But what is the definition of 'is'. I am no longer playing the Autocross game, so how fast or slow a course is, is of little concern to me personally, however 100 MPH speeds at an Autocross venue is just plain dangerous with all the things there are to hit in the vicinity of a 'normal' autocross situation.
Chuck McAbee SEDIV #16 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Voboril Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 11:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [F500] gearing ratios Well, Chuck M, here is some stuff to chew on: The rulebook in "2.1 Course Safety and Layout Rules" has the following wording: (note lack of a "shall") "Speeds on straights stretches should not normally exceed the low 60's for the fastest Stock and Street Prepared Category cars" "Turns should not normally allow speeds in excess of 45 mph in unprepared cars." Now, that said, note that the very first sentence in this section has a "must" in it. "Courses must be tight enough so that cars run the entire course in their lower gears". Hmmm. But what is the definition of their lower gears? The first 3 or 4 of 6? or 1st and 2nd on any car? Chuck V >From: "Chuck McAbee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [F500] gearing ratios >Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 17:38:28 -0400 > >Last I recall....Autocrosses were considered 'low speed' events with >courses >to be designed to limit top speed to about 70 MPH for the fastest cars. I >suspect this was not an SCCA sanctioned event. > > >Chuck McAbee >SEDIV #16 > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan >Schmidt >Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 2:03 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [F500] gearing ratios > >I topped out in gearing at an autocross the other day with my 5.58 ratio >final drive gearing. What ratio would I need to gain another 5mph in top >speed? I bet there is an internet site that would answer that for me. A >125 shifter cart clocked 104 mph at this event!!!!! >Bill Schmidt 88 REd devil Kawi ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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! ***
