Originally Posted by Shamu More stock than one would think? As you indicated it's a full on 2650 lb race car on race slicks. There isn't much stock anything left
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We also run on a very hard control tire (245F/275R) that is several seconds a lap slower than an R6 Hoosier. In fact, they used to use an R6 in this series, but the compound and durability wasn't suited to our 2.5 hour races. The same goes for the two dampers we are allowed to run, they are good, but they aren't like a set of JRZs, because cost control is a major consideration in CTSCC. Also, the 04 was in a very early specification at Laguna still, and was updated to the specs of the 05 car for the last race of the year, and the difference was significant. Finally, small differences in lap times are significant at Laguna, the gap between the GS (M3/Camaro/370Z/Mustang) and ST (MX5/GTI/Civic/328) cars is only about 4 seconds there. I guess the take away here is that while Grant is right, and we do have fully built, meticulously-prepped race cars on slicks, they are built to a very restrictive rules package, and the reality of a control tire is different than the outside observer might think. Grand Am is not interested in Continental cars having lightning fast lap times, they are interested in having great racing. As such, they keep a short leash on us and make sure that the show that 70 cars put on is good, regardless of the outright pace. Hope that sheds some light on the subject! Mike
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