Wow. I never saw this thread before today. Too damn busy I guess. Check the post dates: 08-17-06, then yesterday and then today. Somewhere in between these dates, we ran the Autocross from Hell in Pigeon Forge (Sept 17th 2006) AxH is run not on your typical flat, dusty parking lot. We ran a 3/4 mile course set up on an actual track surface with hard transitions from apron to banked turns.
The Air Ride issue can be argued back and forth indefinitely. But in the end, many people watched my 68 Camaro--with traditional springs--run a 63. Then we watched Bret's big A-body Buick run a 63 with Air Ride. Both cars were run by the same driver, on the same track, and on the same day.
And yes a 63 or 64 was fast for a street tired P-T car. Not only did we watch the Air Ride cars run a number, we watched the Air Ride guys whip it out and lay it on the table. They put their reputation on the line. We hung out with them and learned that they are real car guys and real drivers. If it somehow turned out that their cars were not competitive (they were), Bret and his crew would have gone home and figured out how to make them fast--just like any other handling car enthusiast.
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