NSX days Spa francorchamps PICTURES !

[Gerard van Santen]

After the races I sort off repaired-modified my front and took visitors for a drive on the track.

 

[NSX-Racer]

Hi Wolfgang,
Yes I had the A 008. And they are the most forgiving tires I ever experienced. And you can also see the unimaginary way the tires stick. These tires are in the rain way better than SO3´s in the dry.

Yes, I used them too in one season. The downside is of course that due to the soft compound and the high profile blocks the A 008 wears very fast when it's getting dry so they are not good as intermediates (for which I prefer the S03s). OTOH I had a lot of fun with nearly worn A 008s at the nearly dry Anneau du Rhin - loved the drift angles but was of course slower than with S03s.

Depending on the kind of track and the amount of rain you will although experience better lap times with S03s on dry than with A008s on wet in most cases - even if the A 008 is better to control.

 

[Gerard van Santen]

The new NSX Concept Car. Who needs a front spoiler
I did the second race without the spoiler.

 

[Gerard van Santen]

Here is the the link for downloading the video files:

Spa videos

There are three files. The first race (55MB), the second race (85MB) and both in one file (185MB).

Please use a download manager. It would be a pitty if connection fails that you have to do it all over again.

 

[goldNSX]

I'm very happy that you're not blessed by this accident. In German we would call it 'Leitplankenpingpong'. We've a track day on the 31th oct. with 2 NSX on it. I hope they don't crash. I'll admire people who use the NSX to what it's made for. But I would feel like a 6 year old boy who knew that he'd done something seriously wrong and will be in great trouble for it as soon as I would crash into the wall. After all it's just fun that takes a little bit of money as soon as you're get healthy away with it. And the spectators like to see you racing too.

Greetings,
thomas

 

[Gerard van Santen]

I'm very happy that you're not blessed by this accident. In German we would call it 'Leitplankenpingpong'. We've a track day on the 31th oct. with 2 NSX on it. I hope they don't crash. I'll admire people who use the NSX to what it's made for. But I would feel like a 6 year old boy who knew that he'd done something seriously wrong and will be in great trouble for it as soon as I would crash into the wall. After all it's just fun that takes a little bit of money as soon as you're get healthy away with it. And the spectators like to see you racing too.

Greetings,
thomas

Thanks very much....

 

[Gerard van Santen]

FTP Server is in service now. So I closed it. It will come back soon.

 

[Gerard van Santen]

The FTP server is in the air again.

Here is the the link for downloading the video files:

Spa videos

There are three files. The first race (55MB), the second race (85MB) and both in one file (185MB).

Please use a download manager. It would be a pitty if connection fails that you have to do it all over again.

 

[Gerard van Santen]

My NSX towed in and prepared for the next race without front bumper and spoiler

 

[Cees-Jan]

Gerard ,

When I told you it was better to take out the radar detector, I meant to do it with tools, not like this...... :biggrin:

 

[robfenn]

Nice pics, unlucky with the damage Gerard.

So was this an actual race? How could i enter it? Any details would be great.

Thanks

-Rob

 

[Gerard van Santen]

"time-out van de bewerking, geen toegang" I really want to see this tho! help

Hi Bart,
Did you manage to download all the files?

 

[Bart Geerts]

Hi Bart,
Did you manage to download all the files?

yes, no problem.

Man that was scary, as I told you earlier on the phone... I tought you spinned, lost all your speed in the spin and then hit the wall at low speed so only the bumper came off... But you hit that wall at full speed!! Unbelievable, the strength of the NSX!

 

[ctrlaltdelboy]

So was this an actual race? How could i enter it? Any details would be great

Rob
there has been a thread on this on nsxcb since late July

http://nsxcb.co.uk/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=750

 

[710]

Comquat,
In answer to your question.

… Does the NSX do that well in terms of traction compared to those other cars you were running against?

I find the NSX is better than most in the rain.
I took the NSX to the Ring/Nordschleife one day, it was my 4th time on the ring and it was really raining hard, puddles everywhere, really pissing down.
I started out and found myself just passing everybody on the track. The NSX slides around the corners neutrally and scrubs the speed off before you hit the barriers. And if you come into a corner too fast (like happens on the Ring a lot, it’s a tricky course) then you brake as hard as you can get away with and push it around the corners without giving up and it just goes around the corners slithering and sliding! This car handles GREAT in the rain. I did it in 12 minutes flat. That’s a good time in the rain, and it’s all down to the great way the NSX handles in the rain. I had SO3s then, I guess they helped too.
peter

 

[magnsx]

Well done Gerard,circumstances could not have been any worse.

Bob the new owner was most inpressed.I think he will be tracking the NSX