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Originally Posted by GarySheehan
Well, to the car's credit, that was THE first hotlap I'd ever driven on the Hankook 91 tire. It has so much more grip than the BFG R1 that I left a lot of time on the track.
Second, the GST Impreza never blocked the S2000. There was one place where Tyler got really close, but it turns out that he had a braking issue at that corner and just about damned near hit me accidentally. Other than that, there was no interference between the cars.
Finally, in the time attack, on the 3rd hotlap I've ever turned on the Hankooks, our laptime was over 3 seconds faster than the S2000.
Considering the car wasn't set up for those tires and I had no practice time on those tires, there is quite a bit left in the car.
Gary
Sheehan Motor Racing
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I wasn't implying the L is slow or that you were blocking. Just that given two cars of equal speed, the brute force car that's faster on the straights tends to win races over the finesse car that's faster in the corners, if only because it's just plain harder to pass in the corners than to run past someone onto a long straightaway.
If I had to make a bet, I'd definitely pick the L in that race... the S2000 is at a disadvantage in a passing race, even if it were the faster car in raw lap times. We see it all the time at HPDEs with good drivers in Miata's being held up by new drivers in Vipers in the twisties, then getting left behind on the front straight. And if you were leaving time on the table in the L, then clearly the S2000 is in trouble.