Shadowman, I should be flogged!!! Forgot my camera!!! Sorry! But here is a brief overview.
Well, They aren't the Ford GT Rally guys but they do have a spirited get together. We met at Lambo of Houston this morning, I had the time wrong and showed up an hour early, and had coffee and donuts. Me, My son Logan, John Hennessey and a local Cobra buddy were the first there. We toured the facility and all the neat cars in the back warehouse. WOW!!! I would love one of his Saleen S7's. Only car that I would give up the GT for. About 8 - 8:15 The Ferrari and Lambo guys started to show up. Nice asst. of all those. Countach to Testarossa and everything in-between. We left pretty promptly at nine. We headed north on HWY 45 with about 30-35 cars. The Cobra buddy was a couple cars behind me and I swear I could see his teeth chattering from there. 38 degrees at nine am. 80-90 mph on Hwy 45 and just cruising. Took Loop 336 into Conroe. First Ferrari stopped there for no front tag. Got a ticket!!! I counted 25 other cars without one but he was the first. Took the route up thru the Sam Houston Forest to Anderson. We stopped for Potty break, All that coffee, and then proceeded on. I lost my Cobra buddy at this point. I do not know if he turned around, froze to death or broke down. Most of these guys are pretty smart drivers but a couple were passing in stupid places. A Lambo Murcilago wanted to play with the Ford Gt and decided after the first blast onto Hwy 6 from the service road that Maybe the 700 RWHP wasn't something he could deal with. Those things are wicked in the corners but underpowered on the straights, as measured up to the GT. As a special treat one of the guys new someone at Texas World Speedway so they let us in to play for a couple of hours. They were letting three groups go onto the track 10-11 cars at a time for 4 laps. I assumed we would be doing slow parade laps since there were no helments, ambulance, corner workers, safety equipment or anything. You could even take a passenger. Boy was I wrong!!! 145 mph in the front straight and diving into all the corners like I was at Rally IV. Passing OK on front straight only. I was able to pass many of these cars but they would stay close in the corners. That was more because of my lack of ability than the car. John Hennessey in his Cadillac was probably the fastest car on the track. If you haven't seen this car go to his web site and check it out.
www.hennesseyperformance.com
Only incident was a Ferrari that took an off track excursion and had to be pulled back to the pavement. No big deal Thank Goodness. After a couple of 4-5 lap runs in each group we headed back home in smaller packs.
Total Miles = 270
Highest speed = 145 mph
Total time gone = 8 hrs
Cost = Priceless!!!!!!
This is a yearly event for this group. Day after Christmas run. Put it on your list next year.
Larry Boatner
