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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:44 PM
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Hi Guys

Here is something I would never have guessed at.

Today I spent the entire day at a Andersen race park enjoying one of my hobbies. Drove 60 laps pulling 2 to 3.5 Gs on my shifter karts.

To say that this is tiring is a gross understatement I regularly compete with current & past race drivers from Nascar, Indy car and F1. If you haven't every driven a shifter kart you would never believe what I am telling you.

The whole reason for this run on babble is to tell you after a tough day you get in the R58 throw her in the sport mode and it actually picks you up and is fun. It's like you a kid again although some of you guys still are.

This R58 we own is a very special machine, in all of the cars I owned this little thing is perhaps the most fun you can have for the price.

Sorry for the Rant.

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Old Apr 2, 2016 | 05:35 AM
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Here is a link to just a few laps yesterday at the track.


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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 08:36 AM
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Nice , we have a cool track that we run MINIs on up here at Pittsburgh International speedway , they have a cart track which i have drove my MINI on.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2016 | 01:22 PM
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The Mini is a very cool car the more I drive her the bigger the grin becomes.

It's not as fast around the track as my shifter karts but it's one sweet handling car.

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