Recent content by Knestis

Your contention is that the ONLY factor that matters, among the difference between this... ...and this... ...is the pair of wheels that are doing the driving...? K

In addition to a Miata and a guard rail, something else struck me (ba-dump, ching!) this past weekend at WGI. The very fundamental issue that I raised here a couple years ago seems to be manifesting itself on the STU and STL grids - that of sports/GT cars edging out, if not potentially totally...

Audi 4000 5+5, just for giggles... I miss that car. K EDIT - Whoops. Thats a 4000Q but the radiator layout is the same; ditto for the ITB Coupe.

Had the chance to run Maximum Attack Motorsports' '99 Civic Si in STL at the NJMP Majors weekend, and LOVED IT. The car is pretty well prepped, still with a 1.6. It's 200# fat but we were in the ballpark, just a few tenths off the new class lap record set by the Flatout rotary Miata. Finished...

http://www.improvedtouring.com/forums/showthread.php?p=351976#post351976 Kirk

We had a pretty good little committee last year working on scheduling and other decisions for Year 1 of the ITNT. However, vagaries of life (wrecked cars, new jobs, new classes, etc.) have conspired to distract us from clarifying this year's schedule. In short, we kind of suck. A request to add...

Tristan Herbert Racing is very pleased to introduce their 2013 entry in the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour - a 2008 VW Jetta TDI to be driven by longtime regional club racer Kirk Knestis of Syracuse, NY. The car is an after-hours collaboration of Cameron Conover, Tristan Herbert, and various crew and...

Front wheel drive cars may reduce their minimum weight by 5%. Front wheel drive cars with a strut type front suspension may reduce their minimum weight by an additional 2.5%. So does that mean that, if one is racing an FWD car w/struts, they take the restrictor table weight and subtract 5%...

The IT National Tour will be continuing for a second year in 2013, with ongoing support from CoolShirt Systems. Last season's 15 races, including13 "elective" events, the ARRC Presented by Grassroots Motorsport, and the I.T. SPEC*tacular included 582 points-earning entries (not counting any...

It occurred to me yesterday that, as much as we talk about it, I could *not* recall anyone ever requesting that formal GCR barriers to IT National status be removed. To that end, I submitted a request yesterday that 9.1.13.C be amended to strike the "except Improved Touring" bit from: C...

With the IT Fest and a pretty good distribution of "elective" points events in the books, the ITNT points are starting to get interesting. We've updated the points and posted highlights at... http://itnationaltour.com/ If you're an IT entrant and have run a major event this year, there's a...

I need documentation of some part numbers for what *should* be on a MkI GTI. Throttle body, cam, and (use your devious brains) anything that might do a parts-bin swap of to make a cheater IT engine. Thanks in advance for any help out there. K

So if a guy were to want to request that non-US market engines be allowed in STL, what's the most compelling way to present it? It seems like a dead-nuts cinch, logic-wise, but (1) I don't know what the actual objection is among the CRB members apparently opposed to it, so (2) don't know how to...

So as ST gets off the ground for the 2012 season, do we think that it's taking entries from IT...? There's obviously a couple of ex-IT people involved but is its presence hurting IT entries? What do we think? K

The first CoolShirt Systems® IT National Tour Points have been earned by competitors at the Sebring SARRC event this past weekend. Top three finishers are available at the ITNT web site and full results will be posted soon. http://itnationaltour.com/ K