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I don't know if we can use those two people for comparison, when one of them has not even yet run Road Atlanta :) I am really looking forward to see how fast the Miatas will be next year, particularly Bob Stretch once he gets his figured out, and also Andy if he decides to run. As far as Greg's motor, that is that car's single biggest strength. It was fun watching Joe Moser's ITA incar video and see the dramatic contrast between the two very different, but equal cars. But I would disagree with Greg's lead on the straight as being too much for the rest of the track to equalize. In fact, based on just Joe's video of the first 10 mins of the race, it seemed like he had things under control every lap and was just waiting to make his move, probably in the last 10 mins of the race.
A thing about Road Atlanta, I honestly think it is a very difficult track to really get right. First, it is quite intimidating, which plays a big part in the learning curve. Second, although many can go around there plenty fast, it seems a lot fewer people can actually squeeze those last drops of speed out of that place. And being a difficult track, there are quite a few drops to be found.
Agreed Rick. You are really fast at the other place I've been on track with you - VIR. If you could somehow get that same speed out of Road Atlanta, you would be right there up front.
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Bob has been working on the miata in ITA longer then you guys think. He has always been pretty good at getting power in the past ie David's car (240) that Bob use to lap the heck out of all the SOWDIV miatas with back in the day. Actually I think this is Bob's second attempt at the IT miata. I also think he and Chris sort of threw their hands up the first time. He seems closer now, but I think most of Bob's drives during the ARRC weekend were as good as they were becuse he was wringing as much out of his car as he could get. It is not just coming out of T7 either. The few times I was able to see Bob (and Kip in the ITS race) go through T5 they had to carry their momentum on the very edge to keep ahead of the "Tork Monsters". What I mean is, Bob's car might get a little better, but I don't think there is much more. He seems to get the max of whats there. I know it is great to see those guys make the girly car go through the turns.