TA following an ACR on track and trying to video is no easy task!

[Bruce H.]

I offered to video a new friend, Mardig, tracking his new ACR-Extreme around Mosport in my TA so he could see what his looked like at speed. I'd secretly hoped to ride his a$$ all around the track, but, well, let's just say that on rather rare occasions I have to learn to live with a little disappointment!

Now in all fairness, we did keep getting separated in traffic, that's the story I'm sticking with, and I have edited video to prove it! I got pretty busy behind the wheel carving through traffic trying to catch him, waving thanks for pass-by signals to nice guys driving Corvettes, GT-R, 997 GT3RS, etc. Most of the time he magically managed to get ahead a fair bit and if it weren't for his mmmmassive wing on the back I'd have had no idea where he got to most of the time.

So I went through hours of in-car video and found three clips which I put together one after the other to make this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wYt...#gpluscomments

The first segment starts with us just coming on track with cold tires and a GT3RS on a hot lap passing me first, and then Mardig throwing out the anchor later to let him go so I could get in behind him again. Our tires warmed up after a couple of laps and you can probably guess what happens next

Next segment is after I've come back on track and Mardig passes me on the front straight. Jeez, what a thing of beauty as it blows past you. If you've never been bitch-slapped by an ACR you just don't know what you're missing! Then I chase a flame throwing GT-R with stupid hp. And then there a short last segment behind Mardig again.

As I followed the ACR it seemed rather obvious in the corners that he had a lot more stick with the Kumho's than I had with the Corsa's. He could carry more speed through both slow and fast corners, and his higher corner exit speeds launched him onto straights with an advantage that I could not make up with the TA's lower drag. The aero would also be helping in the 4 very high speed corners.

The ACR is just a very impressive car on track, and I was delighted to finally spend some time with one!

Bruce