2013 Porsche GT3 Cup Car driving at Laguna Seca
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2013 Porsche GT3 Cup Car driving at Laguna Seca
Some of you may have been driving on the track friday before 2017 MMRLS, and were all passed many times by a very humble man named Bob Tachevsky (or something polish like that) driving a black and blue 2013 GT3 cup car.
Dude does around 20 days at laguna per year, and was running a 1:32 average on old Hoosiers, WITH traffic. His PB at Laguna is 1:30, and he's waiting and practicing for when the temps get cooler to throw on the sticker Hoosiers and go for the sub 1:30 personal best.
His car was so amazing, it has 3 fuel pumps, a primary, a secondary, and some type of scavenging one. There is a button in the car that he can push to get another 2 laps after the car runs out of fuel (maybe some small extra reservoir). He said it had optional fast refuel components, and no other upgrades. I forget who he said does the alignment and maintenance work, but Bob simply stated, "Im just the driver."
I really couldn't believe such a simple car (minimal aero, 400whp, 3000 pounds wet plus driver) was so fast. Maybe its just cuz racecar.
Bob said the car won its class at petit le mans, and he bought it used.
Anyways, that's all I can remember, I waited too long to post this.
Here is a 2014 version of the same car...
Dude does around 20 days at laguna per year, and was running a 1:32 average on old Hoosiers, WITH traffic. His PB at Laguna is 1:30, and he's waiting and practicing for when the temps get cooler to throw on the sticker Hoosiers and go for the sub 1:30 personal best.
His car was so amazing, it has 3 fuel pumps, a primary, a secondary, and some type of scavenging one. There is a button in the car that he can push to get another 2 laps after the car runs out of fuel (maybe some small extra reservoir). He said it had optional fast refuel components, and no other upgrades. I forget who he said does the alignment and maintenance work, but Bob simply stated, "Im just the driver."
I really couldn't believe such a simple car (minimal aero, 400whp, 3000 pounds wet plus driver) was so fast. Maybe its just cuz racecar.
Bob said the car won its class at petit le mans, and he bought it used.
Anyways, that's all I can remember, I waited too long to post this.
Here is a 2014 version of the same car...
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He was much faster than me on Friday, but that's not saying much. Best lap on Friday (first day at the track, first track day with turbo installed) was a 1:49.042. I can easily see the car sub 1:40 that day. I lack the knowledge and experience to say if sub 1:30 is possible with that car with fresh Hoosiers.