Driving Fast At the Track? You Are Doing It Wrong!

Kinja'd!!! "Danny Korecki" (dannykorecki)
12/08/2016 at 16:13 • Filed to: ferrari, 458, xtreme xperience, njmp, ferrari 458

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Automotive journalism isn’t easy, and its tough to get a flying start. We cannot all be Jeremy Clarkson or Chris Harris. You are not typically able to gain access to supercars and higher end vehicles until you prove you can influence others through your words. When you are first starting out, you pretty much say “YES” to every opportunity thrown your way because they may not come again. The key is to make the most of those opportunities.

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The country’s best traveling track day program, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , had Editor-in-Chief William Byrd and myself out this past summer to drive some of their supercars. I mentioned !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that I drove the Nissan GT-R at speed and achieved 134 top speed and I hinted that we did something special in a Ferrari.

I had been fortunate enough to drive a Ferrari 458 Italia before at speed at Summit Point Motorsports Park. Xtreme Xperience allowed me another chance in the 458. As I mentioned before, with these rare opportunities I knew that this might be my last drive in a 458 ever. So what did I do?

I set a track record!

Slowest time around New Jersey Motorsports Park (Lightning Circuit) in a Ferrari 458 Italia.

Being the internet, you may want to research that and see if you can find a slower lap. Doesn’t matter, this is going on my resume and it is not coming off. Also, I believe probably broke a record for best Ferrari MPG at the track . Again, prove me wrong.

Sure I went slow, but there are some interesting things you notice at the track when you are not flying by at triple digit speeds. Words, are words, I think this is something you need to see for yourself:


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Kinja'd!!! Clemsie McKenzie > Danny Korecki
12/08/2016 at 17:57

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Genius. I did a track thing once, and yeah when you’re focusing on speed, it all comes to an end pretty fast! Although my sessions were timed, so gunning it was definitely the way to go there.