ITR to big bore class?

[JS154]

Why does this have anything to do w/ participation numbers? In some ways it can be easier to be the slower car - you simply drive your car, your race, your line. Let those guys pass you, they bear the brunt of responsibility.

Try running a full tilt boogie STU car in the same class a double dipping SM cars and B-Spec. STU ran with big bore at the Glen Nationals in '11 and it worked out just fine. Ever since it's been a clusterfork of miatae. No fun trying to didge those things when they're in the middle of a 2 car battle and you're closing on them at 40-50 mph.

[JS154]

I'm very curious as to why we're not seeing any ITS/ITR cars running the Majors or Runoffs in STU. There's one here and there, but nowhere near the cross-class participation I was expecting.

[StephenB]

Because we would get our butts kicked! They are not even remotely close to an STU car. Probably 4+ seconds slower to a proper STU car, maybe more. Oh and improved touring has cars to race against :-)

Stephen

[Z3_GoCar]

Sounds about right. Current race lap records at MRLS:

ITR	1:43.359	77.94	JOSH SIROTA	CUPERTINO, CA	99 BMW	5/4/2008
ITS	1:43.224	78.05	DOUG MAKISHIMA	DUBLIN, CA	87 BMW	10/27/2007

STL	1:43.488	77.85	Lucas Catania		2013 Mazda MX-5	3/30/2014
STO	1:32.924	86.70	STEVE GOLDMAN	MALIBU, CA	08 PORSCHE	6/21/2009
STU	1:37.811	82.37	Andrie Hartanto	Concord CA, CA	2005 Honda S2000	6/7/2014

1:43.3 to 1:37.8 -> 4.5 seconds

IT's not been doing so well down here, and I can't say how it's doing in SFR, but based on this year there's 3 ITS cars and 1 ITR car at the last divisional at Sears Point.