Thanks to DESPARADO !

**harrison** · 11-20-2009, 08:19 PM

Thanks to Desparado , I got off my dusty rusty and went to Buttonwillow race way. Here are a few pics of the man himself.

**desperado** · 11-22-2009, 02:38 AM

Hey Harrison, you are welcome. Did we have fun, or what!?!!!

My congratulations to you, you were a perfect student and really made good progress through the weekend. I'm looking forward to joining you at the next event.

(PS, I was the 'dusty' one

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**desperado** · 11-30-2009, 10:27 PM

I received my photos from Buttonwillow, and there was a nice surprise on the disk. I'd seen the photographer standing near Cotton Corners, and couldn't resist getting just a little more of the berm at the top of the hill on the next lap. It's not the school line, however here's the result:

The R8 handles it so well, I was really surprised to see the wheels off the ground in the photo. Here is the full sequence. I suppose all this car movement takes place in about 1/5 second:
http://picasaweb.google.com/R8Desper...33848733661826

**harrison** · 11-30-2009, 11:02 PM

Pics are a nice surprise all right!!!!!!!! THAT is a poster pic !

**nik@VF** · 12-02-2009, 09:52 AM

Nothing like exploring the potential of the chassis !

**ianerrid** · 12-02-2009, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by desperado

I received my photos from Buttonwillow, and there was a nice surprise on the disk. I'd seen the photographer standing near Cotton Corners, and couldn't resist getting just a little more of the berm at the top of the hill on the next lap. It's not the school line, however here's the result:

The R8 handles it so well, I was really surprised to see the wheels off the ground in the photo. Here is the full sequence. I suppose all this car movement takes place in about 1/5 second:
http://picasaweb.google.com/R8Desper...33848733661826

Cool picture, likely just at the exact point as the chassis is disturbed by clipping the curb? I am quite jealous of the fun going on here - must get back to a track soon!

**desperado** · 12-03-2009, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by ianerrid

Cool picture, likely just at the exact point as the chassis is disturbed by clipping the curb?

Hi Ian,
It's more than just the curb, as this right hand turn (3a, the last in Cotton Corners) is on a hill, with another right turn again at the bottom. At turn-in this apex is not visible - it is just on the back side of the crest of the hill. The photographer is standing at the bottom and looking up the hill. (To judge it's size, you can just see the tops of some quite tall (~150'?) electrical transmission towers, beyond.) I think he caught the car as it is already coming down. If you click on the link in my previous post, it will play a slide show consisting of four motor-drive photos; click the minus (-) button until the duration is at 1 second, click play, and (after all the photos load) it will give a good sense of the motion as it loops through the pictures. Its pretty cool! Even after it comes down, you can see that there is very little weight on the right hand wheels all the way through the corner.