FYI a miata is on the pole for the national tomorrow at Sebring.
FYI a miata is on the pole for the national tomorrow at Sebring.
Chris "The Cat Killer" Childs
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And he is over a second slower then the pole in SM. So I am guessing that it is not a fully built STL car.
Blake Meredith
Meh, no surprise. There's probably a negative number of "built" STL cars entered and, as we've all tangentially agreed, the Miata out-of-the-box is probably the best chassis out there.
I know Keane's Integra is still in near-SSC trim, as he was asking me just last week about things like springs, shocks, and swaybars. I'm guessing all he did was take out any extra ballast and easily-accessible interior parts and slapped some STL stickers on the thing.
I am surprised, however, that there isn't a larger number of Spec Miatas doing double duty, especially given the new Ho-Hos they're running (which can explain a lot about comparison lap times this weekend...is SM faster this year than last?)
GA
Try Coil-overs, cams, a non sunroof roof panel, no ballast, header, and F/P regulator. Oh and some time on Irish Mike's dyno. The car is closer than you give it credit.
The Pole time was in the 38's. That's what I would usually run there in my old ITA car depending on weather.
Drago was second and also slower than his SM time. Tells me that it was likely very hot when they qual'd.
Andy, No data point, just mentioning it.
Chris "The Cat Killer" Childs
Angry Sheep Motorsports
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Again, "meh". *I* think the Miata is the chassis to have right now in STL, but unless/until we start seeing some full-tilt-boogie builds, it's not enough information to draw any kind of conclusions...
Love to hear more news about Sebring though, given it's the very first race for Super Touring Light in National racing; anyone have anything substantial?
GA
Just FYI - and offered completely devoid of intent, expressed or implied - best I can tell the Sebring STL results both days were Miata, Miata, Keane (Integra.)
Don't know the prep levels of any of these cars, so I'm implying no conclusions whatsoever.
GA
STL field was light on real STL cars - I think Keane was the only one, though I could have missed something, Aspergren's neon, maybe?
Drago definitely had an SM, sans restrictor(?) SM was taped over next to STL on the graphics package. I don't know what if anything else was done to it.
track didn't seem to be 100%, and it was very warm. nothing unusual.
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