On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 11:37:21PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2011-09-07 22:39, Anthony Farr wrote: > > >But > >they were much more powerful and faster in a straight line. Through > >the bendy bits they really were "mobile chicanes". > > Several run groups at your typical SCCA event will have that flavor, > due to the classes that end up combined sometimes. I think the > worst I've seen was a run group that included both GT1 monster > horsepower cars and GT-Lites (or was it GT4 back then) which handled > like roller skates but had zip for power compared to the GT1 cars. > GT1s took off like scalded cats on the straights, and got caught up > by the Lites in the twisty bits. Lap after lap after lap.
Nothing new there. That's exactly the scenario that unfolded around 40 years ago, except in that case the powerhouses were Ford Galaxies, and the roller skates were Mini Coopers. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
