WC TC Vs. ITR

[StephenB]

I was going through the WC Touring Car rules and they seem very close to ITR. Seem welding and attaching the cage to the body look like the big difference in the chasis. I think suspension and engi es are the same but i am not sure... Does anyone have more experience and understand the difference in prep levels. It looks like ITR is actually probably a bit quicker because we dont have a spec tire. If this is all true maybe we should look at these cars as the future of the class...

Stephen

[JoshS]

The lap times for the '10 rules appear to be in the ITR ballpark at various tracks. But under the '09 and earlier rules, these cars were MUCH MUCH faster than ITR cars and STU rules have been designed to accept them.

Interesting thought about the '10 version and ITR, except that there are probably a lot fewer WCT cars than IT cars ... not a big market to pull from.

[Bob Roth]

I think you would be welcome to run WCTC with a ITR car assuming that the car was clean, you had a Hans and met the major rules including marking and tires. (they are going to Pirelli slicks next year). I do think that if you ran more than 1 or 2 races they would make you fully conform.

As for lap times, although its possible that a killer ITR car at their home track might be competive with the TC field, I would expect they would adjust things immediately. This is pro racing and they expect the series cars to win, we are just guests. I rented a ride this year and there were a couple of NASA honda challenge cars in the TC field, its a hoot to run in a pro race.

[dj10]

Even the best built ITR cars would get chrushed by WC cars the were build to WC specs. End of story.

[StephenB]

Yup after posting this in july I have realized they make modifications and allowances specific to a car to make it competitive. For example I'm not sure the rx8 ever came with a 20b in the US.

Stephen

[Andy Bettencourt]

Yup after posting this in july I have realized they make modifications and allowances specific to a car to make it competitive. For example I'm not sure the rx8 ever came with a 20b in the US.

Stephen

Not sure? LOL. The 20B was never a USDM engine.