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mbccenter wrote:
His car burned in Texas after RSI installed the TT. It was not at that time.

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john wrote:
I believe keith is there today. We will see how he does. I suppose that is the long course but the short course is a little slower (time wise) than the long according to BIR instructors. It is close though.

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Whoaa GTS wrote:
What kind of circle talk is this? If Don's car was a Hennessey car...which it was then it is not a stock GTS so therefore what difference does it make what the time was. So we have confirmed unofficially that Don's stock viper that was modded by Hennessey and thust not stock ran a 146 without the use of a transponder, but a faulty stop watch. What kind of tires was he on not that it even matters? I thought the whole purpose was stock car on stock tires brainerd lap record. I wouldnt bet against a ACR vs a TT car, acr would carry way more speed.

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James111 wrote:


The top post says "street car/street tire" not "stock car/street tire".

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James111 wrote:


The top post says "street car/street tire" not "stock car/street tire".

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sir hiss wrote:
"My front tires are shredded, I need new tires."

And people wonder how us "po folks" can afford to run these tracks? Let's see..................that's another $300-400 plus track fees?

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97 Gold Package wrote:


Isn't that about what you spend on panty hose and lipstick for yourself every month.

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kjcracer wrote:
I suppose it's time to settle all this speculation about that lap back in '98? If so, please read on. That 1.46.67 time was done at the 1998 World Ruf Porsche event (I was an instructor who was also allowed to participate.) It was done on their very expensive, official timing equipment, not on any mere "stopwatch." Further, do you really think they wanted to give a laptime to us good enough to beat every car there except the two CTR-2 Sports on raceslicks? Besides the coverage in the Spring '99 issue of Viper Quarterly, you can read about this event from other participant's webpages...such as nsxfiles.com.
As for the state of tune of Don's '97 GTS on that day? Remember it was only one year old then. Stock brakes, stock suspension, period. 11's and 13's (instead of 10's and 13's) for wheels, with 315/335 17" BFG tires. Those bigger front tires really helped the front grip. Don had the higher-ratio rocker arms to boost the 415 hp up some, and a different ecu. It had no where near the hp of a current Viper. (Later he did more evolutions of modifications to that car, with a sad ending in Texas...I never drove it again.)
Over my 20 years in motorsports, I have gotten used to the skeptics saying that things outside their experience aren't possible. Need more? How about another similar example? Another car I like is the Porsche 928. (Same weight as a Viper but with smaller tires and with only about 65% of the hp.) If you go through the Porsche Club records? You will find that the laptimes with that car are consistently in the 2:00-2:05 range at BIR. Except this one guy, yours truly, back in the 90's, did 1:54's and 1:53's every year for the whole decade. 6-7 seconds a lap faster than any other driver with this car, for years on end...even to this day. A gap that large for 20 years straight, not possible? Go check into it.
What people haven't said, maybe don't know, about me? That over those years, I drove for five global tires companies (Bridgestone, Yokohama, Michelin, Toyo and Pirelli) through hundreds of events. The results? 58 Championships. When you have this for an avocation, not just a hobby, and do it all the time.... isn't this more of the kind of performance that you'd expect? If you want many more examples of "no way" lap time/record stuff we've already done, all over the USA, just ask away!
If you've read the new R&T you are likely aware they're going after the Nurburgring record with a new ZR-1. Time for us to move our own record down here at BIR, and carry the spear with an ACR!?! The aerodynamics of the ACR, with the 1000 pounds of downforce at 150 mph, that will gain a lot of lap time in Turns 1&2 in particular. The brakes and suspension are far better than what we had back in '98...and more hp too.
Also, I've pre-lined up a little support from a (sixth) global tire company for the effort. So? Who wants to go make history, again? As usual, I'll let the results do the talking, it will be another day to confound the skeptics....I'm used to it. Thanks for listening. KJC :)