The NSXs were well represented though. Dan was the leader and I somehow managed to keep up with him in second place through hours of switchbacks through the Palomar mountains.
The guy is good and I learned a lot about what my car can do by following him. We screamed through the tight (90-180 degree) hairpin turns and hit about 120 on the straightaways. It was a blast! My navigator screamed like a girl as we bombed through the turns down the mountain. I guess that's a normal response when barreling toward a chasm at 80mph.
"SLOW DOWN, we're gonna DIE!" he screamed. My response? "Slow down? Hell no. He's (DAN) getting away!" As fast we went, I could barely keep up with him. He is a very, very good driver. I think I did OK for only 2 months of having my NSX. At least others thought so which made me feel good.
Truthfully, half of it was me mimicking Dan's lines as I followed him.
Unfortunately, no pics of this stuff as I was too busy driving and my buddy had a death grip on the door handle as he was screaming (can we say white knuckles). We could smell burnt rubber and brakes on the way down.
Do you really want to see motion blur as the car powerslides throuh a turn. ok... don't answer that. Next year, we'll mount a video camera and put in some sway bars so we can take the turns even faster!
The video would have been awesome. oh well.
The S2000s also handle really well. Dan and I blew them away up the mountain because they just didn't have the torque to keep up.
I never took the car out of second going up the mountain (5000-7500RPMS) for about 30 minutes until we reached the top.
But on the way down, 1 very good S2000 driver was right with us behind me all the way down. Those turns were so crazy, I even made myself carsick by the end of the drive. Right when I was feeling bad, we hit a long straightaway at 120mph, and all of a sudden all was well again.
