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Originally Posted by streetfytr68
Which part of TIE is getting lost in the translation? The stereotypical pro-touring car tied the bad motherfrucker modern Z06 and beat out the cars without side windows.
I'd say that tie represents spectacular news for pro-touring and the rules are 100% spot on. Last I checked, Optima makes batteries for all kinds of cars. And if DSE decides to make parts for C6 vettes some day, their 1st and 2nd gen Camaro parts will still work well and sell well.
It's a good day for hot rodding. Bad day for belly-aching.
I very much enjoyed my first Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational.
/Steevo
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Steve,
it only tied because of the fourth part of the judging, styling. Popp must have scored very low there to end up in a tie. He won first in autocross and road course, and placed well in the speed stop. If it wasn't for the show car part, and the event was just rated on the three performance sections he would have won by a mile. And in my opinion he should have won, he earned it.
But it's not, and the styling section is one-fourth of the event, and an equalizer to the later model cars. They won't score as well there in almost all cases, so that kind of equalizes things, and that's why it's there.
My point is that on a purely performance level the older stuff has really showed what it can do, but it will not be able to beat the late model Vettes, etc. on a head-to-head basis with equivalent drivers.
I am not complaining at all, and am very proud of the older cars that ran with (and beat) the late model stuff in some areas.