Wednesday 3rd April 2002

Dodge Viper vs F16

It's all a bit of a laugh for Captain Glen 'Nugget' Richards and Dan 'Scrappy' Potas.

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[jeremyc]

So, which won?

Just another example of Dodge shamelessly trying to copy the Cerbera vs Tornado race....

On second thoughts, don't want to get Guibo going again - forget that.

[K G]

Wow, that's exactly what i was going to say - any details about the Cerbie vs Tornado race?

[ap_smith]

It was a wet day when the cerbie raced the Tornado, so needless to say it was the jet that won, hands down.

[jeremyc]

quote:...any details about the Cerbie vs Tornado race?

See here:
www.rollcentre.co.uk/Tuscan_Racing/TVR_Tuscan_Challenge/The_Day_We___/Raced_Against_A_Tornado/raced_against_a_tornado.html

[mostyn21]

Have driven a 4.5 Cerbie and am lucky enough to fly a tornado for a living. Sorry, Tornado just a little bit more exciting!! Sadly the pictures link on the above site does not work. Any ideas??????

[jeremyc]

quote:Sadly the pictures link on the above site does not work. Any ideas??????

[nick heppinstall]

mostyn21. You at Conningsby ?

[cycle-rick]

"We're proud of the Dodge Viper's performance capabilities, and this was a chance to race for bragging rights against one of the few things capable of matching the Viper's acceleration. "

They could take it against a TVR Speed-12...

[viper]

according to the US site, the cars won both races

>> Edited by viper on Wednesday 3rd April 19:42

[Nightmare]

not a huuge surprise that given the weight of an F16!...anyway - Im sure the 'cerbie vs tornado' wasnt the first of these...remember watching a younger JC race an Aston off against a torndao many moons ago...

[Fatboy]

It's also a bit of an inane comparison - jet engines don't really work that well until relatively high speeds. Their thrust is against air - doesn't give quite the grip tarmac does for a quick launch

I remember Aston Vantage vs plane, are you sure it wasn't Tiff driving?

[Guibo]

quote:
On second thoughts, don't want to get Guibo going again - forget that.

Nope. Wouldn't want that to happen.