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FWIW, Bill Auberlen ran 2:27's at Sebring in WC-TC.
Re: 2:23 for Irish Mike... (quoting a source quite knowledgable about both actual cars)
"That is crazy! !!! Auberlen was 2.27 so something is wrong"
That's an improvement in the track record of over 3 seconds.
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Originally Posted by JS154
You're the BMW guy, you tell me...?
500 pounds' worth of "work"...?
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I'll see what I can find out, or we'll wait to see what lap times look like at VIR in a few months.
500 pounds' worth of "work"...?
sequential is 100# and fabricated suspension on each end is another 100#, so that's actually 300#
EDIT1: as for Sebring vs RdAm - prelim research indicates Sebring is about 6 seconds a alp faster than RdAm in BMW's. so a 2:24 at Sebring is pretty consistent with a 2:30 at RdAM in the same car. Sebring IIRC is Mike's home track. The car may have been new to him last year, who knows?
EDIT2: ALMS GTC times at Sebring was 2.07, Road America was 2.14 so yeah, I guess so. Looks like 6-7sec/lap.
Last edited by JS154; 01-09-2012 at 06:10 PM.
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anyone have a data point on the expected difference in lap times at sebring between R888 or RA1 toyos and BFG R1 or the Hoosier R6? WCTC ran sebring on toyos, Irish Mike runs BFGs which easily might be worth a second or more.
to quote bill Auberlin during the first weekend of the R888: "so far not diggin' them"
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Auberlen was turning 2:26's at Road America and going through the kink at 116 on Toyos in the Turner 325 TC car
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