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Old 01-30-2010, 05:54 PM
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The tire rule has changed and will be 200 TW.
Ahhhh! can you say P-S-2's......

What an awesome event....and what a bunch of comedians....

"trailers are for boats"....

..."don't tell my wife I said that"

How many times can I replay this before I break my dvr???
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Old 01-30-2010, 06:08 PM
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Well I guess I will put the PS2's back on.And body want to buy a set of BFG's R1's only used on 1 sunday afternoon to go to church.Like cond.
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I think the Cobra will be invited back to run exhibition class. It is not really a street car and wasn't driven by the owner or the builder. He was invited because he won a Goodguys autocross. It is a killer car but in reality I don't think any of the cars on this site stand a chance against it so it would basically kill anyone busting their butt to make the event because we would all be fighting for 2nd place. Great car but he had the gun at a knife fight.
I felt bad for the driver Jim.. he didn't even exist in the show or in many of print stories.. I felt bad he beat me in the autox until Dave told me he founded the Evolution Autocross Schools. lol

The opening line in my caption about the Cobra is "We never stood a chance..." And I said we were relegated to fighting for 2nd place.

Great event, great show and it's an honor to be associated with all of you.
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Does anyone stick the tires to check the compound?We always checked the tires with what I think was called a dyrometer.
Nothing that fancy.. they operated on the honor system and just checked the tires treadwear rating.
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First I would like to say the event coverage was great. I just happened to be flipping channels when I saw it comming on. When someone said earlier it would take a race car to beat the Cobra the first one that came to mind was Big Red. Any opinions how Big Red would do?
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First I would like to say the event coverage was great. I just happened to be flipping channels when I saw it comming on. When someone said earlier it would take a race car to beat the Cobra the first one that came to mind was Big Red. Any opinions how Big Red would do?
BR would lose.. well, unless it was a top speed acceleration deal. The power to weight to tire contact patch math just favors the Cobra. BR isn't made for quick handling. It's made for a specific task which it does VERY well.
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Big red is not a multi purpose car. That's the beauty of the Optima challenge, it's a combination of exactly what we are all striving for around here. Highly capable in a road race, autocross, trip up the coast, and winning the car show. It's not easy to walk the centerline.
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Great show! But like Greg said, it's MUCH more fun being there!!

Good to see so many of our 'family' in the show...great job guys - and Mary!

And hats off to Optima and all the make it happen!!
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There are more rule changes for this year around who can drive the car in the competition as well as a drive portion to prove out the street manners of these cars. This along with 200 TW tires will make for some close and intense action.

I feel this event is starting to change the hobby. Until now most of the big name shops built cars just for the SEMA show, Now they will build cars just for Optima and swing by SEMA on the way to the track.


What a great year we have ahead of us.
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Old 01-31-2010, 10:50 AM
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Just watched it on my PVR.

Very cool show and congrats to all of you who made it on. Whoever produced the show did an amazing job of showcasing the cars, events and people.
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