Today (5-19-07) our favorite NSX owner and FactorX driver wins a big race at Mazda Laguna Seca.
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Billy Johnson wins at Laguna Seca
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Thanks for the update, Congrats to Factor X as always
This was not a Factor X car. Billy also races for Kensai Racing Acura.
Go Billy Go! The OC Register wrote of you as a perennial winner!!
Congrats to big Bill too
Like father like son.:biggrin:
Congrats to big Bill too
Like father like son.:biggrin:
Thanks Tony! My dad showed me the article today -pretty cool.Go Billy Go! The OC Register wrote of you as a perennial winner!!
Congrats to big Bill too
More info can be found:
http://grand-am.com/News/Article.asp?ID=8185
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What does it feel like to race a FWD car like that? I mean I've never raced but I can get the feeling in my mind when it comes to rwd but the fwd.... that's gotta be quite a different drive. (Never owned fwd before or driven on with "enthusiasm")
It's interesting. I'm not really a FWD fan, but i've grown to like it. I really like how well they rotate (well we set them up that way), but you apply a lot of ideas/techniques differently. At the end of the day, physics is still physics, and the car has 4 wheels...
Most FWD cars (street cars) understeer like pigs (except mini cooper S with all traction controll systems off, and SRT-4s -that i've driven so far) unless you have grippy tires and carry in more entry speed than normal.
Anyways... Here's some in-car footage of that weekend in the (our) race-winning Kensai Racing Acura TSX with me behind the wheel:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5979488650042932823
(notice in turn 10, I slid the car a little bit :wink: )
