Who actually won?

[Tom Donnelly]

Insane, not really....extremely well driven car, well prepped,

I had the opportunity on Saturday to follow Huffmaster for part of a lap. He is amazingly quick through 3-4 the esses and 5. And through 6-7 smooth as hell. I almost stayed with him down the back straight and was out of 10-b as he went under the bridge. By the time I went under the bridge, he was already exiting 12. The car is 10/10ths but so is his driving.

I wondered what happened to you David. Glad it was just a lug, not worse.

Tom

Oh, yeah, and the fastest guys won. Conquered is more like it.

[jmark]

Ah so they did find something tire wise......Of course the car had to be set up to run the race on those tires.

[gran racing]

Huffmaster was running on A compounds? I get how a relatively light ITA CRX could do that but surprised with a heavier car begin able to last a race using them.

[dspillrat]

Yep,
"A" compounds they were......

I'm sure it takes a really smooth driver, and a well tuned suspension,with great shocks to not over-use the tires with un-needed motion or slippage..... Not sure how its gonna work on an archaic setup like an early Z... But if my R6s are going off before 20 laps, I'm sure it'll be a challenge to get 10 laps on even softer tires.....

My source is saying it can be done, and has used em for couple years now....I just hadn't noticed....

[Charles Perry]

That is a fast time no doubt. But I am like you guys, wish I had not heard of the A6 thing........not good at all!

[jmark]

Guess it will be like F1 now. A's to qualify on and R's to race on(unless you can make the A's last ).

[seckerich]

The A6 is good for 1 session and they are very temperature dependent. Purple Crack is the best term for them.

[jcmotorsports]

Huffmaster was running on A compounds? I get how a relatively light ITA CRX could do that but surprised with a heavier car begin able to last a race using them.

A6's should last on IT cars without an issue. I run them on my T3 car(much heavier (2970lbs)with less suspension mods(we are only allowed shocks). I even get multiple sessions(ususally 3 race/qualifying before I notice a drop in grip) out of them. Usually the A's will cycle out before they wear out.

[JeffYoung]

I bet i would burn up A6s on the rears in several laps......wow....more IT escalation! All part of the game.

Holy crap a 38 in the race is fast. Shows it can be done though I guess....

David, sorry to hear about your issue. One day, the ARRC Gods will smile on your Dino-ITS car I think....still time.

[xr4racer]

Steve, A6's are not that much softer than R's. Almost every T1-3 races on A's at the nationals not just the runoffs. 3700lb Vipers, 3550 lb Corvettes run them in the longer races at nationals without a problem. I have seen up to 230 miles on A6's with good tire management. Something as light as a 240z on 225/45/15's will last a good long time.

matt

[SPiFF]

WIll A6s also make an RX7 faster then the ITR cars on the back straight?