Need a little help figuring something out

[Ron Sutton]

I had a chance to ride in Barney with Lance this past weekend. Here are my thoughts:

This car is a street car that just so happens to rip on track. To be honest it feels like you're on a Sunday drive if that drive happens to include stellar grip in nearly every situation. It's comfortable and quiet yet has the legs to run with 5th Gens, new Mustangs and the occasional C5. When circulating at Putnam Park you could tell the car was very capable and was right at home on track day.

The best part was Lance asking me to drive the car back to the hotel to save him some trailer loading time. Barney feels almost like a bone stock Monte Carlo SS except for none of the squishy bad habits these cars have. I wouldn't be afraid to hop on Power Tour or One Lap in this thing.

Lance and Ron Sutton hit this one out of the park.

ramey

PS it has some UMI on it - had to throw that in there.

Thanks for the kudos Ramey. I always tell everyone that asks about Lance's Monte Carlos SS ... that the car isn't trick, race car-ish or cutting edge. Just everything has been made "right" in that car. Geometry, spring & bar rates, shocks. To me, Lance's Monte is a true "Pro-Touring" car you can drive all you want ... and still be pretty sporty on the autocross track.



Glad you & Lance got to hang out. Would have been fun to join you but I had another group of fun people & fast cars to hang out with this past week at Thunderhill. Good times.