How dyno numbers are utilized by ITAC

[Ron Earp]

I just don't buy the "GSR can't make power/can't compete in ITS" stuff. Fully developed (and you guys have to admit you didn't go full bore on the ITS car), I think it is one of the cars to have in ITS.

The GSR is competitive in ITS. Only Zsolt knows what sort of power GSR makes and if he wants to disclose that figure it's up to him. I've raced with him plenty of times though and he either had at least the same power I had out of my Sam Neave engine, which was 170 to 176 rwhp depending on temps. I suspect he had a tiny bit more.

I know that at VIR Zsolt and I were extremely close and I was able to observe numerous instances of the two of us leaving Oak Tree and him just able to get an advantage in the last 150 yards or so of the back straight. Aero or a few horsepower more? I dunno. But for sure his car is heavier than mine was. I've seen it run against a number of well driven ITS car types and it seems to hold its own.

If someone feels that GSR is competitve at 181 hp but it isn't at 172 hp then I think they're looking for an excuse to not run the car. The GSR as an overall package is competitive in ITS and the driver will determine the rest.