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Photo dump incoming...

First up, those familiar tail lights headed up Eau Rouge

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Doing some hot laps at the fastest road in the west

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Hurdling my favorite restomod down the corkscrew at Laguna Seca

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What a beautiful car

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And finally, the Callaway C12: Corvette Better (this car actually sounds pretty good too... relative to the rest of the game's sounds)

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The Green Hell was just that for me last night...

Despite a number of spins, understeers, bumps and bruises, I managed to grab the lead and had a 4-second advantage on the BMW McLaren F1 GTR as we rounded the GP circuit on the final lap.

Things started going down hill on the first part of the Nordschleife when the front of my ZR1 got airborne at the crest of a rise. No, I don't have hydraulics installed...

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The nose came down hard and led to this spin...

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Miraculously I was able to maintain the lead, but it wasn't mean to be. The F1 caught up to me somewhere approaching the Carousel and as I cut a minor apex just a little bit too close, I got airborne again. This time it cost me the lead... and ultimately the race.

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The GTLM ZR1 handles a wet Nordschleife exceptionally well. The production ZR1 -- a bit heavier but generating more HP and torque than the GTLM -- does not at all. Perhaps I should go back to racing the GTLM car.
 
So here's my latest set. For those that haven't seen my previous photos, I lean toward action photos and photos that tell a story rather than artistic shots. I've spent some time as a sports photographer IRL so I like to think I have a better eye for the action.

First up... If you ain't cheatin, you ain't trying...

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But sometimes when you cheat, it don't work...

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In this case, I got a little wide on the last sharp turn going into the home curve on Ascari

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The car got sideways and started sliding at an angle. The nose popped over the apex and somehow I regained control in the right line.

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