OK, things are slow this winter, it's -40 outside here (on Mars it was -11 today, no joke), I'm dreaming of spring and driving on the track again, so here's a little Top 5 fun (I just watched Hig Fidelity this week, top 5 was a recurring theme). If you ever read British mags like Evo, you'll notice that they have these track days where you get to do a few laps in 4 or 5 different cars, like Diablos, 911's, Maseratis, etc. If you had to pick your dream list from production cars past and present to drive on a closed circuit for a few laps each all in one day (a sunny day, we'll presume), which five cars would you choose? Here's my list, for now, in no particular order:

A bike-engned Caterham 7 (like the Blackbird)
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 RS Sprint
Ferrari F40
Lancia Stratos
The new ITR (RSX)

 

Most wanted to least:

F40 LM
Enzo
F50
Mclaren F1
Pretty much any 500 class JGTC Car!

 

Any one of these would be awsome:

1. Ferrari F360 N-GT
2. Zonda C-12
3. 1985 Ferrari 288gto (it's old, but I love it)
4. Nissan R-34 GT-R Spec-V II
5. Subaru Impreza B22 WRC

 

Ferrari F40
Ford GT40
Porsche GT1
Lamborghini Gallardo
Bugatti EB-110

Brian

 

Man, you guys have big appetites. My tastes would be a bit simpler and maybe less likely to cause trouble in.

A Z06
A Lotus Elise or Exige
About any decent Trans Am car
A sports racer of some sort, not underpowered please
A formula car of similar description

With ample supply of fuel and fresh rubber of course.

 

come on guys; he said ANY car!!!!

the new "super cars" are great; awesome, i am sure, but if i am doing the dreaming, i am gonna dream about driving something really special on track; once in a lifetime stuff....


how about an AutoUnion 16 cylinder Type C circa 1936???

talk about a ballsy car!!! that would be the drive of a lifetime!!!

as alternates, I'd consider:

Mercedes Benz W154
any Alfa Grand Prix car of the era

those were cars that were DRIVEN. they were super super fast (over 200 mph runs made on the 'Bahn; i seem to remember they could reach over 230+ in later iterations?). and no extraneous "helpful" devices such as ABS, traction control, autoshifting, etc. etc. you drive it right and it performs. you make mistakes and it kills you. i'd give my right arm to drive one.....

and the sounds from the motors! the sounds!

todd

PS. i have a vintage Super Seven that i race. great, awesome car to drive on track. i'd trade it straight up for a weekend of driving the AutoUnion at Watkins Glen!!!!!!

 

ITS E36 BMW
ITS 944-S
ITA Integra (2G)
American Iron Extreme car (not Pantas' )
C Sports Racer

 

I'm gonna have to go with:

'96 McLaren F1 LM
'03 Corvette C5-R
Jim Hall's Chaparral (I believe it was 1966?)
Screw it, let's say almost any of the vintage Can-am cars.
'04 Ferrari Enzo

 

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, Thats what I based my list off

Brian

 

Ferrari 360 Challenge
JTGC Nissan Skyline GT-R
Super Taikyu Toyota Altezza
Peugeot 206 WRC (tarmac setup)
WCTC Integra R (98 season spec)

Sorry .. gotta make it 6

Australian V8 Supercars Holden Monaro

 

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Laff!

 

Well, I was originally thinking of production cars, but I guess it's clear we would all want to try race cars, so I'll give my list of race cars:

BTCC Renault Laguna
Panoz Esperante GTR-1
Ford Falcon V8 Supercar
current WRX WRC car
Trans-Am Audi 5000

From now on, I expect 2 lists, one of production cars, one of racing cars

 

Ok

917-30
Chaparral 2J
Tyrell 6-wheeler
962
Nissan GTP

Brian

 

250cc Shifter Kart
Superkart
LMP car
a dune buggy
a NASCAR

if i was trying to get good times:
Enzo
93-98 Supra TT
Skyline
Ferrari 360
Saleen S7

 

Road cars:
1-Ferrari 288 GTO
2-Ferrari Enzo
3-Ultima GTR with ~ 500hp
4-Porsche GT
5-Ferrari 250 SWB

race cars:
1-Jaguar XJ13
2-Bentley Speed 8
3-Ferrari 246s dino
4-Alfa Romeo GTAm
5-Aston Martin Project 215

Vracer111, who's choice are influenced heavily by 'Victory by Design'...

 

well, if it's any car now, bump the jgtc car off the bottom of my list, and put a recent Ferrari F1 car at the top! Matter of fact, you can just remove the other cars, and fill all five spots with the F1 car.

 

Road cars: More of a realistic all out test drive for something I could one day conceivably have (except one)
GT2R
E46 m3
Lotus elise (us spec)
Boxter s
Mclaren f1 - aw hell, how could you not want to?

Race cars:
Michael's Ferrari
962 - ...let it be lowenbrau
Form. Atlantic/Continental
Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello
GT spec z06

 

97 CW ITR
98 CW ITR
00 black ITR
01 MSY ITR
00 JDM ITR


I mean, once you drive the ultimate, what else is there?

Andy

 

Lancia 037b
Porsche 959
Lotus Elise
Nismo 400R
and how about a...
Pagani Zonda

 

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917-30
Chaparral 2J
Tyrell 6-wheeler
962
Nissan GTP

Brian</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

- any LMP car
- any Porsche Cup car
- Peugeot 206 WRC (tarmac setup) Great suggestion, SPiFF-man!
- SWC GT class prepped BMW
- FIA touringclass prepped Alpha Romeo

Ask me tomorrow and I'd probably have 5 different cars....

 

Hmm . . . I'd probably go for:

- Prototype Racing's K20A Lotus Exige
- Honda NSX-R
- Porsche GT3
- BMW Euro-spec E36 M3
- Nissan R34 GT-R V-Spec 2

 

C Sports Racer ("I SAY EH," who comes on here sometimes, just got one)
My Integra with a fully built IT race motor and nothing busted on it
Viper Competition Coupe
Any Ferrari 360 hardtop
Z06

I kept the list well grounded because I don't think I have the skill to do anything in an F1 car beyond stalling it and/or peeing my pants.

 

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- Prototype Racing's K20A Lotus Exige
- Honda NSX-R
- Porsche GT3
- BMW Euro-spec E36 M3
- Nissan R34 GT-R V-Spec 2</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats my list too, especially the GT3.

 

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Karl, you kill me!

ya, i'd probably crash in a huge ball of flame the first time i "opened her up" in the AutoUnion. hopefully, i'd be scared shi#$%^& enough to really respect the car the first time out....

as for F1 cars, i know i don't have the skills or training to even get one out of the pits, much less enjoy it on a track... never will, i'd imagine!