Video: 355 Challenge at Laguna Seca

In 2015 my friend Paul and had the privilege of tracking my 355 Challenge at Laguna Seca with the Ferrari Club of America. My car had Michelin Super Sport tires, street brake pads and much softer springs than the original Challenge springs. The prototype car he is chasing is a Nissan chassis with a 500hp F119 (348) engine. It has massive slicks, lots of downforce and great brakes. They were having some handling problems and a lap after Paul passed they broke down going up the hill to the corkscrew. Paul was driving hard to keep up. Enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e6sEEVquD3s

 

I agree. He was driving as hard as he felt comfortable considering he was driving my car and it was his first time at Laguna Seca. He's a much better driver than I. Specs on the Momo car:

1992 Nissan-Ferrari X-250 Spec Sheet

It is now owned by a great father/son team. Very nice guys. The car was being driven by the father in this session and they were having some mechanical issues with it. Even then, Paul did good to keep the ol' 355C close enough to make it entertaining.

PS: The 430's he passed were running just fine....

 

Some loser sent a message to Youtube claiming "copyright violation". Apparently Youtube will pull any video if someone complains. Anyway, there is no "copyright violation" as there was no music and the video came straight from our GoPro cameras. We uploaded it again so here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAnGJ_YBqlQ&feature=youtu.be