midway down the long straight. It was amazing to > watch, knowing exactly what was coming next (from playing GPL). The > main difference was the height of the surrounding vegetation - all the > trees and bushes are much taller now, so you don't see as much from the >***pit. > By the way, the car set a lap record for sports cars - something like a > 7:45 lap! > The show airs again on Saturday March 11 at 3:30 pm Eastern U.S. time. > Dave Ewing > -- > ***************************************************** > David A. Ewing > *****************************************************

edb wrote: > I would highly recommend going to directtv's web site > and finding out when this is playing again if you have directtv/speedvision > and are at all interested in this track, or car for that matter. Like I said in the original post -- The show airs again on Saturday March 11 at 3:30 pm Eastern U.S. time. Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

Sorry it just that I grew up at Maranello. Ferrari to me is like no other in the world. David Ewing wrote:

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> Mrv wrote: > > > If it had been a Ferrari I would have gotten a little more excited then > > watching a Jag around the Ring. > > Man, you are picky ;-). Seeing as how it was an in-car shot, who cares what > kind of car it was? Plus, that Jaguar is one beautiful automobile. > > Dave Ewing > > -- > ***************************************************** > David A. Ewing > Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] > *****************************************************