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John Force trys out Chevy
I was at a recent event promoting Crest White Strips outside NYC where I was hired to autocross people around the Meadowlands parking lot in my corvette. John and Ashley Force (sponsored by Castrol Syntec) were also hired to be there and were floating around, just being famous for the TV cameras. After they were there for about 45 minutes one of the people working the event approached me and asked if John would be allowed to drive my corvette. Mind you I've only trusted 3 people to drive my car; Chuck Mallett www.mallettcars.com, Doug Ring www.eastcoastsupercharging.com , and my friend Dan Coyle (I've driven road rallies with and owns a supercharged mallett c6). Now I know John Force is a drag racer but I don't know about his abilities when you add a turn into the mix. I figured the worst he could do was hit a curb or a light pole and I would get a good story out of it, how many can say that they own a car that is too much for John Force to handle. I think since he picked my car over the other 3 options (997 GT3, Aston Martin Vanquish, and track prepped porsche 996) I would let him give it a spin. He strapped in and almost lost the car after the first turn when the ass end kicked out in 2nd gear, he took a couple of laps then pulled into the pit. When he got out of the car he instantly said "who owns this?" I approached and introduced myself. His next quote was "I've been paid to race Fords for 20 years but this car is serious". Talking further with him, I learned he owns a bolt on c5 and wasn't expecting the car to react as violently as it does to partial throttle. Before he had to leave to catch a flight, I chuckled when he came back up to me and asked to drive it again before took off. Hey at least that's 1 potential buyer when I go to sell it.
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