08 September 2016 Kent, WA – As mentioned in earlier posts the reason for going thru the ProFormance Racing School are many. The reason is really not the matter; it’s the fact that you are finally doing it. Spread apart by more than fifty years of production a pair of Mustangs were in the class today.

Both sounded like mean machines as they warmed up their motors getting ready to start the track portion of the school. The difference in the two started to show in the “braking”, non-ABS vs. ABS. The general thought is to bring a whole bunch of horsepower under the hood to go fast around the track, when in reality you need very good brakes more than anything else.

Most all cars can get up to a pretty good clip but slowing them down to get around the twists and turns of the track is way more important. Though the ’65 Mustang looks like it just came off the production line the fact that no ABS on the car did it in using up the brakes till the failing point. Bummer.

Meanwhile the GM’s Mustang just keeps getting faster and faster lap times as he learns the “line” around the track. A lot of hot rod heads are upgrading the “old” iron to modern day horsepower can level the playing field by adding an ABS system to their ride and stay side by side around the track with the current high horsepower produced in today’s autos.

Lots of images today – click here to go to the photo album.