Jeremy, honestly, I think it is an indicator that ITS at least has been a Mazda/Datsun/BMW class. Those cars have been around a long time and are all fully developed and sorted.
I frankly know of several GSRs that run in ITS -- Ivan's (RIP), Scott Seck's (FAST), Cliff Ira (Fast), the two from DC Region that come down to run enduros at VIR (one ran a 2:16 by the way, which I think was the fastest ITS lap of that race), Zsolt's and yours.
So, that's six on the east coast alone, for a car that is still fairly new to ITS in the grand scheme of things.
On your car, sphericals? what shocks? crank scraper? Motec? done testing to find the best place to pick up intake air? worked hard to make the rear brakes do as much work as possible? worked on conserving tires over the course of a 30 minute race? run Hoosiers? etc. etc. etc......
We aren't talking about Greg, or at least most of us are trying not to.
Eric, I agree FWD is a disadvantage. I'm just not sure why we are picking THIS disadvantage out for special treatment, although I understand Greg's position that other than power/weight FWD is one of the most if not the most significant performance factors.
Originally Posted by
Jeremy Billiel
You guys are seriously funny. No seriously....
This is not about Greg, this is about FWD disadvantages.
Why did Greg do "ok" this year?
1. He has above average driving abilities.
2. We put a boat load of money, testing and time into the car to get it where it is.
3. The NER ITS car counts were not there this year. If we went to the ARRC it would be very easy to see how far back we would have been.
I can tell you that since I built this car it has always and will continue to have the same FWD problem that others are experiencing in ITS. The other reason that this has not been talked about previous is simple....
THERE ARE ALMOST NO ITS or ITR FWD cars running out there! Is that in indicator of something?
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