Cheap Date at NH

StephF

StephF

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Dare I start a thread about another race weekend?
So who is going? We are going to try to finish thrashing the new A car for this one. I can't believe we are looking at September already.
 
Appears as though the NER IT7 Dinosaur Super Series wil have ALL 9 competiters there this time. :dead_horse:


Dan
 
Ed- I believe a couple Audi's (one of ours with me behind the wheel) and several VW need a Honda to race with... I know I will enjoy running ITB with you unless you are afraid... I know with my "tank" I won't be be afraid of you no matter how dangerous you are, I will have a back-up car around the corner! lol

Anyway, are either of the funks planning to run B or are you in A for this race?
 
Dan- you need to get more IT7's... Looks like ITB and FV have the biggest car counts so far!!! Great to see the ITB field growing at NHMS!

Lime Rock generally has 4times the number if cars, the Runoffs could be very interesting!!! :). I predict 20+ in ITB alone :)

Raymond
 
Finding more IT7 cars is easy, whos gonna drive them? The car that shall remain nameless is THE car to have for SCCA right now. What other chassis can run in 4 different race groups in different classes and remain competitive.

In theory you could run a single car and win four championships in a season. And pay HALF the entry fees, for 3 of those classes. Its a great opportunity that cars owners have. They have done a great marketing job on it. Why buy anything else? The development work is done. One phone call and you have what everyone else has. No secrets in there.

On the other hand, who is having more fun during the course of the weekend? Fun vs Rewards is what you need to evaluate.

Just a thought...

Dan
 
Nope and it never should be! That would be the day I honestly felt we were catering to the miatas. For now i want anyone that can afford to double dip including the miatas to double or triple dip to keep my entry down. But then we have the other thought that I wonder about... what if we had no double dip and just made every entry $275... would we have more than just 50 cars?

I don't have the stats but it feels like the double dip is actually driving my entry fee up...

Stephen
 
In the spirit of being cheap I am going to be racing my buddy tim who has an ITS car with my ITR car on street tires in group 7 (STU) We are going to call our class RST (Racing & Street Tires). We came up with an easy formula that will increase the weight of my ITR car to compare in theory to an ITS car and then provided a "handicap" for using street tires. We would love to have anyone double dip with us and have some extra fun!

Here is a link to the rules we made up :) Its as simple as removing ballast or possible adding some. ITS cars need to do nothing but show up!
http://www.improvedtouring.com/forums/showpost.php?p=349210&postcount=197

Stephen

PS: This is NOT a recognized SCCA class and just a gentlemens agreement class :)
 
hahah I did the math and you would need to REDUCE your weight 31% or so.... ya that will never happen :) I honestly don't think ITA cars could reduce the weight the amount they need to either but figured I would add them anyway... wish it was simpler to run us all together, but then again if it was they wouldn't have each IT class they have now.

Maybe I should run on FV tires... that may do the trick!

Stephen
 
Wow, I checked out your other posting and my head hurts from the math!! At whatever weight/tire combo works out, I'm sure your and I assume a certain silver ITS car will have fun!! Look forward to the RST Group Race!
 
so i show up sporting a "R" compound tire and stay the same weight :happy204: U show up sporting the 200tw and gain a few ponds this might actually be a fare fight! This will be a good test to your calculations. I kinda feel like a test dummy
 
StephenB said:
hahah I did the math and you would need to REDUCE your weight 31% or so.... ya that will never happen :)

Stephen
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Jason- I think we "could" reduce OUR weight 31% but I am not sure we could reduce our cars weight...

How about a 1lap bonus for us... Oh wait.. An Audi making it through the weekend in two groups = not likely ;)

Raymond
 
RSTPerformance said:
Jason- I think we "could" reduce OUR weight 31% but I am not sure we could reduce our cars weight...
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Even removing the nut behind the wheel reduces it less that 10%. Still thinking of running STL though. You should bring the Red Audi and then you'll have a spare!
 
STU/LTD has 4 running STU Cheap Date weekend. Were almost ITS (most run depowered racks) If its racing for fun or beer I would say you could get 4 more if you'd let us join in your reindeer games ?
 
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