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Honda Racer Tackles Corvette the Hard Way in Kiwi David vs. Goliath Track Fight

When it comes to circuit racing the line between the moves you can safely pull while using simulators and those involving real-life adventures came sometimes get blurry. And the Honda racer we're here to show you seems to make that line even more difficult to spot.
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We're looking at a battle between a Honda Integra and a C6 'Vette, one that took part on the Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, New Zealand.

Thanks to the piece of footage below, which came to our attention via Reddit, we can see the delicious David vs. Goliath fight, with the climax taking place at the 3:48 point, when the Honda driver goes for an extreme pass.

Now, before we move any further, you might want to see what the racer behind the Integra's wheel had to say about his style: "I'm braking at my usual braking points, I don't cut anyone off according to the rules we race with and don't move more than once to defend my line... that's why its an unpopular opinion. Yes, I did tap the back wheel at 3:58 and saw the guy after the race = he has no problem. It's racing, these things happen, he said he didn't think I'd get back on him so quickly,"

The Honda guy also defended the Corvette racer's skill in front of other Redditors: "The Corvette's "inability to drive" [as mentioned by the said Redditors] is cause he's on hard compound racing slicks and this was race 1 for the day, despite the sun it wasn't very warm, the track even less so. They warmed up enough around lap 4 and he was off. Also, that "shit" driver actually won the whole series,"

It's worth mentioning that the Integra's semi-slicks did warm up quicker than the full slicks on the Chevy. And while we're not sure of the output of the Corvette's V8, we can tell you that the 1,040 kg Honda packs 180 hp, using the factory B18c motor.

As you can expect, the battle doesn't end with the pass mentioned above, so we'd also stick around for the rest of the video.

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