FXX at Mont-Tremblant

[arig]

Who owned the Enzo FXX that was at the track? In my opinion, a bit excessive for a car but still exotic and fast as hell.

[WatertownNewbie]

The owner of the track owns the car. I timed it at 1:39 and change for a lap, but that is only nine seconds faster than Revere was in an R/T 2000.

[cdh]

Originally Posted by WatertownNewbie

The owner of the track owns the car. I timed it at 1:39 and change for a lap, but that is only nine seconds faster than Revere was in an R/T 2000.

- yeah, and think what it could do with a race driver in it

as Bobo pointed out in his orig. MT post

"11. The Ferrari FFX, FSX, FZX, or whatever the heck you call that $1.8 million work of art we had the pleasure of listening accelerate through the gears, then brake 1800 feet before the turn in of turn 1."

cdh note - OK, I looked further and he has done some serious racing, could be the car's rarity that kept him from driving all-out.

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[999]

Originally Posted by WatertownNewbie

The owner of the track owns the car.

His name is Lawrence Stroll. Apparently made his money as owner of the Tommy Hilfiger brand. Also owns the Michael Kors brand.

He runs the Ferrari challenge, and Josh Rehm was his driving coach. Josh used to tell me stories.... the guy is quite a character!

One story I remember is that he had to ask permission to skip the 'mandatory' drivers meeting in Montreal last year because it conflicted with his appointment to pick up Jean Todt at the airport!

[999]

By the way... Juicy Sue got some pretty good pix of the car.... and lot's of others were snapping as well. Where are the photos peeps?

Not every day you get to see a car that is one of 27 in the world.

Would have liked to have seen it in the hands of someone that could make it really sing!

[cdh]

I have the audio/video - but you'll have to wait to hear/see it , fantastic car __

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[rgreist]

Two observations about the FXX and its driver:

1) Awfully large seat in that car...
2) Some people just have to have an audience.

[jcraige]

Originally Posted by rgreist

2) Some people just have to have an audience.

Bingo!!!!

I was thinking the same thing. This guy needs a life.

[cdh]

Originally Posted by jcraige

Bingo!!!!

I was thinking the same thing. This guy needs a life.

Jimbo, I did a google image search and well, I think this guy's got it down pretty well. Quite a collection, some very significant cars.

I do agree it was a bogus move to take up our limited track time at Tremblant though....

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[999]

I was going to say that I doubt he gives a SHIT what we think!

But, upon thinking further, I'd bet he doesn't even know we exist. He probably told one of his guys "I want to drive my car today". That guy's job is to make it happen, even if that means bulldozing over a 'tenant'.

[juicysue]

So I walked up to the guy and naively said, "Is this your car?" (Wink, wink!) To which he replies, "Uh, I wish!!!!" So I say, "Is it ok if I take a few photos of it?" (As if!!!!) To which he replies, "Ten dollars each!" "Oh, (giggle, giggle) I'll be sure to send you copies!" Click, click, click. Still not sure if he really meant I wasn't supposed to shoot away but I figured his boss has a big ego and probably gets off on chicks loving his car!

[5&counting]

I agree with 999. Ego is one thing but when you have that much money....you just do not care what other people think.

[jcraige]

The car was pretty flipping incredible.

Still, the guy is hung like a field mouse.

[Moxie]

Jim, I will not ask how you came by that information. All I know is, it didn't turn up in my Google search ...

[kwlorentzen]

Originally Posted by jcraige

The car was pretty flipping incredible.

Still, the guy is hung like a field mouse.

So what does it mean when you're driving a rigg like mine?

[dalyduo]

Hung twice as big as a field mouse.

Originally Posted by kwlorentzen

So what does it mean when you're driving a rigg like mine?

[LimeRockRacer]

When we go flat over turns 1-2 we have a wopping $4900 on the line. Would you check up if $1.8M was the possible crash damage ceiling?

[Gerardo]

As my mentors keep hammering me about, you just can't be thinking about how much the ride costs as you try to make the lap times. Logic will slow you down.

I'd also like to think its wise to consider others no matter how much or how little money you have. You make real friends by how you treat them, and you don't need a penny to treat people right.

[dlippert]

Just another take on the relativity theory.

[LimeRockRacer]

Never said the guy wasnt a "freakin idiot"...Just thought he might not want to chance bending his 1 of 27 $1.8M rides...

Then again maybe he just doesn't have skills!

[999]

Originally Posted by LimeRockRacer

When we go flat over turns 1-2 we have a wopping $4900 on the line. Would you check up if $1.8M was the possible crash damage ceiling?

LRR...

You must put this in perspective.

Assume you have a net worth of $1million, and our friend, Mr. Field Mouse, has a net worth of $1billion. His $1,800,000 is like $1,800 of yours.

So you see, in reality, it would be cheaper for him to wad the FXX into a ball, than for you to ring the crash damage bell in a Skippy car.

Therefore, he should have been flat through 1 and 2!

(p.s. the other difference is that after $4500 in crash damage, Keith Watts would have given you a new car. He might have to wait a while for a new arrival from Marinello!)

[arig]

Originally Posted by 999

(p.s. the other difference is that after $4500 in crash damage, Keith Watts would have given you a new car. He might have to wait a while for a new arrival from Marinello!)

michael, i'm sorry for being a stickler for details, but Maranello deserves to be spelled correctly.

also, i agree 100% with gerardo. and that's all i have to add to this thread.

[999]

Yeah yeah, you caught me. But while you were correcting me, Mr. Stickler for Details, you might have tried capitalizing Michael, Gerardo, I, I'm, and I. So there!

[arig]

so i was just watching an Apple commercial where they talked about the word touche(sp?).

should i use that word here?

[dalyduo]

No doubt Mr. Stroll isn't worried about going flat through 1 & 2. He's just getting off driving it at the level he's currently at. It's my understanding that not that long ago he would book events at the track and then just cancel them at the last minute if he wanted to use the track himself or with friends. (Stopped doing that after track bookings feel to nothing) So from that perspective we're lucky he only insisted on a few demo laps.

Sue took some great shots and we all got a chance to see and hear up close a car most of us would never get anywhere near to. I was grateful for the opportunity.

Gerardo's right. The cost of the car doesn't make you a better person or more courageous driver, it just buys you a nicer toy.

It's good to be the King but I doubt he's having as much fun driving his FXX alone on the track as we're having with the RT's when we're going at it full bore and slapping each other on the back laughing about our exploits afterward.

[LimeRockRacer]

I was afraid to slap you on the back at Mt Tremblant...fearful of hitting your bruised ribs!



So are we saying that he would be at the back of our ever growing Sportsman group and he wouldn't have anyone to go out to dinner with?

What is a Touche Ari?

[dalyduo]

Chris,
Your kindness was appreciated re the ribs (It still hurts when I laugh ...) Such a great race weekend.

Doubt he'd subject himself to the humiliation of finding out where he'd place in a sportsman or champ group and I'm sure he has all the dinner company he wants... perhaps from UmbrellaGirls.com
His measuring stick is different than ours.

Originally Posted by LimeRockRacer

I was afraid to slap you on the back at Mt Tremblant...fearful of hitting your bruised ribs!



So are we saying that he would be at the back of our ever growing Sportsman group and he wouldn't have anyone to go out to dinner with?

[LimeRockRacer]

Too funny...By the way, " Who the @%$* is this Pat Daly?"

[arig]

it's a good thing i have friends to tell me what i missed at tremblant, or else i wouldn't be able to laugh at all this.

pat, according to wikipedia:
Touché is a French term (literally touched) that is used in fencing to acknowledge a valid hit.
It is also used in conversation/debate to concede a point as true. More commonly it is used sarcastically to indicate that one is unable to argue against another's absurd logic. This use is most often restricted to scripted satirical media such as political cartoons, comic strips and comedy shows.



i had just watched the apple commercial where the justin braff tries to explain to the guy pretending to be a pc how to use the word touche but the pc guy never got it. so i was joking around when i asked if i should use that word after michael made a counterpoint to my point.

[rgreist]

All this discussion of "touche" and slapping people on the back? I get the sense that if "touche" featured prominently in your lexicon, you'd slap people before our races, across the face with a driving glove.

[LimeRockRacer]

En Garde..Don't even think of Touche ing me there!

[dalyduo]

Originally Posted by LimeRockRacer

Too funny...By the way, " Who the @%$* is this Pat Daly?"