Approaching Turn One, up alongside the wall.
In a second or two it will be time to bend
down toward the apex, which corresponds to
the exit of Turn Four for Indy cars, since
racers on the road course run clockwise, as
opposed to the oval folks' counter-clockwise.

A tick or two later. See that the line has drifted back up the track to the wall, and is now heading down into the infield at Turn 2. 'Vette and Mustang are a little farther away. This is the point at which they have to lift off the accellerator a little. We continue flat out because of inferior horsepower and superior handling and driving skills. It's near here that I flattened the coupe's bumper against the wall.

Nearing the Turn Six apex, we have caught the 'Vette. As soon as accelleration again
becomes a factor, he is gone.

See a course diagram of OMS

The 'Vette and a Mustang had just passed me at the end of the long front straight at Ontario Motor Speedway. They were probably going 40 MPH faster than my terminal speed of 105 or so. The 8mm film demonstrates pretty clearly that I gained on them through the esses and into the first sharp-angled turn (Six, I think). Maybe a series of frame shots will show the same thing.

We see the left part of a left-right series
that gives the location its name: "The Esses."
These guys are starting to tippy-toe a bit
while we keep the right foot down, pumping
the brake pedal with the left foot; the long
right turn pounds the pads back into the
calipers and we need them out for the sharp
turn coming up.

A Camaro passes us as we leave Turn 6.
The course is "open" for something near
half a mile (Turns 7, 8, 9); he's gone too.