Hi Andrew, the course had -two or three longer straights 200..600m, (I am bad at guessing), a wide S curve (which gets quite narrow at 120km/h ;-) ) and some sharps corners. Top speed with my Vanagon 2,8V6 was something near 160km/h. Average speed (stated by my bordcomputer) was 97km/h. Man, that was fun. The first time on a race track, trying to get as fast as possible. The first three laps were testing and judging the track, but then... I would drive the course again and again if it wasnŽt 7 hours from Bremen :-( www.hockenheimring.de -> "auf dem Ring" -> "Map" -> "Motodrom" then youŽll get a map of the new course. I drove the old one. Raimund
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:49 AM Subject: Re: Who sez Vanagons are slow?
Looks nice. What speeds do you guys get up to? Hard cornering, or is it just a drivearound? -- Regards Andrew |
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