.... and what vehicles and how fast?
I'm not a racer but I wish I was, I have a strong yearning for speed. I've had some track time but only on promotional days and/or when I've paid for it.
On a Mazda6 launch promotion day at Wesbank Raceway here in Johannesburg SA, I drove the Mazda6 2.0l and 2.3l and their equivalent BMW's, Audi's and Mercs. All standard cars but loads of fun. Totally convinced of the best of the bunch, I bought a Mazda6 2.3l, Beautiful car but not very fast.
My most exciting track day was spending a morning driving a race ready Challenge Series, Ferrari F360 Modena around Swartkops Raceway near Pretoria SA. It's a day that will live with me forever. Tight track though so I never exceeded 200 km/h.
Here's me ready to launch:
and out on the track:
A short vid of me showing off in front of my kids: (hope link works)
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Only other supercar I've driven was when I conned a test drive in a Lambo Miura S, pretending to be a buyer. Owner was sitting next to me so I never really got to unleash the horses.
Fastest I've been on 4 wheels was 220km/h in my homebuilt V8 Ford Cortina and about the same speed on 2 wheels on a Suzuki 1100.
Fastest I've ever had my body moving was Mach 0.95 at the controls of a Hawker Hunter jet fighter. Bit off topic, but hey, it's got wheels too.
Walking out to the plane, love this pic, so Top Gun'ish:
In the cockpit (almost wetting my pants):
I'm not a racer but I wish I was, I have a strong yearning for speed. I've had some track time but only on promotional days and/or when I've paid for it.
On a Mazda6 launch promotion day at Wesbank Raceway here in Johannesburg SA, I drove the Mazda6 2.0l and 2.3l and their equivalent BMW's, Audi's and Mercs. All standard cars but loads of fun. Totally convinced of the best of the bunch, I bought a Mazda6 2.3l, Beautiful car but not very fast.
My most exciting track day was spending a morning driving a race ready Challenge Series, Ferrari F360 Modena around Swartkops Raceway near Pretoria SA. It's a day that will live with me forever. Tight track though so I never exceeded 200 km/h.
Here's me ready to launch:
and out on the track:
A short vid of me showing off in front of my kids: (hope link works)
[ame="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Doug_Dread/?action=view¤t=Ferrarichallenge031.flv"]
Only other supercar I've driven was when I conned a test drive in a Lambo Miura S, pretending to be a buyer. Owner was sitting next to me so I never really got to unleash the horses.
Fastest I've been on 4 wheels was 220km/h in my homebuilt V8 Ford Cortina and about the same speed on 2 wheels on a Suzuki 1100.
Fastest I've ever had my body moving was Mach 0.95 at the controls of a Hawker Hunter jet fighter. Bit off topic, but hey, it's got wheels too.
Walking out to the plane, love this pic, so Top Gun'ish:
In the cockpit (almost wetting my pants):