Racing with SRFs

[lawtonglenn]

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Just got an email saying they consolidated rungroups for this weekend's races at NHMS

was:

Group 1 = STU(5) EP(1) FP(1) GTL(2) SSM(7) = 16 cars

now is:

Group 1 = 0 cars
Group 2 = STU(5) EP(1) FP(1) GTL(2) SPU(1) SRF(6) = 16 cars
Group 7 = SSM(7) ITA(8) IT7(3) ITC(2) SSC(2) T3(1) = 23 cars

so that should make the Group 7 race more fun, with more cars

will it make the Group 2 race more fun? The SRFs run about the same
times(1:14-1:17) so we are likely to be together quite a bit, how difficult do
you think it will be to see them? Where do they go fast? slow?



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[supersmile]

SRF will likely be faster in the corners, slower in the straights.

You'll see them just fine, but be aware they tend to travel in packs.

Also be aware, visibility to the sides is awful so they may not see you all that well!

[GKR_17]

SRF will likely be faster in the corners, slower in the straights.

You'll see them just fine, but be aware they tend to travel in packs.

Disagree on the visibility. They're not much taller than the bottom of your windows, and can be almost invisible beside you unless you pay close attention. Spec classes also promote aggressive tactics (as we've all seen with SM's). Back in ITS, I scraped paint with more SRF's than miata's, believe it or not they are a lot tougher than they look.

[CRallo]

Very short in the body drivers or those with the seat mounted very low(as in in the floor for example) may have some issue... You will def pull pretty good on them in the straights, I do in our ITA 240

[Dennis Valet]

Your car will do a number of a SRF, so just be mindful of how much damage/injury you can cause. A SM T-boning an SRF will not end well.

[ner88]

with only 4 SRFs entered in their run group they needed to be moved out (more track time for everyone)
The question then becomes where do they go?
They can't run with big bore or open wheel and do you want them with all the Miatas?

[lawtonglenn]

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I wasn't complaining Jerry...I was asking for advice on how to best deal with them

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[Butch Kummer]

We ran SRF with SM at a National event back in 2007 or 2008, and I will NEVER do that again. Even though lap times were within two seconds of each other (SRF being faster) and we used a split start, we had a FCY with five laps left (imagine that! - a FCY with SM and SRF on the track ) and mayhem ensued on the restart. Cars that race in packs should not be put with other cars that race in packs.

The only benefit is it kept a majority of the carnage to a single run group.