NFGT Mark II - bought by Google VP Benjamin Sloss Treynor


Ed Sims

GT Owner
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Apr 7, 2006
7,850
NorCal
It was a great debut. BBRGT came from Canada & I made the short trip from NorCal. What an amazing car. And Ben is a great driver. It was nice to see Sean & the rest of the guys from Multimatic there. Thanks Ben for the kind invite.

Ed



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Ed Sims

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Apr 7, 2006
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NorCal
Thermal is a great place. Their motto is "Private Pavement"

Ed
 

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dbk

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It's everything I had hoped it would be, and more. Very fast, very friendly to drive, absolutely gorgeous in person, sounds amazing. I'm in love.

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I mean honestly, wow. That is the dream right there. Everything about it is damn near perfect. The look, sound(!), livery, purpose, interior, all of it. Congratulations! Love that steering wheel and telemetry setup.

Actually one thing is not perfect; what it does to my enthusiasm for the road car. 😂
 

Biginch Blake

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Nov 4, 2008
983
Rockville, Indiana
What a beautiful car, hope to see it on the track some day. What a race car should be and what it was made for!
 

BAT

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Oct 11, 2012
946
Central Mitten
Everything in this thread is freaking nuts.
 

Apollo

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Aug 5, 2006
2,499
Pahrump, NV
Incredible! That in-car video says it all, made me have goose bumps. Ed is right, good driver for sure.
 
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B.M.F.

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1,782
Minnesota
Congrats! What an amazing car!
 

Special K

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What’s more to say that hasn’t been said already.... GT Nirvana! 🏁🏁🏁
 

MarkH

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May 19, 2007
528
Katy, Texas
What an incredible car and thanks a bunch for sharing it with all of us. Truly, a dream come true. How perfect...

Mark H.
 
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GTMD

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Jan 4, 2011
957
NorCal
Intoxicatingly beautiful. Congratulations!
 
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GTJack

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Incredible car, incredible venue! Thanks for sharing.
 

SYCO GT

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Sep 9, 2006
4,974
California
Thanks everyone for all the great images and reportage on this amazing gem! Fun to watch and read.
 
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Vince H

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Jul 23, 2012
2,417
Southern California
Spectacular. So awesome to see MKII being used as it was intended.

Vince H
 

treynor

GT Owner
Dec 1, 2011
52
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Ed Sims

GT Owner
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Apr 7, 2006
7,850
NorCal
A few different views of Ben's MkII. Yes, it still looks mean!

Ed

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KennethClay

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Oct 15, 2012
860
New York
Here’s some raw footage of the Mark II at Thermal. Enjoy! With the volume up, of course!

 

ByeEnzo

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Dec 10, 2005
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Fort Worth, TX
Here’s some raw footage of the Mark II at Thermal. Enjoy! With the volume up, of course!


I could watch this all day! Thermal track looks super smooth and flows nicely. I did note that some of the apexes are marked with different colored paint. Nicer than cones that can get whacked.
 

Specracer

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Nov 28, 2005
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Exposing my ignorance on current in car cameras, how is it panning from left to right? Would have thought camera angle would be fixed?
 

treynor

GT Owner
Dec 1, 2011
52
Exposing my ignorance on current in car cameras, how is it panning from left to right? Would have thought camera angle would be fixed?

That was a surprise to me as well. The camera is a GoPro hero 8 and it has a fixed mount, I believe what you're seeing is its image stabilization algorithm .
 
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06fordgt

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Nov 8, 2006
1,908
Toronto Canada
Beautiful car. Was wondering how this car would look with the Gulf livery. Great job. Enjoy!!