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Started by Guest_Mike_* , 01-04-2011 06:52 AM

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Posted 01-04-2011 06:52 AM

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Geek, rebooted

On a normal Thursday, Greger Huttu sits in the blue glow of a computer screen, in his bedroom in the teeny town of Vaasa on the west coast of Finland. In the afternoons, he joins his fisherman father to land a catch of perch netted from Arctic waters. But not today. Instead, he's wedged into the cockpit of a single-seater race car, in the boiling heat of Road Atlanta raceway, Georgia. He's never driven anything like this before - his regular drive is an old Ford Sierra - yet an empty track awaits him, a full race team is at his service and he has full permission to drive as fast as he pleases. Slippery fish suddenly seem a million miles away.

Words: Dan Read
Photography: Daniel Byrne

This article was originally published in the November issue of Top Gear magazine




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Posted 01-04-2011 03:26 PM

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Posted 01-04-2011 05:04 PM

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He's never been on a rollercoaster, or even in a fast road car. In fact, the quickest he's ever been was on the flight over here, which also happened to be his first plane ride. Which would explain why, as he hurtles down the back straight at 100mph, he throws up, right inside his helmet. When he rolls into the pits, little flecks of sick roll down his visor and his overalls are soggy around the neck.


That's gotta be a bit disconcerting... especially for a guy that plays with fish guts for a living!

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Lance Snyder
Posted 01-04-2011 09:53 PM

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I was impressed with his time, a 28 is pretty damned good for 1st time in the car, in the heat, and only a day prior had drive a real race car.
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Posted 01-05-2011 10:15 PM

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Here is the youtube video of his run.


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