Yeah, I know for sure. It was a 494. QRE didn't run a 493 due to the 50# penalty and won't until it is removed or there are no more legal 494s :-).
McMahan was the only one on the podium with a 493. Art -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Blumenthal Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] rotax engine Jay, Now you have me wondering if Brent had a 493 or not. I was told it was a 494 but since I didn't see it myself....maybe someone else knows for sure? -Jeff Jay Novak wrote: >Thanks for the info Jeff. I thought that Mike had a 493 as I thought I >saw him back up on the false grid during one of the sessions. Perhaps >Mike can confirm this. > >Thanks ... Jay Novak > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Jeff Blumenthal >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [F500] rotax engine > >Stan, > I know that Novak, Marsh, and Brent were running 494. Wiley McMahan >had a 493. As skinny as McMahan is, it's likely that he needed ballast >to meet the 850lb minimum and probably didn't exceed the minimum by >much. I suspect that Brian Novak didn't exceed the 800lb minimum by too >much either. The small difference in qualifying times between McMahan >at 850lb min (493) and Novak at 800lb min (494) must say >something....but Marsh and Brent were also very fast, and I've been >told that both were way over the 800lb minimum for the 494. I don't >know exact weights, but from impound records, the SCCA surely does. >When evaluating this issue, shouldn't the SCCA consider the actual >weights of the cars/drivers that were driven at the Runoffs rather than >looking at the minimum legal weight? > -Jeff Blumenthal > > >Stan wrote: > > > >>Jay, can you give us a run-down on who was running 494 and 493 engines >>at >> >> >the Runoffs? I have no way of knowing who ran which engine. Thanks! >Stan > > >>Jay Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I hate to argue this point >> >> >about the 494 vs the 493 engines. I particularly > > >>respect all that Tony has done for F500. I also know that F500 is not >>a huge part of his business as he sells a lot of kart engines which >>has been >> >> >his major business for many years. > > >>I think it is important to look at the qualifying times from the >>Runoffs last year & you will see that the 493 with the added 50 lbs is >>absolutely equal to the 494. Admittedly Brian Novak turned the >>fastest race lap by less than .1 seconds with a 494, but that "super trick" car is now illegal. >>There were several 493s within .1 or .2 seconds in both qualifying & >>the race. This indicates to me that the 493 with 50 lbs & the 494 are >> >> >extremely close from a competitive perspective. > > >>-snip- >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do You Yahoo!? >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >>http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ >>F500 mailing list - [email protected] >>To unsubscribe or change options please visit: >>http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 >>*** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** >> >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >F500 mailing list - [email protected] >To unsubscribe or change options please visit: >http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 >*** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** > > >_______________________________________________ >F500 mailing list - [email protected] >To unsubscribe or change options please visit: >http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 >*** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** > > > _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
