Ducati 1098 vs Ford GT

[atadaskew]

The Ford was given a 'sporting' head start...

http://onewheeldrive.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=755&Itemid=1

[Mr. Whippy]

werd.  

[BLARNEY]

 Pwnage



 Tom

[Capirex]

Nice.  Maybe I missed it in the article but where and what is PIR?  I know it can't be Pocono.  

On a somewhat related note, the Ford GT will be a full time competitor next season in the American LeMans series.  I absolutely love that car and it will be cool to finally see it race against Ferrari and Porsche.  

[R Doug]

Is it me, or was that little blurb horribly written?  It had no flow to it at all.

[kevin_stevens]

Nice.  Maybe I missed it in the article but where and what is PIR?  I know it can't be Pocono.  

On a somewhat related note, the Ford GT will be a full time competitor next season in the American LeMans series.  I absolutely love that car and it will be cool to finally see it race against Ferrari and Porsche.  

Thought the GT was discontinued?

KeS

[Capirex]

Thought the GT was discontinued?

They aren't making any more of them but I doubt there are any ALMS rules that require a car to be 'in production'.
It's not actually Ford that is running the car and I don't think any of the ALMS teams actually have 'factory support'*.  

http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=magazine&mag_id=14514





* Except maybe Corvette?  

[R Doug]

I still have the commercial for the Ford GT on my PC.  If you remember, it was a driver on a closed circuit drifting the car through turns as high speeds.  I watch it about once a month.  

Now I need a video of Polen leaving darkies on a 1098 like he did when he passed the GT in this story.  

[st ryder]

The Brit show "5th Gear" ran a regular Lambo Gallardo and a 999 against the clock on Philips Island a few years ago, 999 wins, and then this year, ran, head to head, ie actually raced each other on the track, don't know which track, a Gallardo Superlegerre against a 1098. The later is *absolutely incredible* to watch but the "good guy" wins, due to the phenomenal acceleration/speed factor, still accelerating on and then passing the Lambo at 150+mph.  . Tried to find the old Youtube links, but apparently it's no longer available. Too bad. Wonder why they didn't use a GSXR1000?  

[Capirex]

I still have the commercial for the Ford GT on my PC.  If you remember, it was a driver on a closed circuit drifting the car through turns as high speeds.  I watch it about once a month.  

This one?    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVPX2ZwlxNs

If you find that Polen video let us know.  

[R Doug]

That's the one!

It actually makes me want to drive a car.  Great ad.

[opus]

Nice.  Maybe I missed it in the article but where and what is PIR?  I know it can't be Pocono.  

On a somewhat related note, the Ford GT will be a full time competitor next season in the American LeMans series.  I absolutely love that car and it will be cool to finally see it race against Ferrari and Porsche.  

Portland International Raceway
Portland, OR

[Capirex]

Portland International Raceway
Portland, OR

Ahso.    

[goodhawk]

Ford did an amazing job with the GT , looks purrrfect.  I've always been fascinated by them, OK that was ' my' guys in high school ' time - LeMans, Chapparals,Turbine Indy Cars,  Lotus-Fords taking over from Offys,  The great Mustang / Camaro / AMC Trans Am  races , rumbling Hemis & 427's in NASCAR . . .
I think maybe 5 years ago, Motorcyclist mag. did a run down Angeles crest with a Viper and GSXR - Viper won, standard real road conditions- sand in corners etc. Least that's how I remember the article.

[atadaskew]

The Viper than lunched it's motor at the end of the test.  So I guess if they decided to run back up the mountain, then it really wasn't the winner..

[Highrider]

Here's the Gallardo vs 1098 link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oz44oGaI4c

[R Doug]

Here's the Gallardo vs 1098 link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oz44oGaI4c

Thanks for the link.

This Ducati didn't do so well.  But then again, the rider wasn't fully tucked and it was a 748, not a 998.

[Bjorn Toulouse]

I still have the commercial for the Ford GT on my PC.  If you remember, it was a driver on a closed circuit drifting the car through turns as high speeds.

I'd give my left nut for a Ford GT and a garage full of tires!


Rex

[baldheadeddork]

I waited a respectful period before bringing this up, but did it occur to Czysz to maybe ride something to challenge the 1098, instead of driving his Ford GT?

[Baz]

An ex client of mine in Calgary had an origional Ford GT-40 (they only made 125 I believe) which I was blessed to get a ride in one day. It was the fastest thing I have ever had my butt cheeks in or on ever.

I would not race his car with any bike I can think of. I would question how skilled the driver of the Ford GT was. I can't believe that a bike can pull more G's around a corner than a GT, nor can I belive it would out accelerate it. I would like to see Michael Schumacher behind the wheel of the GT.

I have ridden a GSX 1000 & R-1 and neither had the straight line punch I was shown in John's GT 40. (his car was geared differently than it would have been on the racetrack however). I believe you would either smoke the back tire off the bike, or send the front wheel to heaven trying to beat one of these in a quarter mile race.