Jimmy Vasser in Konica car

Robert Ryan · 26 Oct 2003, 11:54 (Ref:763532)

Vasser was very impressed by how the car went, he said it felt a lot better than the Busch car he raced earlier this year. What really surprised me, is his comment on how the Ford felt a lot better to drive on the street circuit than the Indycars. I guess after the "demolition derby" of the CART race , he may have something.

**GTRMagic** · 27 Oct 2003, 07:36 (Ref:764188)

Its is an SBR car dont forget, not a used 2nd hand piece of junk Reynard run on the smell of CART's benevolence....

Wizzby · 27 Oct 2003, 07:38 (Ref:764193)

Maybe it was because it had a roof?

**GTRMagic** · 27 Oct 2003, 07:46 (Ref:764198)

Vasser took the car out and sounded very very smooth on the gearchanges upwards and downwards.

Here's hoping its a demo drive for the enduros in 2004

moffman · 27 Oct 2003, 07:47 (Ref:764199)

Would love to see that GTR, as Jimmy is my favourite CART driver.

Crash Test · 27 Oct 2003, 07:59 (Ref:764214)

I doubt we'd see Jimmy here full time any time soon- wasn't he asking for $1mil to race in CART this year?

**GTRMagic** · 27 Oct 2003, 08:00 (Ref:764215)

I was hoping he could keep up and pass Ryan Hunter-Reay for the win

And of all the guys in CART at the moment, he's probably my pick too...

Mattracer · 27 Oct 2003, 08:04 (Ref:764218)

Couldn't believe his statement that the AU had a better front end than his Champcar. Says a lot about his Champcar and maybe even more about wtf was happening with the AU for all those years.

Crash Test · 27 Oct 2003, 08:06 (Ref:764220)

Going back aways- I didn't see him going around, but could hear him, and he sounded like he was having a decent go!

**GTRMagic** · 27 Oct 2003, 08:14 (Ref:764225)

Mattracer the Reynard is noted as being seriously aerodynamically inferior to its Lola cousin, so its ironic that Jimmy ran the AU which has the same problem against the VX...

Jimmy was giving it curry, but still very smooth in a very unfamiliar car, unfamiliar H pattern box, and RHD... nobody mentioned any times being taken though, would be an interesting comparison...

Wizzby · 27 Oct 2003, 08:23 (Ref:764235)

I thought I heard Neil say over the weekend that the two CART chassis have been scientifically tested and neither is superior in aerodynamics...

**GTRMagic** · 27 Oct 2003, 08:26 (Ref:764241)

He may have said it, but anyone in a Reynard is at a disadvantage to a Lola. Well some Lolas. Not even an F1 engine would help those DCR cars

The Reynards got a new front wing package midseason, designed around a Penske product of a few seasons past... so its not quite cutting edge, despite the technical freeze between the chassis.

**gomick** · 27 Oct 2003, 10:30 (Ref:764375)

didnt jimmy say he would love to race bathurst

- hope so, he is my favorite USA driver - and a genuine nice guy

Robert Ryan · 27 Oct 2003, 10:35 (Ref:764377)

Yes, he did say that as he got out of the car

Chucky · 27 Oct 2003, 22:43 (Ref:765153)

Of course the taxi felt better to drive around Surfers. Have you ever driven an open wheeler on a street circuit? A billy cart with golf buggy wheels would be more comfortable! It's really just one controlled crash over a bump after another.

Added to that is the fact that the guy is well on the wrong side of the hill so a nice big comfy taxi is probably his cup of tea.

MHDT · 27 Oct 2003, 23:16 (Ref:765190)

What he said was that the AU had less understeer and was controlled more easily with oversteer; a characteristic lacking in his Cart car.

**GTRMagic** · 27 Oct 2003, 23:22 (Ref:765196)

Because his ChampCar has a Penske nose and a copy of a Lola rear wing... and bitzer sidepods.... aerodynamically unbalanced is the polite way to describe it....

mac · 28 Oct 2003, 04:00 (Ref:765331)

And because the AU has a big fat 5.0L engine over its front wheels, while the Reynard has Jimmy's legs.

LoTeC · 28 Oct 2003, 05:40 (Ref:765372)

lets not get balance confused with grip. maybe to get the lap out of and indy car you need to have the understeer

GTV27 · 28 Oct 2003, 05:50 (Ref:765376)

..and lets not get too confused between too completely different racing cars - just because the supertaxi was set up so it was nice to drive doesn't mean it was fast, similarly, you could set up the Reynard so it was balanced and easy to drive, but it'd probably be slow too.

marcus · 28 Oct 2003, 07:59 (Ref:765443)

I beat Winterbottom wanted to say afterwards "Now for my turn in your car jimmy"

now that would have been good to see.

still a good excercise to see what a guy what runs the CART series thinks of v8's.

glowing reports and maybe a possibility in a few years time when Jimmy is finished with openwheelers (if an illusive Nascar contract doesnt come along)

**GTRMagic** · 28 Oct 2003, 08:07 (Ref:765452)

He may just have done Marcus, I reckon Mark may be too tall for a ChampCar... how Mark folded himself into a FF last year is still a mystery

Crash Test · 28 Oct 2003, 23:23 (Ref:766313)

Here's a good rumour- reading the Newman Hass press kit, Bruno Junquiera says that after he is finished in open wheelers, he would like to race in V8 Supercars... hrmmmm....

**GTRMagic** · 29 Oct 2003, 21:54 (Ref:767471)

He would make a good replacement for D.Besnard if the Indy driving style was anything to base judgement on.

EEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR....SSMMAASSHH....

harderfaster · 29 Oct 2003, 22:33 (Ref:767521)

same thing every year...

When Indy comes to town, every driver "considers" driving V8's when they're finished with CART...

When F1 comes to town it's "these V8's are so exciting to watch... I'd really like to have a drive one day"

When in Rome...

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