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RichK

01-09-04, 12:31 PM

Did anyone else catch these on SPEED last night? It was pretty entertaining (almost Iron-Chef-like on the commentary), but I was amazed at how fast the cars were. Maybe it was the narrow track or something, but these touring cars looked really, really fast.

It's funny/sad that during the American off season, the best racing is on TV!

Accipiter

01-09-04, 01:35 PM

They might be racing at Laguna next year.

Dirty Sanchez

01-09-04, 03:20 PM

Saw it. Dug it. Some familiar names over there as well. Not a big fan of rice usually, but that Nissan Skyline is one sexy machine.

Sean O'Gorman

01-09-04, 07:37 PM

From what I understand, this series is like World Challenge or NASCAR on steroids, as far as equalization of the cars is concerned. There are some VERY interesting cars though, especially V8 Skylines or 4-cylinder Supras.

Dirty Sanchez

01-09-04, 08:04 PM

They have some system of weight penalties...

Sean O'Gorman

01-09-04, 08:49 PM

Originally posted by Crapus
They have some system of weight penalties...

Yeah, but that doesn't explain the 300ps Viper. Man, that thing has to be so restricted it feels like you are driving a Neon! ;)