Mustangs: Drift v. Race

Click here to view the embedded video. TTAC has some great Mustang coverage coming your way in about a week, including multiple tests of two different Shelby GT500 models ranging from a 168-mph blast down the back straight of Virginia International Raceway to a pedestrian-frightening growl through the streets of downtown Toronto. We're busy writing apology notes to Ford for the state of the tires on the VIR car — are those cords? — so in the meantime we'll distract you with this question: What's faster around a racetrack: a "drift car" or a "race car"? In this video, NASA regional director Chris Cobetto and awesome drift dude Vaughn Gittin, Jr. try to create some suspense out of a foregone conclusion. There's a more exciting video — for road racers, anyway — after the jump. Most racers will spend that entire video yelling "COME ON, JUST PUT A FENDER ON THE GUY ALREADY, YOU'VE DONE IT TO EVERYBODY ELSE IN NASA!" Just kidding, Mr. Cobetto. If nothing else, the video shows how difficult it is to make road racing look exciting to an audience which can't feel just how frightening it can be to ride in a fully-prepped vehicle on the limit of grip. One mistake and you're in big trouble. Oh, do we have video of something like that? Yes we do: Click here to view the embedded video. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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