Doug, those GT500's were fast. I was impressed with their cornering let alone raw speed.
You've got to post a pic of pug in his harness. I can see pug dawg sleepin through turn 5.
As to the tires, I guess I was to aggressive on the skid pad. The front left is delaminating at the center grooves with cracking adjacent to the grooves. I'm surprised the pilot sports would do that.
As to the professional photo's, I saw a photo of me coming out of turn 5 with the SL65 behind me, man does my car look small... like a raging MGB...
Edit: SL65 vs SL63