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Originally Posted by dknv
I don't believe anyone in the meeting raised a point about increasing (making more favorable) the street tire multiplier, I believe Mark raised a point that it may be too high (too favorable); but I think that point among others went on the list that the Board of Directors are reviewing for possible bylaw changes, and I don't believe the handicap will change this year (as already stated).
Yes, we have a sound meter. I can't remember if anyone remembers where it is though. Matt, Scott, wasn't there a call for an equipment manager or Chief of Equipment, or some such role? This would be the person to keep track of things like this. We also have scales, though they are seldom used, but as I understand it, club members could use them if requested and approved.
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I think for most people, race tires are still at a slight advantage over street tires. Especially with the RWD cars. I think since the AWD cars have so much more accelration traction, they aren't quite able to use all their race tires, so they benefit a little more than the corvettes for example, on the street tires. But even then, I think the race tire folks still have the slight advantage... which is the goal of the street tire modifier. Back when the factor was calculated, empirical evidence indicated that race tires were 2.5/60 seconds faster than street tires, and the factor was set at 2.0/60 seconds to keep race tires a little faster. Since then, both race and street tires have gotten better. I think the street tires have gotten a little more better than the race tires, but not .5s worth. The majority of the board feels this is true, so it looks like the street tire modifier is going to remain .968, and we will continue to run street tire/race tire integrated classes.
Next season will be interesting with regards to street tires... since some long-time competitive street tire folks are switching to race tires... but I'm not naming names, since I don't remember if they've made the switch public or not yet. I think we'll see how good the factor really is before season's end.