Didn't he run with Hoosiers and suspension for that time?

And before they smoothened out that bit before eight, some cars back then were catching air... then hard on the brakes!

When I was 245 rs3 I was about 145 and with the re71 I was at about 155 as new pavement ended

Yikes :eyebulge:

To give you an idea of how big that "bump" was, if you're familiar of that Canadian Tire bridge they have just before the end of the back straight, consider how high up the bridge is from the track below. When you're walking across the bridge and above the track, where you're standing on that bridge, that is where the old track used to be!

Video for proof:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb2Ke5QKiCA"]Onboard Niki Lauda at Mosport - 1976 (RARE) - YouTube[/ame]

Oh nice, never saw that one before, thanks!

I'm north of 160 on the speedo by track out, I'd have to go back to video to see the speed by the edge of the new pavement.

Andre C did it on RE71R's (or maybe even RS3's) at the 1500, and Brad D did it on street tires as well.

Before the re-graded it that was easily the scariest part of the track.

Impressive!!

I know I got buddies of mine in Mustangs and Vettes that keeps on telling me I gotta step up my game (in terms of hp ... meh whatever), the '86 is pretty impressive on what it's capable at the big track.

Even more impressive is Mohamed in the CRX hitting a 1:41.9!

From the video @Frost posted, it looks like the straight had a larger incline out of turn 5/6 as well that must have been tough on the average car at the time.

In the old layout did turn 8 drop off like 2 and 4 or was the decline from the "bump" that severe?

Such a good track though, deff a must try experience for anyone into motorsports.

if any of you ever tried Grand Prix Legends, you caught air before T8, not sure how accurate that representation was but it made Mosport my 2nd favourite track in that sim next to the ring. I considered it mini-ring.

Bump. Any updates on lap times at Mosport GP track?

There was a couple twins out at the GP event this past year for OTA:

http://livetiming.time-attack.ca/events/7/results

It's not nearly as easy to get track time there as other tracks, so you won't see nearly as many lap times posted.