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Originally Posted by dontlifttoshift
I agree with most of what you said.
All that does is tell me that I must start with the lightest car.
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But you have that option as it is. The only reason to even mention weight is to get away from the attempts to craft rules that require you to run a B-body Dodge to meet the rules. Minimum wights are tough because a base '67 came in at less than 3100 pounds dry... Making a minimum weight of 3200+ is unrealistic given many of our cars could have weighted less to begin with.
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Since we don't typically run in the rain and don't have to put that many miles on in the cruise, I think most would run the 275 A7s over any of the 200 TW tires. 200TW keeps it simple.
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True but if you were on A7s in Pittsburgh you just lost and, depending on the cruise, you could heat cycle the tires out before you got to the track. It's a risk that some would take and would be interesting. Not a lot of soft tires would survive two days happily...
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That would be cool but see Rodger's comments regarding Drag Week and Kyle/Ryan drove the White Monster on OneLap so it seems that all it proves is what an individual is willing to put up with.
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Yep - I was there with Kyle and Ryan... in the pouring rain... on a bridge...in rush hour traffic... in Bowling Green Kentucky... on Derby day. We were both pulling trailers.
And I'm fine with that. Nobody should be able to tell me what I can drive on the street. I've driven with a kirky seat for more miles than most would enjoy - no big deal with seat covers. Heck - last week some people were telling me that you had to have AC to be a real street car. I didn't own a car with AC until I was 26 - I never needed it here.
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I would very much like to hear an opinion or two from someone who competed over the weekend and would like to see a change.....and I would _really_ like to see the results from the weekend to see how outgunned the PT cars are.
That brings me to another question, is anyone surprised by the outcome? There was 10 events throughout the year, the AWDs and late models didn't just get fast in Vegas, did they?
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I was there. We were badly outgunned for the most part and it was no surprise. The points champion drove a 5th gen and late model Camaros and Corvettes were dominant throughout the year. And yes - AWDs were there all year - but this was the first event where they were ALL there the same time.
BUT - we tried - we had fun - and we would all do it again.