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... tomorrow (Sunday) from Mid-Ohio. Same day coverage, just time delayed. 1pm EDT, I believe.

My team, #99 Tiger Racing, qualified 5th today just .2 seconds behind Heinricy in the 3rd CTS-V.

Go Team.

Here's me getting the driver ready at the Sebring race this past March

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[rmackintosh]

A 20% restrictor will take away about 50 hp. The goal of SCCA is to make it so that each car at it's base weight would be equal. These changes will bring the Audi down to below the Caddy, and relegate the rest of the field to also rans. We will be Soybean filler in the Cadillac feast.

The Audi with rewards weight should not have won Mid Ohio. The Caddy of Heinricy should have only been able to run equal with a Corvette with no rewards weight. But he and the Audi ran away from the field.

I was only able to keep Angelelli a few car lengths back even though he had 120# of rewards weight. That was about right although if I had that same 120# weight, te Caddy would have ran away from me. So that shows that the caddy was still above the Vette.

The 1% rear weight reduction is equal to taking 15 pounds of te rear and putting it on te front. So you really think that will do very much?

If my team mates were not from the Sears Pt area, we would not even go to the race.

I want to race, not just go to try to get a 5th place which is the top anyone will reach unless te Caddy or Audi break.

I think that they have made an error. One that might impact the credibility of the series forever, unless they reverse this decision.

As a side note, they are essentially giving the GTO a 50hp boost because they did not do their homework. They have the same engine, weight and tire as us but they are not making the same hp, but not because it is not there, but because they didn't do their homework.

What a bad decision.

The net result is that Caddys will win every race that they want, regardless of their rewards weight.

LG

Yep....

Sorry Lou....that just PLAIN SUCKS! I can't believe SCCA did this! I agree that this will make it a Caddy parade!

I didn't believe in Caddy sandbagging, and I CERTAINLY didn't believe in the conspiracy crap...but.....MAYBE I was wrong on the conspiracy part...

I, like you, can find no logic (other than letting Caddy dominate) that would justify these changes....

Again...sorry

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