When trap or skeet shooting at a shooting range, your feet
are placed on the ground and your body stationary. Why? Because it’s terribly
hard and dangerous to shoot clay pigeons if you’re, say, doing donuts in a Ferrari
599 SA Aperta.
Of course, this means someone on the internet has gone out,
hopped in one of Ferrari’s most exclusive models ever created and actually shot
clay pigeons from a 599 SA Aperta while doing donuts.
The person behind the gun? Philip Thorrold – one of the
world’s top shooters and a professional shooting coach. He clearly has
experience in the matter.
In the video found below, uploaded Oct. 6, we see Thorrold
sitting passenger in a 599 SA Aperta, shooting at clay pigeons being launched
into the air. He is, of course, a professional and this stunt looks to be
performed in a controlled environment. What I’m saying is don’t try this at
home.
This exclusive Ferrari model was revealed back at the 2010
Paris Motor Show as the convertible version of the 6.0-liter V12-powered 599.
Before it even hit showroom floors, the car was already sold out.
It generated quite a bit of buzz back in 2010 and there were many factors
that contributed to its rise.
First of all, Ferrari only created 80 examples of the car,
making it more exclusive than almost any other model they’ve created. In fact,
this makes the 599 SA Aperta even more exclusive than the LaFerrari, which
Ferrari created 499 examples of. Secondly, this model was created to celebrate
designers Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina, hence the “SA” in the model’s name.
Now, the 599 SA Aperta is surging in popularity. For
instance, Bonhams is rolling one
exampleacross the auction block at their October 9 Knokke-Heist
event and it’s expected to go for anywhere between $900,000 to $1.3
million.
source: http://blog.dupontregistry.com/ferrari/extreme-shooting-and-donuts-in-a-ferrari-599-sa-aperta/
by Ed Jones
http://www.fzrestoration.com
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