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      03-28-2022, 06:53 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by msendit View Post
Oh, that's easy! One land whale versus a bunch of racecars.

More seriously, most cars in the class are in the 2600-2800 range. I'm sitting at a good 3400 right now. It's a power-to-weight based classing system though (12:1 for this class, with a few tire compound modifiers), so there's some power to boot. And the rulebook has has a nice bump in allowed tire sizes at 3000+, which I'm making good use of.
Yeah, I'd looked up the power-to-weight limit and thought "I'll bet the cars running seconds faster per lap are quite a bit lighter than the F22." At least you've got tire width to help with that. And a huge torque advantage, too, I expect.

I found the most interesting part of your race to be when you guys were moving through the Miatas. The red Miata you first caught was a real moving chicane, and I thought you might not catch back up again. But then there were plenty more Miatas to come, and some of them were able to help you out.

I looked at the results, and I think I saw that you were the only driver to neither move up nor down compared to your start position. Did I read that correctly? If so, it strikes me that you were generally more consistent than the other racers.
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