[bowtieboy]

Well, talk about "Welcome to last week !".......

I started watching the show Set Up on Speed and low and behold saw where the autocross community is being represented by Mike this season .......and, if I heard them correctly, has won 2 out of 3 of the events he has been in thus far.

Even better; Mike won this particular race I was watching and a crew chief of another driver boasted that if his driver would have had a few more laps that he could have easily taken Mike ~ the hosts asked Mike if he felt that would have been the case and he confidently said "no". More words were said and before you know it the hosts had just these two boys on the track to race ~ telling the other guy that if he couldn't beat Mike that he would be out.

Long story short; Mike won, the other guy wasn't kicked off but his crew chief was besically told to not to be so arrogant, as it could cost his driver next time

Congratz to Mike ! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/2thumbs.gif)

This post has been edited by bowtieboy: Mar 14 2008, 09:39 PM

[bsim]

...and seriously, Mike's move wasn't *that* bad.

Bad enough to take out two cars.

...Slid 50 feet with the brakes locked up? Puh-leeze. If they didn't disable the ABS on those cars (and it's universal knowledge that the Solstices suck without ABS), we'd all be swinging from Mike's nutsack now.

And if they ran time trials, you may be right. RACING is a whole different world. Definitely a rookie move that screwed two guys.

So what that ABS was disabled? His wasn't the only one...

[CamaroFS34]

...and seriously, Mike's move wasn't *that* bad.

Bad enough to take out two cars.

See "fragility" comment above.

...Slid 50 feet with the brakes locked up? Puh-leeze. If they didn't disable the ABS on those cars (and it's universal knowledge that the Solstices suck without ABS), we'd all be swinging from Mike's nutsack now.

And if they ran time trials, you may be right. RACING is a whole different world. Definitely a rookie move that screwed two guys.

So what that ABS was disabled? His wasn't the only one...

While it is true that everyone had the ABS disabled, I think it's worth noting that the ABS in the Solstice is probably closer to the system in the LS1 Camaro, where if it's disabled, the brakes become hypersensitive. Even someone who is used to threshold braking is going to be caught off guard by that. I know that doesn't excuse the move, but what I'm saying is that what Mike and everyone else had to deal with in terms of the ABS sensitivity is hardly a "real world" scenario. Mike got bit by it. So did the team that tried to work around it by "modifying" their brake pads.

The constantly rules "modifications" were a huge disappointment in my book. I would have given up long before the final race, as I find such conditions frustrating and not worth the headache. The rules don't change on a whim in real world situations, so what's the point of doing it here except to induce drama? I agree with those who've said that the term "setup" is really what's being done to the "contestants," and not the car. Did Junior deserve to win? Maybe, maybe not. There were a couple of guys there that were probably better overall drivers than the guy who won. Mike at least got to show his ability on TV, though, and that will be worth something, I'm sure.

This post has been edited by CamaroFS34: Apr 13 2008, 02:44 AM