"StingrayJake" (stingrayjake)
06/01/2016 at 10:30 • Filed to: Corvette, Z06, SpeedVegas
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"StingrayJake" (stingrayjake)
06/01/2016 at 10:30 • Filed to: Corvette, Z06, SpeedVegas | 3
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It sure felt a lot faster at the wheel than it looks in the video, but it was a helluva lot of fun.
Topped out at 128 mph on the last run down the front straight (about 7:10 in the video below). They told me it could do 140 but I can see in the video that I never really pushed it around the last corner. I guess first-time jitters. Maybe next time.
My last and fastest lap starts at 5:55.
They have some sort of data logger that only shows up in their video app but when I export it none of that shows (which is what you see in YouTube) so just enjoy the sights and sounds with no real context.
CalzoneGolem
> StingrayJake
06/01/2016 at 10:51 |
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Sometimes when it looks slow it is actually fast.
yitznewton
> CalzoneGolem
06/01/2016 at 10:54 |
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It’s always a little sads to go for a drive that feels balls to the walls, and look on the dashcam afterwards and it’s totally boring to watch. Seems like with a head-mounted cam it’s more exciting.
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StingrayJake
> CalzoneGolem
06/01/2016 at 11:01 |
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Isn’t that what they said on Top Gear about star-in-a-car? It’s amazing how
feeling
like you’re at the limit (I most definitely wasn’t at the limit) can look pretty mundane on camera.
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CalzoneGolem
> StingrayJake
06/01/2016 at 11:04 |
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Yeah I shamelessly stole it from there.
petebmwm
> StingrayJake
06/01/2016 at 11:32 |
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how did it feel? small throttle inputs right?
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StingrayJake
> petebmwm
06/01/2016 at 11:53 |
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I tried to be pretty gentle on the throttle... probably to a fault. You can see some lurching in the video when I gave it a bit much on the shorter straights.
And yet the car never really felt like a handful. It drove pretty easily. I’m sure the nannies were on, but watching the speedo in the data-logged video, I wasn’t really on the edge.