harrower

Guys,

Just returned from 5 days in Northern Sweden with the AMG Academy doing their Winter Pro event. As always, a amazing time. Thought you might enjoy some pics of the event. As always, taking a 450hp car, no ESP, small 2mm studs on the ice = amazing fun.

Also drove old 190Es modified into rally cars as well as the C63 Race Taxi which has LTH and 7mm ice studs. The C63 is modified with race seats, roll-cage and a few other things and just flies on the ice and man is it an experience.

Please respect the fact that these pics are copy-righted by AMG.

As always, apologies to those who this sort of post bores.

Next event...SLS GT3 training at Paul Ricard in 6 weeks.

Dave

harrower

more pics

harrower

more pics

harrower

sorry to bore you...

Dave

olszowa12

Insane pics Dave
Looks like you had a great time there.
I'm amazed how quickly they replaced all the C63 there with the new coupes.
Were you allowed to drive the C63 LTH Taxi?

harrower

Hi Matt,

Thanks. They were suppose to have the new SLKs there as well, but they were delivery issues so they won't up in Sweden until a few more weeks. yes I got to drive the C63 Taxi. It was amazing. This thing is set-up like a rally car with narrow tires (guessing 215/235) with 7mm studs. Rally suspension as well. Nothing like it....throw it into a turn at 90km+ and she she just grabs and runs. You need really fast hands with this baby as well as the ability to steer the car with throttle application as steering alone is not enough. Love seeing the red flash up in speedo dash demanding a up-shift. Great sound as well.

Dave

hyperion667

wow wow wow at your pictures man! what do you shoot with??
looks like an insanely fun time up there!!
thanx for sharing

Helms

great pictures! one question, why does the C63 in the photo have cut out holes on the front bumper?

Mort

Dave great pics of a great experience, as always, thanks for sharing!

sjhugh

It’s has a protective cover over the front bar.

The holes are there to allow air flow into the openings of the factory bar behind it.

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Helms

Thanks for the info.

AMGTTV8

Thanks for the post, and thanks for sharing!

Amazing photos...am definitely going to have to do this sometime.

The last picture is just phenomenal.

Enjoy the GT3 - supposed to be a pretty special animal from what I hear!

natman316

that looks awesome! I wish we had something like this in the states!

Strafe1

Awesome pics! I wish I had even ONE of the many AMG experiences you've had so far!

Dads C63

Hey Dave,
GREAT pics and it looks like a great time!!
You are killing me!!

Keep racing and be safe.

harrower

Hi,

I did not take these pics. They were taken by professional who AMG has at each event. At end of the event they give you a USB stick with pics (2000+) and vids from your in-car sessions. This photographer was one hearty guy standing out there for hours on end.

Dave

Sher Judge

Very nice. Thank you.

harrower

Cars also had protective strips olong body behidn front and rear wheels wells to protect from ice coming up and damaging the car.

harrower

Thanks. The GT3 is beast to drive. Not so much in that it is difficult to drive but in the sheer performance and overloading of the senses when you are behind the wheel. Paul Ricard is a fast track with huge run-off areas so I intend to push it there. Will post pics and in-car videos of this if you guys want.

Dave

harrower

Keith,

I will keep torturing you until you get your butt over here. In fact there is some news out of the Academy here that will push you over the edge. Will drop you a PM.

Dave

harrower

Note to the person who took pic from this forum and posted to Facebook C63 page. Please provide AMG Driving Academy with the appropiate photo credit as this is the right thing to do. This is why I mentioned in OP that these are copy-righted. I am all for posting and sharing of great pics, but lets give credit where credit is due; in this case AMG Driving Academy ok?

Thanks,

Dave

Merc63

Unreal pics.

I wonder if there is any ice racing like that in my neck of the woods...

Were they running the stock 18s with those tires?

alicefrerichs

thanks for sharing

C63fan

Dave, PLS bother me as you like! Thanks a lot for your kind sharing!

350driver

Wow! Amazing Pic's...Thanks for Sharing!