[Ron Sutton]

Originally Posted by Damn True

Particularly true in endurance racing given the tremendous disparities in speeds between the faster and slower classes.

So true ...True.

Sure ... you want to be fast on the perfect line. But more important is you need a car that will drive well on most any line.

We even saw this in SCCA Formula Fords. It is a 4 class group running, with FF cars all typically up front. In a short time you're coming up on slower cars to lap ... with fast competitors on your tail. You can't wait for the "perfect passing opportunity." To win, you gotta take unconventional lines ... and you need a car/suspension set-up that will do it.

So believe or not, we're on a high travel/low roll set-up in FF. Of course high travel is relative. Our front springs are half the rate of the rest of the field and the sway bar is on full stiff. This makes the car turn better & drive well in a wider range of lines.

Where our competitors' cars were typically soft on the bar & stiff on the front springs. Their higher roll angle (again relative to other FFs) makes the cars more edgy. It can be fast, but not as forgiving. You need to run the perfect line & be super smooth with high roll angles.