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Originally Posted by sperry
I wasn't implying the L is slow or that you were blocking.
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YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE IMPLYING!!!
I know what you're saying. I just wanted to point out that the situation I was put in really did the car a disservice. The car is much faster than that, but it's impossible to drive a car at the limit without understanding what the limit is. I'd need at least a couple hotlaps to figure that out.
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Originally Posted by sperry
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.
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Yes, that's true for the most part. As a matter of fact, I'd even take a slightly slower laptime car with more power because of the advantage (I've been there). The tough part about that is if you make one little mistake, you're done.
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Originally Posted by sperry
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.
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Exactly. And I think at a different track we'd still be strong, because there is more development coming online. New suspension and additional development on these tires.
Gary
Sheehan Motor Racing
www.garysheehan.com