Rollovers Aston Martin Vantage GTE @ Road America

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It looks like Rollovers has joined that big parc fermé up in the sky. At least their website is dark and I see no recent tire tracks. I always thought Rollovers were doing the best job of balancing the performance of their GT4 cars. And I always liked their big V8-powered Aston Martin Vantage GTE from 2017. So take this an an homage to a fallen idol, Ten-lap race setup.

Why I test at Elkhart Lake. 1. It doesn't have any stupidly slow hairpins or chicanes, which interfere with repeatability...at least the way I drive. Spa would be ideal for testing if it weren't for that ugly, contorted chicane at the end of the lap. 2. The Carousel. Unlike the Nordschleife's Karusel (tight and lumpy), RA's Carousel is the closest thing you'll find to a high-speed, steady-state skid pad (or 'pan' as they call it in Blighty). It will give you an indication of absolute grip, with numbers you can compare, car-to-car and setup-to-setup (anything under 100 mph = pokey; anything over = speedy). 3. The Kink. The scariest turn in North America. Little cars will barely notice it, but big cars will make or break a decent lap-time depending on whether your setup will allow you to take it flat out. Or not.