McLaren Video

["Steve D'Gerolamo" <steved3@xxxxxxx>]

For those fans of Rendezvous and other in-car video's, check out this
download at http://www.mclarencars.com/V1/images/gallery/TwF.htm .   Only
problem is the size of the viewer (I'd love to buy a copy of the actual
video). The McLaren has to be the finest road car ever produced.  Some
background on the video, courtesy of Mike Sharpe:

"With regards to the video itself, the driver is Andy Wallace, and the record 
was set on a 'circuit' owned by VW, which, as far as I can remember (I'll 
dig up the magazine article if anyone is interested), is basically a Very 
Long stretch of unused autobahn, followed by a big banked right hand corner, 
then back the other direction. I believe McLaren decided they needed to take 
the world speed record for production cars once and for all - I seem to 
recall that Bugatti may have beaten McLaren's old official top speed, but 
they were fairly confident of regaining the title - Jonathon Palmer did 
340kmh at the Nardo bowl in Italy, in a prototype car known to be down on 
power, and on a very hot day into the bargain.
Anyone who downloads the video, listen to what the driver says at the end of 
the run. Since everybody and their grandmother are nominating their best 
xxxxx of the millennium, his comment is my choice for 'Understatement of the 
millennium' ..."   SD




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