BULL SESSION 2015 Lamborghini Huracán

describing its 610 metric horsepower (that’s 602 in Yankee horses) and four driven wheels. The Audi-based V-10 has nearly 13:1 compression and peaks its free-breathing power at 8,250 rpm. Yessss. I’m impressed at its thrust as we make almost 160 mph on the straight from Turn 16 to 17. That’s more than my old K-PAX Volvo. It’s my second time in one of these for MT, and good thing because this one is all over the place, wagging its tail as if it has soft balloons for tires. Back in the pits, I ask for a tire pressure check, and sure enough, it’s way off. High, low, all over. Apologies ring,

MELLOW YELLOW The LP 620-2 Super Trofeo is built for the Lamborghini-spec racing series. No. 50 is campaigned by O’Gara Motorsport, and it took first place in the U.S.

and I realize that we’re the ones who pushed for the street car laps in the first place. No worries. We’d already tested a green Huracán at Big Willow, where I called it “better than any Ferrari … and by far the best Lamborghini ever,” so the lack of a proper test here is no big deal. It was so well-balanced before that I didn’t even realize it was all-wheel drive. Welldone—bloody fast, melodious mechanical chorus, and all the right dance moves on track.

Next up, the raging weapon of choice for the all-Lamborghini Blancpain Super

Trofeo series, sponsored by one of the oldest watch brands in the world. The LP 620-2 gains 10 ponies (for 612 over here) and loses 300 pounds and two drive wheels to better line up with the pro racing these drivers might well also try. The series includes classes for amateur, pro, and the combination pro/am. It’s very much a drivers’ series. Friends tell me to leave the traction control on because the LP 620-2 is a beast coming off the slower corners.

The car I drive is straight from the parc fermé after a strong finish in the last World Final by the O’Gara racing team. It’s a paddleshift six-speed transverse Xtrac transaxle with a foot clutch that’s needed only for stop/start. The wheel includes dials for ABS (at 4) and traction control (at 7). The power is prodigious and constantly challenges the straining rear tires in second and third gears. I expect this is a real learning curve for the amateur piloti coming out of the all-wheel-drive Gallardo Super Trofeo cars of the last few years. I leave the electronic control right where it is and just lean on the crutch as it allows a nice little powerslide at lower speeds. Insiders tell me the throttle has had a built-in delay added for the benefit of the gentleman drivers, and I feel it, much like turbo lag at low speeds. Floor it early, and the tremendous torque cascades out much later. You’ve gotta time it just right.

Most impressive is the braking force the Super Trofeo generates from its Pirelli racing slicks, aided by the appreciable downforce. This Lambo is still accelerating madly as I

The power is prodigious and constantly challenges the straining rear tires. I expect this is a real learning curve for amateur piloti.