Quote Originally Posted by gran racing View Post
...I'll post more later but basically the 122 lbs of torque, brake size, and stock HP the Golf III has is primarily why I believe it's classed too light.
The formula agrees with you, as far as that goes (and so do I...!) but you've changed the question by citing variables that we DO consider, rather than those we don't. And shouldn't.

If one driver with 20 years of experience had spent 4 years developing (say) an Opel Manta, then put a similar effort into a Mazda 626, he/she would be in a position to say, "my lap times at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway make me confident that the 626 is a faster car, at their current weights." That's controlling for two variables (driver, preparation) while looking at the influence of the third - model at a particular weight.

Kirk (who thinks it's pretty funny that he's spent so much time trying to convince the system to add weight to his own race car.

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