For those of you fortunate enough to get to go to the Rally V, keep an eye out for the little Aerial atom made there at the VIR complex. In many ways they are like little GTs without a body to slow them down. Ya'll have fun.
For those of you fortunate enough to get to go to the Rally V, keep an eye out for the little Aerial atom made there at the VIR complex. In many ways they are like little GTs without a body to slow them down. Ya'll have fun.
Now THAT ^^^^ looks like a balls to the walls fun kinda ride. 1.75-2 G's in corners?? Wows!!!
Eddie its great to hear from you today as your name was mentioned at Chips first night dinner as to what we could do to get you and your wife to join us at a rally in the future. Please try as you would really enjoy it. I promise. Tomy Hamon
I went out for Ron for about 15 minutes in the Atom and it was great fun. Especially when he would rub my thigh on the straights. :lol
The real reason it's great to be a passenger in the Atom is (for those of us that don't know what we're doing) you really get to watch the car and the driver work. I spent alot of time watching Ron's feet in it, because I do not heel-toe or rev-match and he does constantly. Just being able to get an unobstructed view to how Ron was using his feet while breaking and shifting was very worthwhile...
For our members who have not driven with "Roketman Ron", don't ever pass up the opportunity. I rode with him 3 times in 3 different cars and each ride was mind blowing. In the 5.0 Mustang in the rain he was pulling lateral G's and posting lap times that should have been impossible, all the while talking to me and describing what he was doing and what others were doing wrong. In my TTGT, he was almost always in a higher gear than I was, using half as much throttle, half as much braking, and going twice as fast passing everybody. In his own GT that he was willing to drive more aggressively than my car, he was untouchable, again, talking to me the whole time to describe the process. It was a revelation. We didn't go over lift throttle oversteer though! :eek I have way more equipment than skill and Ron has inspired me to spend a week at our local Bonderant driving school. Thanks again Ron.
Chip