Sunday, July 12, 2009

Nice Distance! -- "That's nothing to be proud of Russ..."

For anyone that has every sat in T12 at Road America (aka Canada Corner) you know that the racing surface is about 100 feet out and 8 to 10 feet down from the viewing area.

Well, an ambitious Ferrari Challenge driver has succeeded in bringing the racing action to the fans. It is my understanding that the car was coming into Canada way too fast, skimmed across the gravel, dug in and vaulted over the tire wall and catch fence.

I haven't seen any thing that wasn't built by Boeing cover that kind of height and distance with such a short take-off roll.

Impressive!

Photos by redwe-in-wi


















2 comments:

AutoJava said...

So, since he went through the catch fence. Is that considered a wild pitch?

thehounder said...

I think it's going to make the seats at the top of the grandstands worthwhile. Just think if that was a LMP1 car. My guess is that if would clear another 20 feet easy.