QUOTE (LG Motorsports @ Jun 29 2004, 03:39 PM)
Ok,
Here is the deal.
Audi= faster than Caddy at present levels.
Caddy faster then everything else at base weight, where Heinricy was
Porsche, Viper, Corvette very close, except that the Porsche and Viper are a little light.
BMW needs Auberlen or Boris to be as fast as last year
Mustang= big power medium driving, but hard to tell if it could be faster. Boris will be in one at Sears point then we will see.
Rewards weight skews the curve. The 2 regular Caddys and Audi had over 100 pounds in rewards weight which should caculate to a 1.2 second slower car at Mid O. when in reality the Audi was faster than the unweighted Caddy. So the Audi should come down to the Caddy speed. But were it not for the Audi, the Caddy would have run away with the show, so it needs to come back to the performance levels of the other cars.
Forget about where and why they finished 6th and 7th, just keep in mind that the unweighted caddy was just as dominant as the Audi that had 100 pounds of rewards weight. And the Viper only had 60 pounds and the Vettes had NO Weight.
An unweighted Vette could not keep up with the unweighted Caddy, period.
The answer is that SCCA has a hard job dealing with the factorys. the real answer is that they should beat the factorys down to the point that only a non factory car can win for 3 races to make up for the Audi/Caddy gifts that they were given at Sebring, LR and Mid O.
LG
OK....now you're talkin' Lou.....I can agree with that! ESPECIALLY the part where you mention WEIGHTED Audi's being FASTER than UNWEIGHTED Caddys (i.e. Hienracy). Now THAT is just plain wrong for that to be happening! The Audi rewards weight should have kicked in by now....
In short.....Audi should be moved back in some way (boost???) other than weight and rewards weight, as they will WHINE LIKE DOGS that their tires will fall off the car with more weight (IMG:
http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) . I can agree that an unweighted Caddy (again Heinracy) was too fast for the field.....NOT MIND BOGGLING fast like Sebring, but another slight adjustment may be needed to the "base" car. As far as rewards weight affecting the Caddy's, I think it HAS, and if the base was TWEAKED a little....not hammered like last time....the Caddy would be good to go....
Ultra short version:
Audi: Fairly major adjustment ON TOP of rewards weight needed.
Caddy: Fairly minor adjustment needed to base car.
Look forward to seeing you in person back at the front at Sears Lou!
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